Zooming through Field Methods: Teaching language documentation remotely
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2023-04
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University of Hawaii Press
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17
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only how linguistic fieldwork is conducted but also how university-level field methods courses are taught. In this paper, we detail the methodology utilized during the 2020–21 academic year by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Linguistics for the entirely remote Field Methods sequence documenting Bua (Kubulau) Fijian. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of conducting a field methods course using videoconferencing software and present recommendations for teaching such a course online. While the necessity of holding classes remotely will wane with the pandemic, we believe that remote modalities nevertheless show promise for future application and innovation in linguistic data collection and that competence in remote field methods should be taken as both a useful and necessary part of linguistic training.
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Gabber, Shirley, Gregory Vondiziano. 2023. Zooming through Field Methods: Teaching language documentation remotely. Language Documentation & Conservation 17: 23-48.
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