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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hi John, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We have the same question. And to address it, this (N. hemisphere) summer in my language documentation course I’m inviting the students to explore possible solutions. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We meet at 11:15am Central time, in the USA via Zoom. So I’m wondering if you’d like to be in on the follow up discussion of their final projects—which is to collect and annotate a tiny corpus which they propose. The project debrief is scheduled for 3 August. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I’m hoping a result could be a “best practice” article about doing remote lang doc fieldwork, with sections on issue like: inadequate equipment, inadequate training, …only video sessions, etc. assuming no one else does it first. And I’d like the students to be co-authors on the paper if/when it happens. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">~Brenda</span></p><div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Brenda H. Boerger, PhD <br>Language and Culture Documentation Consultant</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">SIL International <br>7500 West Camp Wisdom Road <br>Dallas, TX 75236      USA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.2in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Mobile: 972-273-9356<br>Skype ID:  brenda_boerger1<br></span><a href="https://pikecenter.org/fellows"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://pikecenter.org/fellows</span></a><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2f5496"> <br></span></u></b><a href="https://www.diu.edu/faculty/brenda-boerger"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.diu.edu/faculty/brenda-boerger/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Working on archiving Natqgu materials and returning them to the community, so that it can be said of me, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#001320;background:white">John 13:1 <i>“Having loved his (her) own who were in the world, (s)he loved them to the end.</i></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> John Mansfield [mailto:<a href="mailto:jbmansfield@gmail.com">jbmansfield@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 4, 2020 5:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> RNLD <<a href="mailto:r-n-l-d@unimelb.edu.au">r-n-l-d@unimelb.edu.au</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Michael Breen <<a href="mailto:michael.breen@unimelb.edu.au">michael.breen@unimelb.edu.au</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [RNLD] Language work at a distance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">With travel restrictions set to be in place for some time, I'm wondering how linguists and language consultants may be able to continue working together at a distance - via video calls, phone or perhaps some other medium?</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If anybody has some relevant experiences to share, I'd be very grateful.</p></div></div></div></body></html>