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=== [[Language documentation and description|Language documentation]], for what purposes? === | === [[Language documentation and description|Language documentation]], for what purposes? === |
Revision as of 21:55, 24 January 2023
This page presents the topic 'Ensuring the sustainability of language documentation', which essentially is connected to the topic of Sustainability in linguistics.
Language documentation, for what purposes?
- For language revitalization, to benefit community
- For data collection, for linguistics, to capture linguistic diversity
- For education, Sustainable Development Goal 4
Traditional knowledge
What is being documented? Language documentation is also documenting the traditional knowledge - which cannot be separated.
Fieldwork ethics
Important practices and guidelines to be considered:
Collaborative approach
With whom is the language documentation done? Collaboration with the community should be basis for the fieldwork.
In addition, collaboration with different institutions and local organizations should be consider, also learning from other projects and each other..