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Dear colleagues,<br>
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I'm forwarding here a call for an online training in language
documentation and archiving by the Endangered Languages
Documentation Programme (ELDP).<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Christian<br>
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<div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;">Online
Training Series in Language Documentation and Archiving<br
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<div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;">6 March –
12 June 2025</div>
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<div style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Endangered Languages
Documentation Programme (ELDP) is offering a series of online
trainings in Language Documentation and Archiving from<span> </span><b
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">March 6
to June 12, 2025</b>. Training participants will meet weekly
on Thursdays, live via Zoom, for a webinar and discussion
session. They will be expected to complete readings, hands-on
practice, and online assessments between sessions. Live
attendance at all sessions and the completion of all assignments
is required.</div>
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Below are the topics that will be covered in the training series:<br
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Linguistic diversity and
language endangerment</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Language Documentation
theory & methods</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understanding archival
collections</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Compiling a documentary
collection</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Audio and video recording
methods</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Transcription, translation,
and annotation with ELAN</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lexicography and dictionary
creation with Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Metadata creation and
managing data</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Project planning and design</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Grant writing for language
documentation projects</li>
</ul>
The online sessions will take place from 9:00 to 11:00 CET.
Readings, hands-on practice, and homework assignments will be made
available via a free course website. The language of instruction
is English.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
The training series has 25 spots available. Applicants planning to
work with endangered and under-documented languages (see<span> </span><a
href="https://elararchive.org/blog/2019/12/17/which-language-should-i-document-some-concrete-suggestions-from-diversity-and-endangerment-by-harold-hammarstrom/"><span
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 172, 255); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;"><span
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 172, 255); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Hammarström
2019</span></span></a>), especially Papuan languages, are
strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should meet the criteria
listed below:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<ul
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have plans to document an
endangered and under-documented language</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be able to attend all
webinar sessions and complete readings and assignments</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have a sufficient level of
spoken and written English to be able to complete assignments</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have regular access to a
Windows computer and a reliable internet connection</li>
</ul>
To apply and for more information, please go<span> </span><a
href="https://www.eldp.net/en/our+trainings/online+training+series/"><span
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 172, 255); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">here</span></a>.
The deadline is January 30th, 2025.<br
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Dr. Christian Döhler
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://chrdoe.github.io/">https://chrdoe.github.io/</a></pre>
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