<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">Announcement: Linguistics in the Pub June 2012<br><br>Topic: Technology: friend or foe?<br>
<br>The continual developments in technology that we currently enjoy are an inextricably connected to the development of our field. Most would agree that technology has changed language documentation for the better. But while nobody is advocating a return to paper and pen, most would concur that technology has changed the way we work in unexpected ways. The focus is usually on the materials we produce such as video, audio and annotation files as well as particular types of computer-aided analysis. In a recent ELAC post, '<a href="http://www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2012/04/hammers-and-nails/" target="_blank">Hammers and nails</a>' Peter Austin claims that metadata is not what it was, in the days of good old reel-to-reel tape recorders. The volume of comments suggests that this topic is ripe for discussion. This session of Linguistics in the Pub will give us a chance to reflect on how our practices change with advances in technology. <div>
<br></div><div>Some ideas for discussion:<div>Do we make fewer notes when working with speakers, knowing that everything is being recorded? </div><div>Do we listen less hard now that we have pitch traces to aid our study of tone and intonation?</div>
<div>How does computer-aided communication change the way we communicate with language speakers?</div><div>Is 'record everything' sensible, or can we drown in data, leaving no time for 'real linguistics'?<div>
<br>Date: Tuesday 26th June<div><br>Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm<br>Venue: Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel,<br>191 Grattan St, Carlton<br>(corner of Bouverie St)<br>ph (03) 9347-3033<br><br>Food and drinks available at the venue<br>
</div><div>
Contact Ruth Singer if you have any questions <a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">rsinger@unimelb.edu.au</a><br><br><br>LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in<br>Melbourne. All are welcome. Those in other parts of Australia and the<br>
world who can't make it to the Melbourne LIPs are encouraged to<br>organise a local gathering to discuss this topic and support language<br>activities in your area.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div>
</div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>Ruth Singer<br>
ARC Research Fellow<br>Linguistics Program<br>School of Languages and Linguistics<br>Faculty of Arts<br>University of Melbourne 3010<br>Tel. <a href="tel:%2B61%203%2090353774" value="+61390353774" target="_blank">+61 3 90353774</a><br>
<a href="http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/singer/" target="_blank">http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/singer/</a><br>
</font></span></div><br>