[RNLD] Sorry! LIP is 14th May 2013

Ruth Singer ruth.singer at GMAIL.COM
Tue Apr 30 02:43:17 UTC 2013


Apologies - forgot to include the date in the previous announcement

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Ruth Singer <ruth.singer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Announcement: Linguistics in the Pub 14 May 2013
>
> Topic: Models of community engagement in language documentation
>
> At ICLDC4 <http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/icldc/2013> in Hawaii a couple of
> months ago there were a number of papers that addressed the relationship
> linguists have with the communities they work with, and how we can
> collaborate with these communities. Laura Robinson<https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/26090> presented
> data from a survey that showed collaborative efforts were more likely to
> occur in Australian and North American contexts, while Joseph Brooks<https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/26126> showed
> a very different cultural model of working with linguists held by the Hua
> of PNG. Presentations about projects in Japan (Toshihide Nakayama and
> Tsuyoshi Ono <https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/26125>)
> and Nepal (Lauren Gawne and Barbara Kelly<https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/26080>)
> showed that not all communities have the kinds of structures or levels of
> interest to necessarily support the kind of community-engagement projects
> that are currently seen as a desirable component of language documentation
> projects.
>
> This month at LIP we want to talk about the ways in which we build
> community engagement into language documentation projects, and the relative
> success of different models in different locations. Is community engagement
> necessary to language documentation projects, and how do we measure the
> success of such endeavours?
>
> Time:      6:00 - 8:00 pm
> Venue:    Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel,
>
> 191 Grattan St, Carlton
> (corner of Bouverie St)
> ph ‪(03) 9347-3033‬‎
>
> NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE ; back to usual venue after a stint at Naughtons late
> last year
>
> Food and drinks available at the venue
>
> LIP is organised by Ruth Singer and Lauren Gawne (University of Melbourne)
>
> Contact  Ruth Singer if you have any questions rsinger at unimelb.edu.au
>
> LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists
> in Melbourne. All are welcome. Those in other parts of Australia and
> the world who can't make it to the Melbourne LIPs are encouraged
> to organise a local gathering to discuss this topic and support
> language activities in your area.
>
> --
> Ruth Singer
> ARC Research Fellow
> Linguistics Program
> School of Languages and Linguistics
> Faculty of Arts
> University of Melbourne 3010
> Tel. +61 3 90353774
> http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer
>
>
>
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