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<div>In the last few years there has been massive growth in the popularity of the 'crowd funding' project model. In arts and technology the rise of sites like
<a href="http://kickstarter.com/" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> and <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/" target="_blank">
IndieGoGo</a> allow individuals to directly support an idea or a project they believe in, often with a small reward to thank them for their contribution. This model has been used for a number of projects involving endangered languages, to varying degrees of
success, including Canary Islands <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1311405960/exploring-a-whistled-language-lost-and-found-in-t?ref=live" target="_blank">
whistle language</a>, <a href="http://www.pozible.com/project/4575" target="_blank">Nanumea</a> (Tuvalu), and the
<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1496420787/endangered-alphabets-ii-saving-languages-in-bangla" target="_blank">
Endangered Alphabets Project</a>. Although many of these are broader in scope than language documentation projects, they point to the possibility of looking to crowd sourcing in a future of limited formal support for endangered language documentation.
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In this LIP we look at the viability of such a model and the challenges it brings to a project. Please feel free to bring additional examples, both successful and not, to illustrate the discussion.
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Date: Tuesday 10th June 2014<br>
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm<br>
Venue: Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel<br>
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Food and drinks available at the venue<br>
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<span>LIP</span> is coordinated by Ruth Singer and Lauren Gawne (University of Melbourne)<br>
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Contact Ruth Singer if you have any questions <a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">
rsinger@unimelb.edu.au</a><br>
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<span>LIP</span> 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 <span>LIPs</span> are encouraged to<br>
organise a local gathering to discuss this topic and support language<br>
activities in your area. <br>
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</div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Dr Ruth Singer<br>DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow<br>Linguistics Program and Research Unit for Indigenous Language<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://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer" target="_blank">http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer</a><br>
<a href="http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/</a></div>
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