<div dir="auto">Thank you. Arlene Bowman</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 2, 2026, 7:51 PM Claire Bowern <<a href="mailto:clairebowern@gmail.com">clairebowern@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<span dir="auto"><div><div style="text-align:start">Hi all,</div><div style="text-align:start">Kristine
Hildebrandt and I (with other colleagues) are trying to track recent
changes (or not) to language work around the world. This survey is for
anyone who engages in, supports, is supported by, or collaborates with
communities on topics of language documentation, maintenance, and
revitalization. These surveys can be shared broadly, with any
stakeholders, anywhere in the world. We are also able to generate survey
questions in other languages as needed, and accept responses both in
written or audio formats. We are grateful to our NSF DLI Community of
Science collaborators for their support. Thank you! More details are
below.</div><div style="text-align:start"><br></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">The short version (under 5 minutes to complete): <span><a href="https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/bXfPtM2-9XI9wwi3ZuYd8tOrAmPa9GKKclMfLiZKiJk/" rel="noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cryptpad.fr/form/...</a></span></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">The longer version (maybe up to 20 minutes to complete, but we'd get really useful details to help build our viability schema): <span><a href="https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/7IpVLIHucfDK1d2yo84cL29mx09o85ICq9IpZFzZ4fc/" role="link" rel="noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cryptpad.fr/form/...</a></span></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">**Introduction**</div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">The
overall aim of these short and long surveys is to figure out how things
are changing in the language documentation world: both immediately and
in the longer term. In the last year, there have been rapid changes in
many aspects of the US federal funding and legal landscape that relate
to language work, and such funding has been a big (though by no means
exclusive) source of funding for language work.</div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">These
surveys are about the “structures” and institutions that make it
possible (or at least easier) for communities and linguists to make and
keep records about language: in short, to do language documentation. We
take a very broad view of "language documentation" and include any work
related to language description (for any reason), language reclamation
and revitalization, archival work, pedagogical development, oral
histories, and other related work. That is, any work that includes a
component of work that centers on language as its goal. We have
abbreviated this as "LDMR" for _Language Documentation, Maintenance, and
Revitalization._</div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">More
generally, we are aiming to build a "resource viability" schema or
index to create a rubric by which the viability or threat-level to
existing language documentation resources (for example, digital archives
and other relevant technology, institutes, and so on) can be measured
according to their ability to withstand, survive, continue operations
and so on during current and future political and economic changes. We
hope to identify the points that have had the biggest impact, and to use
this information for where to focus opportunities to supplement,
rebuild, and further grow.</div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">We
take as inspiration for this index discussions in Seifert et al. (2018)
and also McDonnell et al. eds. (2015), both papers which discuss
resources and documentation Our scope, however, is much broader. Note
that this work has some things in common (but not many) with Gavin et
al’s (2025) Language Freedom Index, which focuses on language rights and
freedom of language use in social, educational, and legal contexts.</div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">For
this project, we are crowdsourcing experiences. That is, we want to
know how individuals and communities are affected by these changes, as
well as what changes have happened. The short survey is for very brief
snapshot types of information. But you can also complete the longer
survey if you'd like, to give us more nuanced information about the
spaces and places where this kind of work is supported or threatened,
based on your experiences.</div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">Questions about the surveys can be directed to Kristine Hildebrandt (<a href="mailto:khildeb@siue.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">khildeb@siue.edu</a>) or Claire Bowern (<a href="mailto:claire.bowern@yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">claire.bowern@yale.edu</a>)</div></div></span>
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