[RNLD] Linguistics in the pub: open access and intimate fieldwork Tuesday March 11th 2014

[Piers Kelly]

Hi all,
I won't be able to make it to LIP, but I want to share this article on
open-access which made me reconsider some of my assumptions about its
promised benefits. Not exactly relevant to 'intimate fieldwork' but well
worth a read:
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/02/20/open-access-2-0-access-to-scholarly-publications-moves-to-a-new-phase/

Piers




On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Ruth Singer <ruth.singer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Open access and intimate fieldwork
>
> While the debate over open access to journal articles and other scholarly
> publications is a no-brainer<http://aoasg.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/cc-by_logo.png?w=625&h=468>,
> increasing pressure to make fieldwork recordings open-access sometimes puts
> fieldworkers in an uncomfortable position. The desire for more naturalistic
> data means that many linguists want to record more than just tellings of
> myths, word lists and elicited sentences. Increasingly they are interested
> in recording informal interactions between intimates: family members and
> close friends. There are a number of reasons that linguists might not want
> to make their entire collection of recordings open access. This may be due
> to lack of anonymity and the informal, unguarded nature of the recordings
> (Travis and Cacoullos 2013), or that the topic of the research was
> gossip (Haviland 1977). It may also be that the sheer volume of data, and
> number of participants in a collection makes it very time-consuming to go
> back check permissions for all recordings. In this session we will discuss
> some of the ways of restricting access to sensitive recordings, while
> making the remainder open access.
>
> References/readings - feel free to suggest more relevant readings to the
> RNLD list!
>
> *Travis, C. E. and R. T. Cacoullos*. *2013*. 'Making Voices Count: Corpus
> Compilation in Bilingual Communities'. *Australian Journal of Linguistics*33.2.
> http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AczMKmB66tiHQanZwHjf/full (23 February,
> 2014).
> *Haviland, J.* *1977*. *Gossip, Reputation, and Knowledge in Zinacantan*.
> Chicago: Chicago University Press.
>
> Date:                 Tuesday 11th March 2014
>
> Time:                6:00 - 8:00 pm
> Venue:             Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel
>
> 191 Grattan St, Carlton
>
> (corner of Bouverie St)
>
> ph (03) 9347-3033
>
>
> Food and drinks available at the venue
>
> LIP is coordinated by Ruth Singer and Lauren Gawne (University of
> Melbourne)
>
> 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.
>
> Dr Ruth Singer
> DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow
> Linguistics Program and Research Unit for Indigenous Language
> School of Languages and Linguistics
> Faculty of Arts
> University of Melbourne 3010
> Tel. +61 3 90353774
> http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer
> http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
>
>
>


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