Endangered Languages Week 2010 · Meet a Fieldworker
School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square,
London
22 February to 27 February 2010
both sessions will take place in room 4421
In this series of short informal sessions where you can hear about the practical and human issues in doing fieldwork in locations such as such as Algeria, Iran, Tanzania, and the Solomon Islands.
Presentations are free of charge and open to anyone who is interested in endangered languages.
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 Doing fieldwork in an Algerian oasis
with Lameen Souag
Tues 23 Feb, 10am-11am, 4421
With their strong ethos of hospitality, conservative piety, and
ambivalence towards their own languages, Saharan oases pose rather
different issues for the fieldworker than the stereotypes familiar
from Australia or the Amazon. This talk will discuss the
practicalities of fieldwork in the region.
Meet a fieldworker in Morogoro
with Malin Petzell
Thurs 25 Feb, 10am-11am,
4421
This session will describe how field work can be carried out in a
rural area where electricity is scarce. We will also briefly look at
the multilingual situation in Tanzania. You will see photos from a
typical day in a field worker’s life.
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