DOBES Conference - Programme

A WORLD OF MANY VOICES

Interfaces in Language Documentation:

Linguistics, Anthropology, Speech Communities, and Technology

University of Frankfurt / Main

4th - 5th of September, 2004

Program schedule:

Saturday, Sep. 4th, 2004

General theme: The impact of language documentation techniques and technologies on linguistic methodologies and theories

Morning session (Eisenhower Hall, 1.314, Room R)
9.00 - 9.10	Formal opening by representatives of Frankfurt University and Volkswagen Foundation
9.10 - 10.00	*Leanne Hinton / Daryl Baldwin: "The uses of documentation in language revitalization efforts: Some issues and problems"*
10.00 - 10.30	Patricia A. Shaw / Larry Grant, “A delicate balance: dynamics of collaboration in critically endangered language documentation”
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 11.30	David Rood / Armik Mirzayan: “Are new digital recordings always helpful in the preservation of Severely Endangered Languages? The Case of Wichita”
11.30 - 12.00	Report: The present state of the DoBeS programme (“Documentation of Endangered Languages”, Volkswagen Foundation)
12.00 - 13.30	Lunch break

Afternoon session (Casino, 1.801, Room P)
13.30 - 14.00	Christian Lehmann / Hans-Jörg Bibiko: “A software platform for multimedial representation of linguistic data”
14.00 - 14.30	Hennie Brugman / Romuald Skiba: “Historical changes in linguistic annotation: from pieces of paper to computer files”
14.30 - 15.00	David Nathan: “Meet the interface: inscribing community participation in language resource software development”
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 - 16.00	Evgeniy Golovko: “A language divided by an international border: Problems of documentation and revitalisation”
16.00 - 16.30	Thomas Widlok: “Implications of ethnographic techniques for anthropological and linguistic theory”
16.30 - 17.20	*Felix Ameka: "Whose document?"*
19.00	Reception

Sunday, Sep. 5th, 2004

General theme: The influence of the speech communities' participation on the methods and goals of language documentation

Morning session (Casino, 1.801, Room P)
9.00 - 9.50	Maria Villalon: "Language Shift in Venezuela: Current Trends, Approaches and Actions"
10.00 - 10.30	Elena Benedicto and team: “Biri biri: Erasing the boundaries between linguist and language community through collaborative research in Nicaragua”
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 11.30	Raquel Guirardello / Aurore Monod Becquelin / Emmanuel de Vienne: “The joint work of linguists, anthropologists, and native speakers on the Trumai language: developing documentation strategies”
11.30 - 12.00	Veronica Grondona: “Language documentation and maintenance in two indigenous communities of Argentina”
12.00 - 13.30	Lunch break

Afternoon session (Casino, 1.801, Room P)
13.30 - 14.00	Inayatullah Faizi: “Development of Khowar as a literacy language: Results of interaction between linguists and speech community in Chitral, Northern Pakistan”
14.00 - 14.30	Martin Gaenszle / Novel Kishore Rai / Vishnu Singh Rai: “Documenting language and cultural practice: Experiences with interdisciplinary research and community involvement in East Nepal”
14.30 - 15.00	Miriam Corris: “Literacy and orthography standardisation in Barupu”
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 – 19.00	Round table discussion General topics: a) Challenges and opportunities in the documentation of endangered languages as provided by modern technology and by changing political attitudes; b) Capacity building for the task of language documentation within the framework of university subjects
15.30	Introductory statements (six speakers)
16.40	Open discussion

Venue for all sessions: University of Frankfurt, Campus Westend (Poelzig-Ensemble)

Orientation map

The conference will take place in conjunction with a summer school on the documentation of endangered languages at the same venue (Frankfurt, Sep. 1-11^th, 2004).

For further questions, please contact Jost Gippert.