[RNLD] Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub Wednesday 23rd March 2016

[Ruth Singer]

*Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub Wednesday 23rd March 2016*



***********First MLIP for the year ************


*Our current venue is: UNIVERSITY HOTEL and will remain so until further
notice*



*We will be holding LIP on Tuesdays AND Wednesdays this year*



*Elena Mihas *(James Cook University/U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) will be
leading the discussion, she works on Arawak languages of Peru in Amazonia.



*Topic: *Guiding language consultants’ individual projects: Negotiating
organizational issues in the field



Last year we held a session of MLIP titled ‘Supporting community
researchers in the field’ which was about models of community engagement
where local people at the research fieldsite receive training in linguistic
fieldwork techniques and carry out some of the work. One of the background
readings for that session was Mihas (2012). In that paper she shares her
experiences of subcontracting native speakers. Field linguists based at
universities are not always able to spend that much time in the field.
However, if local people in the community are interested in doing language
work, this is a way of scaling-up or greatly increasing the amount of work
that gets done. Employing local people can provide useful employment and
training in what are often very disadvantaged communities. In addition,
better understanding of the research enables local people to have more
input into how research is carried out. And this closer collaboration also
improves linguistic analyses (Czaykowska-Higgins 2009, Rice 2011). It is
possible at many sites, to set up a system whereby local researchers work
independently between visits by linguists. Digital communication can help
with this, as support can be provided via email and payments for work can
be processed online. However even in less developed areas, local
researchers can do work independently with just a tape recorder, batteries
and a notebook.



This session of MLIP will discuss these topics:

What kind of projects are viable?

How to find the right people for the job?

How to retain the right people?

How to negotiate remuneration?

How to ensure good quality of the final product?

How to deal with setbacks?



The background readings are the same as for February 2015, if you can’t
download them from the links below try http://www.rnld.org/node/376



See also Elena’s blog post on a thematic dictionary project she worked on
with local researchers.

http://www.etnolinguistica.org/doc:22



Czaykowska-Higgins, E. (2009) Research Models, Community Engagement, and
Linguistic Fieldwork: Reflections on Working within Canadian Indigenous
Communities. Language Documentation and Conservation, vol. 3, no. 1 (June
2009): 15-50. [http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/June2009/].

Good, J. 2012. ‘“Community” Collaboration in Africa: Experiences from
Northwest Cameroon’. Language Documentation and Description 11.
*http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jcgood/jcgood-CommunityCollaboration.pdf*
<http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jcgood/jcgood-CommunityCollaboration.pdf>

Laycock, A., D. Walker, N. Harrison and J. Brands. 2009. ‘Supporting
Indigenous Researchers: A Practical Guide for Supervisors’.
*https://www.lowitja.org.au/lowitja-publishing/C023*
<https://www.lowitja.org.au/lowitja-publishing/C023>

Mihas, E. I. 2012. ‘Subcontracting Native Speakers in Linguistic Fieldwork:
A Case Study of the Ashéninka Perené (Arawak) Research Community from the
Peruvian Amazon’. *http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4502*
<http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4502>

Putt, J. 2012. Conducting Research with Indigenous People and Communities.
Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse.
*http://www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au/documents/ConductingresearchwithIndigenouspeopleandcommunities.pdf*
<http://www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au/documents/ConductingresearchwithIndigenouspeopleandcommunities.pdf>

Rice, K. 2011. ‘Documentary Linguistics and Community Relations’.
*http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4498*
<http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4498>



Date:      Wednesday 23rd March

Time:       6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:     Function room (upstairs)

              *University hotel* (NOTE NEW-ish VENUE)

*Address: *272 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

*Phone:   *(03) 9347 7299

                http://www.unihotel.com.au/ (menu available online)


LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in
Melbourne and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: Ruth Singer, Stefan
Schnell (Melbourne Uni) and Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan
Ray, Giordana Santosuosso, Jonathon Lum (Monash Uni)



Contact Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne) with any questions:
*rsinger at unimelb.edu.au
<rsinger at unimelb.edu.au>*
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