[RNLD] LIP September 2012: Crowd-sourcing in language documentation

[Ruth Singer]

Announcement: Linguistics in the Pub Tuesday 25th September 2012

Note new-ish location: Naughton's Parkville hotel

Topic: Crowd-sourcing in Language Documentation, discussion led by Bruce
Birch, ANU/Iwaidja Inyman.

This LIP will include a demonstration of some of the software developed by
the Minjilang Endangered Languages Publication project (publishing as Iwaidja
Inyman <http://www.iwaidja.org/>) for the collection and publication of
data in Iwaidja, a highly endangered language of Northwestern Arnhem Land.

The discussion will look at the opportunities for language documentation
presented by smartphone apps which allow people to record, annotate and
upload language data as well as metadata in the form of audio, video,
images or text. The process allows users of the apps to take advantage of
the spontaneous opportunities for data collection which frequently arise,
but which are often missed in the context of traditional fieldwork tools
and methods. Crowd-sourcing facilitates the involvement of large numbers of
native speakers of all ages in the documentation process without the need
for high levels of literacy and computer literacy.

The iOS version of the Ma! Iwaidja app is now available for download from
iTunes (android to follow):
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ma-iwaidja/id557824618?mt=8

Date:      Tuesday 25th September
Time:      6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:    Function room, Naughton’s Parkville Hotel
   43 Royal Parade, Parkville (opposite Melbourne Uni but on the West side)
Telephone (03) 9347 2255

Food and drink available at the venue

Contact  Ruth Singer if you have any questions rsinger at unimelb.edu.au

LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in
Melbourne. All are welcome. Those in other parts of Australia and the
world who can't make it to the Melbourne LIPs are encouraged to
organise a local gathering to discuss this topic and support language
activities in your area.

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Ruth Singer
ARC Research Fellow
Linguistics Program
School of Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
University of Melbourne 3010
Tel. +61 3 90353774
http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/singer/
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