[RNLD] Linguistics in the pub: open access and intimate fieldwork Tuesday March 11th 2014

[Ruth Singer]

Open access and intimate fieldwork

While the debate over open access to journal articles and other scholarly
publications is a
no-brainer<http://aoasg.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/cc-by_logo.png?w=625&h=468>,
increasing pressure to make fieldwork recordings open-access sometimes puts
fieldworkers in an uncomfortable position. The desire for more naturalistic
data means that many linguists want to record more than just tellings of
myths, word lists and elicited sentences. Increasingly they are interested
in recording informal interactions between intimates: family members and
close friends. There are a number of reasons that linguists might not want
to make their entire collection of recordings open access. This may be due
to lack of anonymity and the informal, unguarded nature of the recordings
(Travis and Cacoullos 2013), or that the topic of the research was
gossip (Haviland 1977). It may also be that the sheer volume of data, and
number of participants in a collection makes it very time-consuming to go
back check permissions for all recordings. In this session we will discuss
some of the ways of restricting access to sensitive recordings, while
making the remainder open access.

References/readings - feel free to suggest more relevant readings to the
RNLD list!

*Travis, C. E. and R. T. Cacoullos*. *2013*. ‘Making Voices Count: Corpus
Compilation in Bilingual Communities’. *Australian Journal of Linguistics*33.2.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AczMKmB66tiHQanZwHjf/full (23 February,
2014).
*Haviland, J.* *1977*. *Gossip, Reputation, and Knowledge in Zinacantan*.
Chicago: Chicago University Press.

Date:                 Tuesday 11th March 2014

Time:                6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:             Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel

191 Grattan St, Carlton

(corner of Bouverie St)

ph (03) 9347-3033


Food and drinks available at the venue

LIP is coordinated 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.

Dr Ruth Singer
DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow
Linguistics Program and Research Unit for Indigenous Language
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
http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
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