ILAT cited in Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2004

[s.t. bischoff]

Nice work Phil! You've really done something very positive and useful by
organizing and maintaining this.
Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>:

> ILAT has been cited!  read on...
>
> "Another advantage often stressed by proponents of the use of digital
> forms of mediation in situations of language revitalization is that
> their use facilitates networking and community building among people
> interested in the language. Computer technology is indeed a widely used
> means of interaction among language activists, whether in the form of
> email lists (http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cashcash/ILAT.html) or in the
> sharing of knowledge and concerns through Web pages across different
> groups...."
>
>
> LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES:
> Cultures of Electronic Mediation and the Refiguring of Communities
> Patrick Eisenlohr
> Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2004. 33:21–45
>
> Abstract. Recently, language activists and linguists have begun using
> new technologies in projects aimed at revitalizing the practice of
> lesser-used languages. This review explores relatedwork, emphasizing
> howpractices of electronic mediation enabled by such technologies both
> shape and are informed by linguistic ideologies, which in turn
> crucially influence the possible revived use or abandonment of
> linguistic varieties. New technologies are treated as part of cultures
> of electronic mediation, connecting sociocultural valuations to
> mediated discourse. Their use often has important political
> implications, given that projects of language revitalization are often
> linked to claims of ethnolinguistic recognition. Finally, because
> documentation of lesser-used languages using digital technologies also
> results in the production of new cultural objects to be
> stored, displayed, and circulated, attention is also focused on the
> forms of sociality sustained by the creation and exchange of such
> electronic artifacts.
>


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Department of Linguistics
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