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A podcast about linguistic fieldwork, where seasoned fieldworkers share their stories from the field.
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Today's episode is part two of our Q&A episode with Vera Ferreira (CIDLeS & ELDP) & Hugo Cardoso (University of Lisbon). In this episode, we discuss questions from listeners such as "How can fieldworkers deal with the often tragic and uncomfortable circumstances in the field?", "How can we reduce our environmental impact in the field?" and "How to deal with difficult recording situations". Just a reminder, the responses to these questions are based on our own experiences in the field and do not necessarily reflect best practice (i.e., your mileage may vary).
Things mentioned in this episode:
Hugo's equipment: Marantz audio recorder, Zoom H6, Panasonic HC-VX98 video cameras, Sennheiser lapel microphone (wireless), Rode NT2-A microphone, Rode NTG2 (shotgun mic), Rode NT microphone
Zoom Q8 video camera & Sony FDR-AX53 4K Ultra HD (Vera's recommendation)
Clean Tabs for water purification
Thank you to our listeners who sent in questions, if you have a question about linguistic fieldwork, you can email it to fieldnotespod@gmail.com
If you would like to hear more about Vera's fieldwork with the Fala (Spain), Minderico (Portugal) and Bavarian (Germany) communities, you can listen to Field Notes episode two. If you would like to learn more about Hugo's work with the Diu and Kerala communities (India) and the Portuguese Burgher community (Eastern Sri Lanka), you can listen to episode four.
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Today's episode is with Vera Ferreira (CIDLeS & ELDP) & Hugo Cardoso (University of Lisbon). In this episode, Martha, Hugo & Vera discuss questions sent in from listeners. Questions include "How can collected data be shared in a meaningful way with communities" and "What do researchers prioritise during their documentation projects?".
If you would like to hear more about Vera's fieldwork with the Fala (Spain), Minderico (Portugal) and Bavarian (Germany) communities, you can listen to Field Notes episode two. If you would like to learn more about Hugo's work with the Diu and Kerala communities (India) and the Portuguese Burgher community (Eastern Sri Lanka), you can listen to episode four.
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
This episode is with Lauren Gawne who does fieldwork in Nepal working with speakers of Yolmo and Syuba. Lauren has experience as both a successful grant applicant and as a grant committee assessor. In this episode, she shares her advice for navigating applying for funding in the current overly-competitive and under-resourced environment.
Things mentioned in this episode:
Lingthusiasm: a podcast enthusiastic about linguistics, hosted by Lauren Gawne & Gretchen McCulloch
Lauren's blog: Superlinguo
Short films by Chouette Films from Lauren’s Syuba video recordings: Bees & Earthquakes
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
A Guide to the Syuba (Kagate) Language Documentation Corpus (Language Documentation & Conservation)
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
This episode is with Andrew Harvey, who is a documentary linguist working with speakers of two previously un-documented languages, Ihanzu and Gorwaa (Tanzania). Andrew discusses his research, the seredipitous beginning to his work with the Gorwaa community, and how community collaboration has impacted the documentation and description of Ihanzu and Gorwaa.
Things mentioned in this episode:
Andrew’s Gorwaa deposit at ELAR: The Gorwaa Noun Phrase: Toward a Description of the Gorwaa Language
Andrew on twitter:@andrewdtharvey
Andrew’s email: andrewdtharvey@gmail.com
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
This episode is with insider researcher Madoka Hammine, who is a PhD student at University of Lapland in Finland. Madoka works on her heritage language, Yaeyama (Ryukyuan), as both a linguist and a language activist. Her PhD project is entitled: "embracing multilingualism in education", based on her fieldwork in both in Finland and Miyara village (Ishigaki, Japan).
Things mentioned in this episode:
Madoka’s work (paper mentioned TBA): https://ulapland.academia.edu/MadokaHammine
Madoka’s profile at the University of Lapland
Madoka's podcast: おーりたぼーり ("Ooritaboori", content in Yaeyama, Japanese & English)
Yaeyama language: Wikipedia
Sami languages: Wikipedia
Get in touch:
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Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
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Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
This episode is with Khairunnisa, who is researching variation and politeness strategies in her own language, Sasak (Lombok, Indonesia). In this episode, Khairunnisa discusses how working as an insider researcher influences her research methods, and how she manages the challenges of adhering to expected societal norms in her own community.
Things mentioned in this episode:
- Sasak on Wikipedia
- OLAC resources in and about the Sasak language
- Language Documentation Training Center at UH
- Ngenó-Ngené variety of Sasak (Glottolog)
- Dialect variation in the voice system of Sasak: when is a nasal-verb not a nasal-verb? (Austin, 2012)
- For more information about Ampenan-Sasak, see Khairunnisa’s paper: CONVERSATION BETWEEN SASAK SPEAKERS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT(Khairunnisa, 2017)
Get in touch:
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Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
In this episode, Hugo Cardoso discusses his work with the creole-speaking communities of Diu and Kerala and the Portuguese Burgher community (Eastern Sri Lanka).
Things mentioned in this episode:
Hugo's profile on the University of Lisbon website: http://www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en/researchers-en/39-cardoso-hugo
Hugo's ELAR deposit: Documentation of Sri Lanka Portuguese
Hugo's equipment: Marantz audio recorder, Zoom H6, Panasonic HC-VX98 video cameras, Sennheiser lapel microphone (wireless), Rode NT2-A microphone, Rode NTG2 (shotgun mic), Rode NT microphone
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
In this episode, Lyle Campbell shares stories from his work in the Americas, discusses what has changed in the field of Documentary Linguistics since he started his career, and gives some food-related advice to new field workers.
Things mentioned in this episode:
Endangered Languages Project: http://www.endangeredlanguages.com
Catalogue of Endangered Languages: http://ling.hawaii.edu/research-current/projects/elcat/
Lyle Campbell’s website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lylecamp/
Quechuan language family: Wikipedia
Mayan language family: Wikipedia
Xinca language: Wikipedia & OLAC
Documentary and Descriptive Linguistics by Nikolaus Himmelmann (1998)
Get in touch:
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Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
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Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Vera Ferreira discusses her fieldwork in Europe working with the Minderico (Portugal), Fala (Spain), and Bavarian (Germany) communities.
Things mentioned in this episode:
CIDLeS: http://www.cidles.eu
Fala language on Wikipedia
Bavarian language on Wikipedia
Minderico language on Wikipedia
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter & Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter and Instagram: @lingfieldnotes
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Welcome to Field Notes! This podcast aims to share the stories of linguists doing fieldwork to document, describe, and research languages (especially endangered/minority languages). In Season One, we will be interviewing several field linguists about their work and how they would advise new fieldworkers and students thinking about getting into field linguistics.
Things mentioned in this episode:
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Amami language on Wikipedia
Ryukyuan language family on Wikipedia
Get in touch:
Website: https://fieldnotespod.com
Email: fieldnotespod@gmail.com
Twitter and Instagram: @lingfieldnotes