Activities
Date：2011.02.18［Fri］- 02.24［Thu］
Past Projects / DocLing
Event already held
DocLing 2011
This workshop is an opportunity for field linguistic researchers to receive basic training in language documentation research. The following topics are planned to be covered this year:
- What is “Language Documentation”?
- How to improve the quality of recording audio and video data (settings of recording devices, etc.)
- How to take photos for language documentation
- Get acquainted with the software applications for processing recorded data
- Metadata and meta-documentation
- Ethical issues in language documentation
- Group work of language documentation
Date/Time
18 (Fri.)–24 (Thu.), February 2011, 10:00–17:00
Venue
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Staff
- Peter Austin (SOAS, University of London)
- David Nathan (SOAS, University of London)
- Anthony Jukes (La Trobe University)
- Hideo Sawada (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Program
| 10:00-11:20 | 11:40-13:00 | 14:00-15:20 | 15:40-17:00 | |
| 2/18 (FRI) | Meet students and explain overall structure | Check students’ computers | ||
| 2/19 (SAT) | Documentation (Lecture) | Audio & Video (Lecture) | Audio (Practice) | Project planning, make groups |
| 2/20 (SUN) | Counseling for individual students by Japanese staff | Counseling for individual students by Japanese staff | ||
| 2/21 (MON) | Data management (Lecture) | Software & multimedia (Lecture) | Work with consultants | Work with consultants |
| 2/22 (TUE) | Metadata & meta-documentation (Lecture) | Photography(Lecture) | Work with consultants | Work with consultants |
| 2/23 (WED) | Toolbox/Transcriber(Lecture) | Fieldwork (Lecture) | Project work | Project work |
| 2/24 (THU) | Ethics (Lecture) | Archiving (Lecture) | Project demonstrations | Discussion & feedback |
*The modified parts are indicated in red. (2011-02-10)
Information for Participants
- DocLing2011 will provide introductory training, and previous knowledge or experience in language documentation research is not required. Participants in the previous DocLing workshops are also welcome.
- Previous experience in field work is not necessarily required. Researchers who are planning to start field work are also encouraged to participate.
