Personal profile
Biography
Darja is a linguistic anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker with a background in language teaching and translation. She has been doing research in Papua New Guinea (with Awiakay and Meakambut in East Sepik Province) since 2004, studying the ways people use their language in different social situations.
In 2020 Darja joined the ANU as a Lecturer in Tok Pisin and created a corpus of audio-visual and teaching materials for ANU Tok Pisin Program. She is currently preparing a Textbook in Advanced Tok Pisin.
Qualifications
BA (University of Ljubljana)
MA (Ljubljana Postgraduate School of Humanities)
PhD (ANU)
Research interests
Papua New Guinea, linguistic anthropology, ethnographic filmmaking, Tok Pisin, Awiakay language, Meakambut language, Melanesian ethnography, linguistic registers, disputes and conflict resolution, charismatic activities, spirit possession, social identity and otherness, mythology, verbal art, socio-cultural continuity and change, traditional ecological knowledge, artisinal gold mining
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Awiakay (Arafundi)
Hoenigman, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Oxford Guide to the Papuan Languages. Evans, N. & Fedden, S. (eds.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Speech styles and registers in Papuan languages
Hoenigman, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Oxford Guide to the Papuan Languages. Evans, N. & Fedden, S. (eds.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Multidisciplinary perspectives
Hoenigman, D. (Other), 6 Jun 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Hosted Exhibition or Event
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Awiakay, Papua New Guinea
Hoenigman, D. (Creator), 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital work
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Hoenigman, D. (PI)
1/07/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Traditional ecological knowledge of the Awiakay and Meakambut, Papua New Guinea
Hoenigman, D. (PI)
1/01/23 → 1/03/26
Project: Research
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Meakambut ways of speaking: Audio-visual documentation of communication practices in a small semi-nomadic hunter-and-gatherer society in PNG
Hoenigman, D. (PI)
10/02/15 → 31/05/17
Project: Research
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Language Variation and Social Identity in Kanjimei, East Sepik Province, PNG
Hoenigman, D. (PI)
1/10/11 → 1/10/12
Project: Research