<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Announcement: Linguistics in the Pub </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">November 2012</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222">Topic: Urban Fieldwork</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222">Language documentation has traditionally gone hand-in-hand with
fieldwork in distant locations, but in recent years there has been a growing
interest in the possibilities for this sort of research in large urban centres
that teem with linguistic diversity. Cities such as New York, London, and, of
course, Melbourne offer many opportunities for working with speakers of
under-described languages, but approaches towards urban language documentation
need to be carefully considered. This LIP session focuses on how urban
fieldwork with diaspora groups differs from the traditional model of linguistic
fieldwork, the particular challenges and also possible advantages of urban
fieldwork, and ways in which our methods and goals can, and should, be adapted
in this setting. The discussion will be led by Rosey Billington who is documenting the Southern Sudanese language Lopit with the diaspora community in Melbourne.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Date:      Tuesday 13th November</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Time:      6:00 - 8:00 pm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Venue:    Function room, Naughton’s Parkville Hotel</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">43 Royal Parade, Parkville (opposite Melbourne Uni)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Telephone (03) 9347 2255</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Food and drink available at the venue</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Contact  Ruth Singer if you have any questions </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria;color:#1155cc"><u><a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial">rsinger@unimelb.edu.au</span></a></u></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>


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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">LIP <span style="background:white">is an occasional gathering of language activists and
linguists in</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Melbourne. All are welcome. Those in other parts of Australia and the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">world who can't make it to the Melbourne</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> LIPs <span style="background:white">are encouraged to</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>


</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">organise a local gathering to discuss this topic and support language</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">activities in your area.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>

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