Wednesday 18 November 2009

R.I.P. Dell Hymes

デル・ハイムズが亡くなった。偉大な言語人類学者。リード・カレッジ以来のゲイリー・スナイダーの友人、エスノポエティクスの産みの親のひとりだった。むかしむかし「へるめす」に掲載してもらったエスノポエティクス小詩集に、彼が採録した民話も入れたことがある。結局、言語学という分野に入門すら果たせなかったことを改めて反省しつつ、ふたたび彼やスタンリー・ダイアモンド、ナサニエル・ターンらが描き出した世界の探求に戻ってゆきたいと強く思う。

Objet : Passing of Dell H. Hymes

It is with sadness that we announce the death of former LSA President Dell Hathaway Hymes, Commonwealth Professor of Anthropology and English (emeritus) at the University of Virginia. Professor Hymes died peacefully on Friday 13 November 2009 in Charlottesville, VA, USA.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday November 21 at 1:00 at Peace Lutheran church, 1510 Broad Crossing Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22911-7483.

A memorial gathering has been organized for the upcoming meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Philadelphia, PA. The gathering will take place on Saturday December 5, 2009 from 7:30-9:30 pm in Grand Ballroom III of the Courtyard Marriott.

Condolences may be addressed to Virginia Hymes care of the Department of Anthropology, PO Box 400120, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4120, USA.

Thanks to Prof Hymes' former student, Prof Alicia Pousada, for sending the news. He will be missed.