[Lingtyp] Outsourcing fieldwork to indigenous communities

Cat Butz Cat.Butz at hhu.de
Thu Jan 22 08:15:08 UTC 2026


Thank you everyone who got back to me publicly and privately!

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Cat Butz (she)
HHU Düsseldorf
General Linguistics


Am 13/01/2026 17:11, schrieb Cat Butz via Lingtyp:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I hope you're all doing well. Could you please direct me to resources 
> talking about benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing linguistic 
> fieldwork to indigenous communities (i.e., paying members of indigenous 
> communities to do fieldwork in their own or adjacent communities)? If 
> anyone wants to directly tell me about their experience doing this, 
> that also counts as a resource. Thank you.
> 
> Warmest,
> --
> Cat Butz (she)
> HHU Düsseldorf
> General Linguistics
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