Call for workshop proposals, InField 2010

[Spike Gildea]

**Apologies for Cross-postings**

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Workshops on Language Documentation, Maintenance, and Revitalization

to be held as part of

InField 2010
Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation

University of Oregon
June 21st – July 2nd, 2010


The Organizing Committee of InField solicits applications for workshops 
in language documentation, language maintenance, and/or language 
revitalization to be held as part of the second Institute on Field 
Linguistics and Language Documentation, at the University of Oregon from 
June 22nd to July 2nd, 2010. Our immediate purpose is to offer practical 
training to current or potential fieldworkers and speech community 
members; we also plan to add to the body of freely available training 
materials online.

We particularly seek proposals from current practitioners in this area, 
who would like to teach a workshop of two to eight hours in length to an 
audience of practicing linguists, graduate students in linguistics, 
and/or language activists with an interest in documenting, maintaining, 
or revitalizing their particular language of interest. A preliminary 
list of desired workshop topics for InField 2010 appears on the next 
page (pdf version accessible at 
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~spike/Site/InField_2010_files/Call for 
proposals, InField 2010.pdf). We solicit proposals for these topics, but 
we are also open to additional proposals that bring fresh ideas to 
InField, and these delineations of topic are not fixed, e.g., a proposal 
could link two or more of these topics into a single workshop.

The proposal should be a maximum of 2 pages in length, and should 
include: topic (specify number if already in list; if new, rationale for 
including it as part of InField), proposed length (in hours), a brief 
description of workshop content (general lesson plan and level, e.g., 
beginning, intermediate, advanced), how it would be taught (balance of 
theory, examples, hands-on exercises), and what experience qualifies you 
to teach it (we encourage students and language activists to apply).

Workshop instructors will receive reimbursement for travel, room and 
board, and a modest honorarium.

Questions should be directed to Spike Gildea <spike at uoregon.edu>; 
completed proposals should be submitted to InField 2010 
<infield at uoregon.edu>.

Deadline for receipt of proposals: October 12, 2009
Selection of proposals: October 30, 2009


Preliminary Workshop Category / Title Hours
*Plenaries*
*1. Steps in language documentation*: How do I conceptualize a 
documentation, revitalization, or maintenance project? 5 hrs
*2. Models of language documentation and revitalization*: What models of 
language maintenance and revitalization work? Different models for 
different communities; presentations by community members on what they 
have done, challenges they have faced, and their successes 10 hrs

*Technology*
*3. Audio recording*: How do I make a good recording? How do I work with 
digital media files? Choosing and maintaining equipment; recording 
techniques; metadata; practice and analysis of results; editing sound 
files; sampling rates; compression; introduction to sound-editing 
software 7 hrs
*4. Video recording and editing*. Introduction to video recording and 
basics of video editing for fieldwork. 9 hrs
*5. Data Management and Archiving*. Managing, converting, storing, and 
manipulating your data; using available archives and creating an 
archivable corpus; data accessibility and mobilization. 6 hrs
*6. Principles of database design*: What are the best uses of a 
database, and how do I make a good one? Database features; design 
considerations; practice in database queries and scripts; exporting and 
importing; comparison of database software; creation of databases for 
different linguistic purposes. 8 hrs
*7. Aligning text to audio and video using ELAN.* Using ELAN software to 
create archival text/audio and text/video alignments; interlinearized 
glossing; conceptualizing the structure of a transcript of spoken 
language 9 hrs
*8. Toolbox/FLEX*. Multipurpose data management software 6 hrs

*Transcription and Lexicography*
*9. Orthography*: Which orthography should I use? Issues in orthography; 
working with communities for developing working orthographies 7 hrs
*10. Lexicography*: How do I make a dictionary? Principles of 
lexicography; dictionaries for different purposes; software for 
dictionary creation 7 hrs
*11. Transcription Conventions for discourse transcription, intonation.* 
8 hrs

*Field Methodologies and Ethics*
*12. Life in the field*: How do I succeed in the field? A 
discussion-based workshop on the personal, practical, and social 
dimensions of fieldwork. Separate workshops targeted at audiences of 
specific levels of experience. 6 hrs
*13. Ethical issues in fieldwork: Case studies.* Eight seminar 
presentations on specific ethical concerns and ways to promote the 
highest ethical standards in fieldwork. Each should be led by a 
different presenter / facilitator, about half scholars and half language 
activists. 12 hrs
*14. Field phonetics.* Introduction to recording and digitization, 
transcription, and acoustic analysis using Praat software and other 
techniques 6 hrs
*15. Ethnobiology.* How does the language community categorize and label 
the natural world? Areas of focus: botany and ecosystems, mammals, 
reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects 8 hrs
*16. Survey Methods.* How many speakers are there of my language? When 
is it used by which groups? 5 hrs

*Language Maintenance and Revitalization*
*17. Introduction to linguistics for language activists.* What can 
linguistics teach me to help me maintain/revitalize my language? 10 hrs
*18. Language activism.* What skills do community language activists 
need? How can these skills be transferred more widely at the 
community/grassroots level? 7 hrs
*19. Language resources and the community.* How can I provide technical 
support for my community? How can I develop materials or work with 
materials already at hand to best help my community? Creating and using 
materials to meet the needs of a unique community; from documentation to 
pedagogy and revitalization 4 hrs
*20. Grant writing for language activists and linguists*: How can I 
write a successful grant proposal? Identifying appropriate granting 
agencies; structuring grant proposals; making a convincing case for 
support 10 hrs
*21. Pedagogical Grammars.* How to make grammatical analysis accessible 
and useful to language learners and language programs. 10 hrs
*22. Teaching Methods. *A practical approach to the consideration of 
models for revitalizing endangered languages. Among models to be 
compared are early childhood immersion, master-apprentice, and 
classroom-based programs. The ultimate goal is to support enduring 
multilingualism. 10 hrs
*23. Classroom Materials and Technology.* In this hands-on course, 
students explore ways to make materials for classroom or home use. 
Students use latest technologies to create learning materials and 
practice using them as both teachers and learners 10 hrs