Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation

[Rebekka Siemens]

*** Apologies for cross-postings ***

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa 
Barbara, is pleased to announce the first:

INSTITUTE ON FIELD LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION
(InField)

Workshops: June 23rd - July 3, 2008
Field Training: July 7-August 1st, 2008
UC Santa Barbara Campus

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.

The WORKSHOP portion of the institute will offer workshops of differing 
lengths on a variety of topics such as technologies, archiving, life in 
the field, ethics, orthographies, and lexicography. A special curriculum 
designed specifically for native speakers interested in documenting their 
own languages will include workshops on basic linguistics, materials 
development, how to provide technical support to a community, and 
successful models of language maintenance and revitalization. 

The FIELD TRAINING portion of the institute will be intensive, based on a 
traditional graduate course in field methods, but will specifically 
incorporate the techiques and technologies of the workshops into the 
course. We anticipate running two or three courses on different languages 
simultaneously.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO BE INVOVLED, VISIT OUR WEBSITE:

http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR InField WORKSHOPS: If you would like to offer a 
workshop, please submit a (short!) proposal by September 15th. For details 
on submitting a proposal see the call for proposals below.

CHECK THE WEBSITES FOR FUTURE UPDATES; THE FINAL CURRICULUM WILL BE 
CIRCULATED IN THE FALL

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 – 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 – 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