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INTERDISCIPLINARY TALK AFTER DARK
"Fieldwork in Papua New Guinea"
    with video/slide presentation
  by Fr. Malachy McBride, O.F.M. CAP
Thursday, November 16, 1995
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hellems 137
** Admission Free, Open to Public, Refreshments Served **

Fr. McBride will present video clips and slides of his adventure
in Papua New Guinea and will talk on the following topics:

* Background and history of the Capuchin ministry in Papua New
  Guinea
* Learning the Huli language - some linguistic and sociolinguistic
  implications
* The introdcution into and use of Melanesian Pidgin in the Papua
  New Guinea highlands
* Daily life among the Huli, including
   - concepts of time and scheduling
   - relationship between Huli men and women, the origins of some
          "unusual" practices
   - division of labor among gender lines
   - socialization of Huli children
   - hunting and the secret forest language
* Native spirituality
* Religious syncretism - the incorporation of Huli religious
                         practices into Catholic rituals

Fr. McBride is a native of Hays, KS, who spent almost 30 years as
a Capuchin missionary in the highlands of Papua New Guinea,
ministering to the tribal people of the interior mountain
villages.  In addition to learning Melanesian Pidgin, the language
used for church services and trade by the Capuchins and their
native associates, Fr. McBride learned several of the village
languages.  He is fluent in the Huli language and helped scholars
from Australian colleges and universities to gather and anlayze
language data for academic work, and he assisted the translation
of the New Testament into Huli and other tribal languages.