TY - JOUR
T1 - The media of bugis literacy
T2 - A coda to pelras
AU - Macknight, Campbell
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The existence of literacy implies a range of practical questions about writing. While attention has been given to the form of Bugis writing, there are also issues around the mechanics of writing, that is, the ways in which marks have been made on various surfaces. Bugis literacy, which began with palm leaf manuscripts, has been overwhelmingly in the form of paper manuscripts, though examples of printing, inscriptions on silver and on earthenware are also discussed and illustrated. The relationship between medium and the function of writing is explored in particular cases.
AB - The existence of literacy implies a range of practical questions about writing. While attention has been given to the form of Bugis writing, there are also issues around the mechanics of writing, that is, the ways in which marks have been made on various surfaces. Bugis literacy, which began with palm leaf manuscripts, has been overwhelmingly in the form of paper manuscripts, though examples of printing, inscriptions on silver and on earthenware are also discussed and illustrated. The relationship between medium and the function of writing is explored in particular cases.
KW - Bugis writing
KW - Lontara'
KW - South Sulawesi earthenware
KW - South Sulawesi manuscripts
KW - South Sulawesi silver
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U2 - 10.21315/ijaps2016.12.s1.4
DO - 10.21315/ijaps2016.12.s1.4
M3 - Article
SN - 1823-6243
VL - 12
SP - 53
EP - 72
JO - International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
JF - International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
ER -