30.2097, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation, Sociolinguistics/Austria

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-2097. Thu May 16 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.2097, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation, Sociolinguistics/Austria

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 22:21:21
From: Ioana Nechiti [ioana.nechiti at googlemail.com]
Subject: Workshop: Documenting Vanishing Languages

Full Title: Workshop: Documenting Vanishing Languages 

Date: 30-Sep-2019 - 05-Oct-2019
Location: Vienna, Austria 
Contact Person: VLACH Commission
Meeting Email: vlach at oeaw.ac.at
Web Site: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/events/workshop-documenting-language/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2019 

Meeting Description:

The Commission of Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH), based at
the Austrian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the Endangered
Languages Archive (ELAR, SOAS University of London), announces the
international workshop Documentating Vanishing Languages, dedicated to the
Year of Indigenous Languages, which has been declared by UNESCO for 2019.

Over the past few decades, the documentation and conservation of vanishing
languages has emerged as a distinct subfield of linguistics with its own
methodology and theoretical underpinnings. The increased access to information
resulting from increased technological innovation offers new strategies for
language documentation, which allow the linguist, the speaker and the activist
to come closer together. A collaborative, community-based documentation of
endangered languages can contribute enormously to the quality of research
done, and digital tools have the potential to accelerate the documentation
work. This, however, brings new challenges in the preservation of vanishing
languages.

The Documenting Vanishing Languages workshop brings together four groups whose
collaboration in language documentation and preservation has previously not
always been taken for granted. These include linguists, who are well trained
in documentation technologies, junior scholars working on language
documentation, as well as members of language communities and documentarists.

Throughout the duration of this workshop, the focus will be primarily on
discussing and implementing methods, tools, and theoretical underpinnings for
the creation, preservation and access to endangered languages from around the
world. Most importantly, we aim at creating an environment for exchange with
community members, which will enable scholars and community members alike to
shape responsible and long-lasting documentation strategies within the
appropriate social and cultural context of each community.

Invited Speakers:

Prof. Lenore Grenoble (University of Chicago)
Prof. Mark Turin (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)

Trainers:

Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) Team (cover 5 days of the workshop)
Vera Ferreira (SOAS, London)
Gema Zamora Fernandez (SOAS, London)
Anna and Remigiusz Sowa (Chouette Films, London)

VLACH Team (cover 1 day of the workshop)
Mehdi Aminian (VLACH, Vienna)
Chingis Azydov (VLACH, Vienna)
Prof. Thede Kahl (VLACH, Vienna)
Ioana Nechiti (VLACH, Vienna)
Andreea Pascaru (VLACH, Vienna)

Local Organizers:

Prof. Thede Kahl (VLACH, ÖAW)
Ioana Nechiti (VLACH, ÖAW)
Andreea Pascaru (VLACH, ÖAW)

Call for Papers:

Workshop ''Documenting Vanishing Languages''

The workshop ''Documenting Vanishing Languages'' aims to bring together
members of vanishing language communities and scholars alike in an intensive
training week on language documentation offered by the Endangered Language
Archive team (ELAR, SOAS, London) and the Vanishing Languages and Cultural
Heritage team (VLACH, ÖAW, Vienna). 

Submission Deadline - June 30, 2019

Keywords: Workshop, language documentation, language data management,
endangered languages, vanishing languages, engaged humanities.

Date: 30 September – 5 October

Time: 8:30 a.m., 30th September

Finishes: 5 p.m., 5th October

Venue: Wohllebengasse 12-14, 1040 Wien

Room: Seminarraum 1

Type of Event: Training workshop. This event is an all-day training workshop,
with guest lectures followed by training sessions by the team from the
Endangered Language Archive (ELAR, SOAS University of London) and another team
from the Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH) Commission of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

The main themes covered in the workshop are:

Challenges of developing representative language documentation strategies
Techniques & equipment for data collection
Data management. Best practices and guidelines
Audio and video recordings
Metadata creation
Video making for public outreach
Creating multimedia thematic dictionaries

Participant’s Profiles:

As we wish for input and expertise from a range of disciplines, besides
linguists we also encourage young researchers and scholars from other
disciplines (e.g. digital humanities, ethnography, cultural studies, cultural
anthropology, ethnomusicology etc.) and community members who are interested
and involved in language documentation to apply.

Participation Fee:

There are no registration or tuition fees. However, participants are
responsible for their transportation costs in getting to and around Vienna, as
well as for their lodging and maintenance costs for the entire period of the
workshop.

We will support the travel costs and lodging for 8 community members involved
in language documentation work

Application Guidelines:

Applications for participation shall be submitted to: vlach(at)oeaw.ac.at  no
later than June 30, 2019 (23:59 pm CET) by complying with the following
guidelines:
- one word document of maximum 2 pages (at least 12 point size font, 1 inch
margins; including examples and references) in English containing:
(1) an abstract of the ongoing research projects on vanishing languages,
(2) a motivation letter
(3) a biographical statement
Each abstract should include your full name, status (e.g. MA, PhD student
etc.), and your current institutional affiliation if applicable

Notification of selection

Applicants will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance by the 15 July
2019.

For any question you might have, don't hesitate to contact us:
vlach(at)oeaw.ac.at

For more information and updates, visit our workshop website:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/events/workshop/

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