Linguistics in the Pub (at home)

Discussion led by: Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne)

Participate via Zoom or Youtube live at:

10am Thursday May 21st Australian Eastern Standard Time AEST UTC+10

5pm Wednesday May 20th Pacific Daylight Time PDT UTC-7 (8pm EDT)

Linguistics in the Pub at home May  2020: Fieldwork at a distance

We've all thrown our 2020 fieldwork plans in the bin. Now we find ourselves in a strange new world of online work, and likely no travel, or greatly reduced travel, for the the foreseeable future. This month we look at ways we can continue our research collaborations with communities. What kinds of research projects are possible in this radically altered landscape? And how can we still support the languages and communities that we work with?

This LIP has a different format to usual. We will start with a panel discussion (around 45 minutes) and then we will discuss the issues raised in small groups for about 30 minutes. The panel discussion will be streamed live to YouTube and will be available to view later.

The panel brings together six linguists who have already been doing 'fieldwork at a distance' for some time: Claire Bowern, Emiliana Cruz, Tom Ennever, Bryn Hauk, Stephen Morey, Anthony Woodbury. The discussion will be facilitated by Ruth Singer.

This LIP is at a new time, so we can include linguists based in the Americas as well as Australia.

To participate via Zoom, register with EventBrite to receive the Zoom meeting link

You can also watch the panel discussion via Youtube live on the Linguistics in the Pub channel