LINGUIST List 26.1646
Fri Mar 27 2015
Summer Schools: CoLang 2016: Institute on Collaborative Language Research / Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Editor for this issue: Ashley Parker <ashleylinguistlist.org>
Date: 26-Mar-2015
From: Gary Holton <colang2016
gmail.com>
Subject: CoLang 2016: Institute on Collaborative Language Research / Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
E-mail this message to a friend CoLang 2016: Institute on Collaborative Language Research / Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Host Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Coordinating Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Website:
http://www.alaska.edu/colang2016 Dates: 20-Jun-2016 - 22-Jul-2016
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Focus: The Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) will be held on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2016. The institute is designed to provide an opportunity for community language activists and linguists to receive training in community-based language documentation and revitalization. The Institute has previously been convened in California, Oregon, Kansas, and Texas, and attracts a diverse range of participants from across the globe. Instructors include some of the world’s leading experts in language documentation.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum
Description:
The Institute consists of two parts: two weeks of intensive workshops followed by a three-week practicum in field linguistics, in which students work hands-on with speakers of an endangered language.
Workshops (June 20-July 1, 2016): Choose from a variety of topics to include: audio/video recording, data management, archiving, ethnobiology, language and well-being, language teaching, survey methods, curriculum development.
Practicum (July 5-22, 2016): This intensive practicum in language documentation will meet six days per week for three weeks. Students and instructors will be housed together in Wickersham Hall on the UAF campus. Participants may choose from the following featured languages:
- Unangam Tunuu, the language of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- Han, a Dene (Athabascan) language of Eastern Alaska and the Yukon
- Miyako, a Ryukyuan language of Southern Japan
CoLang 2016 will have, but not be limited to, two major themes: Languages of Alaska and Language Archiving.
Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
Tuition Explanation: Tuition and application information will be available soon. Costs will be kept
to a minimum, and scholarships will be available.
Registration: 01-Jan-2016 to 01-Jun-2016
Contact Person: Siri Tuttle
Email: colang2016
gmail.com
Apply on the web:
http://www.alaska.edu/colang2016 Registration Instructions:
Registration information will be announced on the website.
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