ILAT cited in Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2004

[phil cash cash]

thanks Shannon, yes, i'm just glad that somebody is taking notice.  pcc

On Nov 19, 2004, at 8:11 AM, s.t. bischoff wrote:

> 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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