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 (definite, as of July 16th, 2004):

Saturday, Sep. 4th, 2004

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

Morning session 

 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 

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 

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 

13.30 - 14.00

Inayatullah Faizi: “Development of Khowar as 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

 

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. 1-11th, 2004).

For further questions, please contact  Jost Gippert.