<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:small;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">(apologies for cross-posting)</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:small;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:small;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Linguistic Fieldwork: Working With Communities at a Distance</b></span><br><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Participants: Emiliana Cruz, Ruth Singer, Stephen Morey. Claire Bowern</span><br><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(2,2,2);background-color:rgb(239,239,239)">07/28/2020, 19h00 Brasilia time (8am east coast Australia)</span><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:small;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(2,2,2);background-color:rgb(239,239,239)"><br></span></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:small;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Just wanted to let you all know that some of the panelists from the May Linguistics in the Pub (at home) are presenting in this <i>Abralin ao vivo </i>session next week. They'll have a bit more time than they did then, to discuss all their activities to support endangered languages at a distance.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><a href="https://aovivo.abralin.org/en/lives/linguistic-fieldwork-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-LPlnk197268" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:small;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">https://aovivo.abralin.org/en/lives/linguistic-fieldwork-2/</a><div id="gmail-LPBorder_GTaHR0cHM6Ly9hb3Zpdm8uYWJyYWxpbi5vcmcvZW4vbGl2ZXMvbGluZ3Vpc3RpYy1maWVsZHdvcmstMi8." class="gmail-LPBorder716345" style=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