Data · dataset · 2026
Tracking in southern Arabia
Listed in Borealis
This is a set of Mehri and Shehret audio texts produced in Dhofar, Oman that relate to the knowledge and practice of tracking in southern Arabia.
Description
Traditionally conducted by men, who learn to track from a young age, the texts provide stories and descriptions of tracking individual camels, people or car tracks. The set also includes the powerpoint version of Selim identifies tracks, a children's book in Mehri and translated into English by Abdullah al-Mahri, Janet Watson, Hussein al-Mahri and Sulaiman al-Mahri, with illustrations by Matthew Logue.
Links
Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP4%2FHGCIYI ↗
landing page · from borealisdata ca
- DOI doi.org/10.5683/sp4/hgciyi ↗
DOI / persistent id · from borealisdata ca
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API borealisdata.ca/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP4%2… ↗
metadata API · from borealisdata ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Arts and Humanities
- From keywords
- Humanities
- Inferred from text
- Audio 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borealis | doi:10.5683/SP4/HGCIYI | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:arts-and-humanities | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:audio | enrichment · borealisdata ca | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| created_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 |