InField Call for Proposals

[Rebekka Siemens]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 
   
  Workshops on Language Documentation, Maintenance, and Revitalization
   
  to be held as part of 
   
  InField: Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation
   
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  June 23rd ¨C July 3rd, 2008
   
   
  The Organizing Committee of InField solicits applications for workshops in language documentation, language maintenance, and/or language revitalization to be held as part of the Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, June 23rd ¨C July 3rd, 2008. We particularly seek proposals from current practitioners in this area, who would like to teach a workshop of two to eight hours in length to an audience of practicing linguists, graduate students in linguistics, and/or language activists with an interest in documenting, maintaining, or revitalizing a language.
   
  For a full description of InField, including workshops currently being planned, visit the website at http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield. 
   
  The proposal should include a statement of the topic of the proposed workshop, the rationale for including it as part of InField, the proposed length of the workshop, and a brief description of the workshop content and how it would be taught. Please keep proposals to a maximum of two-pages in length. Please include also a statement of qualifications of the instructor.
   
  Workshop instructors will receive reimbursement for travel, room and board, and a modest honorarium. 
   
  Proposals should be submitted to infield at linguistics.ucsb.edu. 
   
  Deadline for proposals: September 15, 2007
   

       
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