Annnouncement: InField 2010 at Univeristy of Oregon

[Carol Genetti]

*** Apologies for cross-postings ***

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION

Linguists, Students of Linguistics, Community Language Activists

InField 2010:
INSTITUTE ON FIELD LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Eugene, Oregon
USA

The Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation is designed 
for field linguists, graduate students, and language activists to receive 
training in current techniques and issues in language documentation, 
language maintenance, and language revitalization.

http://logos.uoregon.edu/infield2010/home/index.php

Workshops: June 21st - July 2nd
Laboratory week: July 5th - July 9th
Field Training: July 5th - July 30th

REGISTRATION
Applications for registration (available on the website) will be processed 
upon receipt with notification within 14 days. Applications received prior 
to May 22, 2010 will have priority for housing; applications submitted 
after May 22 will have higher fees and may not allow access to housing.

WORKSHOPS (two weeks of intensive training on a variety of topics and 
skills)
Overviews
* Steps in language documentation
* Models of language documentation and revitalization
* Principles and multimedia tools for sustainable language documentation, 
maintenance and revitalization

Language Maintenance and Revitalization
* Pedagogical grammar development
* Curriculum development (place- and culture-based)
* ACORNS: Acquisition of Restored Native Speech project	
* Miromaa - "Modern Ways for Ancient Words"	
* Pedagogical phonetics
* Using archival materials for community-based language documentation and 
revitalization

Ethics and Activism
* Language community partnerships and respectful linguistic research
* Language activism
* Life in the Field

Technologies
* Audio (intermediate and advanced)
* Video (intermediate and advanced)
* Data management and archiving (intermediate and advanced)
* Principles of database design
* ELAN (a tool that aligns text to audio and video; introductory and 
advanced)
* Toolbox (a tool to create interlinear glossed text and lexicons; advanced 
only)
* FLEx (a tool to create interlinear glossed text and lexicons)

And?
* Orthography
* Lexicography
* Transcription of spoken discourse
* Field phonetics
* Ethnobiology
* Survey methods
* Introduction to Linguistics
* Grant writing for language activists or linguists

LABORATORY WEEK (An opportunity to work on your own projects with the 
assistance and advice of InField staff)
	
FIELD TRAINING (A four-week intensive apprenticeship in language 
documentation with native speakers, applying the analytic and data 
management techniques of the Workshops)

* Uyghur (Turkic)	
Instructor: Arienne Dwyer (University of Kansas)

* Northern Paiute (Uto-Aztecan)
Instructor: Tim Thornes (U. of Central Arkansas)

* TBA	
Instructor: Sergio Meira

ASSOCIATED EVENTS
* Northwest Indian Language Institute, (June 21-July 2)**
* Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference (June 25-27)
* Athabaskan/Dene Languages Conference (June 25-27)
* 45th International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages (June 
25-27)
* Hokan-Penutian Languages Conference (June 25-27)

FOR APPLICATION AND COMPLETE INFORMATION, POINT YOUR BROWSER TO:
http://logos.uoregon.edu/infield2010/registration/index.php/

SPONSORS	
U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Endowment for the 
Humanities: Documenting Endangered Languages Program			
University of Oregon Department of Linguistics

** The Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI) will also be hosting its 
annual Summer Institute (June 21 - July 30), with courses covering topics 
including Northwest languages, linguistics, and language teaching methods, 
centered on the theme Language and Place.  Participants at InField will 
also be able to attend NILI courses if they prefer these to some workshops.