Teaching field linguistics techniques
22 May 2009
Room 4421, SOAS, Russell Square
SOAS Linguistics Department, together with the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS, the UK national body supporting HE teaching of languages, linguistics and area studies) are hosting a workshop Teaching field linguistics techniques.
The workshop is aimed at students interested in learning more about fieldwork, and staff who are considering how fieldwork might fit into the linguistics curriculum. We will cover a range of fieldwork types, including language documentation and urban sociolinguistic fieldwork. Presentations will be given by staff and post-graduate students from SOAS, Manchester University and Queen Mary, University of London.
| Time |
Session |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
Registration and coffee |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Topic 1 – How and why
Why and how linguists do fieldwork – how fieldwork linguists collect data, and what they do with it – Peter K. Austin, SOAS Presentation Handout |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
Topic 2 – Remote location fieldwork
Examples from the Pacific and Africa – Oliver Bond and Radu Voica, SOAS Presentation |
| 11.30 - 11.45 |
Tea / Coffee break |
| 11.45 - 12.15 |
Topic 3 – At home fieldwork
Research with communities in the UK – Devyani Sharma, Queen Mary Presentation |
| 12.15 - 12.45 |
Topic 4 – Ethical issues
Yuni Kim, Manchester University Presentation Handout |
| 12.45 - 14.00 |
Lunch and equipment
ELAR staff |
| 14.00 - 14.30 |
Topic 5 – Fieldwork and communities
Reciprocity in fieldwork and how researchers can support communities and languages – David Nathan and Mary Chambers, SOAS Handout |
| 14.30 - 15.00 |
Topic 6 – Curriculum issues
incorporating field methods and fieldwork into the university linguistics curriculum – Friederike Lüpke, SOAS Presentation |
| 15.00 - 15.30 |
Tea and coffee |
| 15.30 - 16.15 |
Round table discussion and wrap up
MA & PhD students, SOAS. Presentations: Chambers Choon Guernsey-trip |
The final session will include reports by students in SOAS' MA in Language Documentation and Description who recently participated in a two-week fieldwork trip to Guernsey.
There will also be a display of fieldwork equipment (recorders, microphones, video cameras, solar panels, carrying cases, etc.) during the lunch break, with staff from the Endangered Languages Archive and post-graduate fieldworkers available to discuss it.
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