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Lourenco Noronha. Lecturer (1974-2009) for Swahili literature at the Institute for African Studies at the University of Vienna. African Institute of Professional Studies, University of Vienna. INTRODUCTION TO THE SWAHILI LITERATURE. First part. Pre Uhuru literature: From the beginning to 1961. As of: April 2009 Lourenco Noronha. Lektor (1974-2009) für Swahili Literatur am Institut für Afrikawissenschaften der Universität Wien. Taasisi ya Taaluma ya Bara la Afrika. Chuo Kikuu cha Vienna. EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE SWAHILI-LITERATUR. Erster Teil. Prae-Uhuru-Literatur. Von den Anfängen bis 1961. Stand: April 2009 http://t.ly/xGUgz BOATS IN GOA: [Zeeshan Alli Shaikh*Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton, Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Southampton, UK] Goa is a small state on the west coast of India with an area of 3,701 km. Its geographic position ismarked by 15048 00 00 00 N and 14053 0 54 00 N Latitude and 74020 0 13 00 E and 73040 0 33 00 E Longitude. Major rivers, such as Zuari and Mandovi, and minor rivers, such as Sal, Tiracol, and Chapora, flow in Goa. Goa shares its boundary with Maharashtra state in the north, in the South with the northern part of Karnataka, in the east with the Sahyadri mountain range, and in the west with the Arabian Sea. Sandy beaches separated by rocky headlands, cliffs, and broad estuaries have fashioned the coast line of Goa. Such a geography and geomorphology have contributed greatly to the development of a boatbuilding industry and distribution of different types of traditional boats. Traditional folk songs of Goa often mention Vodem which means boat. There are boat motifs portrayed on ancient memorial stones (Fig. 1) which suggests that the people of Goa were aware of the art of boatbuilding from ancient times (Gaur & Kerkar, 2007; Kamat, 2008). The people of Goawho have continued their profession of fishing and preserved their traditional knowledge about boatbuilding till today are locally known as Kharvi. http://t.ly/4qMTB LANGUAGE-KONKANI: A Hisotrical and Political Sociological account of the Dynamic status of Konkani Langauge in Pre-Liberation Goa, India: Joanna Coelho http://t.ly/la0mU FRESHWATER FISH: Tetraodon fluviatilis Goa: Vinay Padate/Subhash Sawant. Taxonomy of Freshwater Fishes Present study describes a new record of the freshwater green spotted puffer Tetraodon fluviatilis fluviatilis based on detailed examination of four specimens collected from the bay-estuarine regions of Goa. Differences between the present specimens and original description with respect to color pattern (on the back, flanks and caudal fin) are elucidated. http://t.ly/v6zIp Pius Malekandathil, " Jews of Goa and the Trading world of the Indian ocean, 1000–1650:, in Shalva Weil (ed.), Jews of Goa, Primus, New Delhi, 2020, pp.6-39 http://t.ly/TCMxq Goa secrète. Goal Setting, History of Goa Sigilla, revue transdisciplinaire franco-portugaise sur le secret , n° 13, Oriens-Orientes, 2004, pp.99-123. Sigilla, Franco-Portuguese transdisciplinary journal on secrecy, n° 13, Oriens-Orientes, 2004, pp.99-123. https://www.academia.edu/25751829/Goa_secr%C3%A8te MID-HOLOCENE FOSSIL WOOD FROM COLVA: Kale VS, and Rajaguru SN. 1983. Mid-Holocene fossil wood from Colva, Goa. Current Science 52(16):778-779. The fossil wood was dated by the radiocarbon method as 6430 +/- 110 years BP. The location of the fossil wood in the lithosection demonstrates that the horizon lies about 1.5 to 2.5 m below the present sea level. Thus, the stratigraphic location of the Colva wood and the radio carbon date of the wood suggests that during the mid-Holocene, the sea level was lower than the present. http://t.ly/r1m1g SMALLPOX IN COLONIAL GOA: Bastos, Cristiana. 2009. Borrowing, Adapting, and Learning the Practices of Smallpox: Notes from Colonial Goa: This article addresses colonial state policies towards smallpox in 19th century Goa. The picture that emerges from an alaysis of health services documents suggests a broad variety of coexisting practices. While the actions of some of the Portuguese head physicians epitomized the conflict between state-sponsored vaccination policies and local prefereences for smallpox inoculation, others showed sympathy for and developed arguments in favour of incoulation as practised by indigenous experts. Still others observed the existence among the population of hybrid practices combining elements of vaccination and innoculation. The diversity of Goan combinations along with the violence/collaboration continuum should be interpreted within the context of current trends in the analysis of smallpox in British India -- which replace the paradigm of vaccination : variolation :: state violence : native resistance with a more nuanced understanding of a variety of combinations throughout the subcontinent in the 19th century. http://t.ly/P4-KL POETRY, POLITICS, AND NEWSPAPERS IN PORTUGUESE: Laxmanrao Sardessai and Goa in the 1960s: D.A. Smith. This essay is taken from "Avante, Goeses, Avante! The Portuguese Poetry of Laxmanrao Sardessai" (Goa1556, 2017), where it serves as the introduction to the collected poetry of Goan writer Laxmanrao Sardessai, translated into English by D.A. Smith. http://t.ly/BFcri OCR (OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION) IN THE DEVANAGARI SCRIPT. Offline Recognition of Devanagari Script: A Survey. R. Jayadevan, Satish R. Kolhe, Pradeep M. Patil, and Umapada Pal. http://t.ly/6641b Compiled by FN/Frederick Noronha For research-related discussions http://groups.google.com/group/goa-research-net -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Join a discussion on Goa-related issues by posting your comments on this or other issues via email to goa...@goanet.org See archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-