Collaborative Fieldwork with Custom Mobile Apps

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dc.contributor.authorBettinson, Mat
dc.contributor.authorBird, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-30T20:37:45Z
dc.date.available2021-09-30T20:37:45Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractMobile apps have the potential to support collaborative fieldwork even where web connectivity is unreliable or unavailable. To explore this potential, we developed portable network infrastructure and custom-made field tool apps. We deployed this solution in remote communities in the far north of Australia, in connection with co-located cooperative language work. Throughout a series of visits, we worked with community members to iterate the designs, optimising their suitability for the tasks and the context. We found that custom toolmaking provides the benefits of digital collaboration tailored for the specific needs of the environment and community. However, we argue that it is activity design – not the technology itself – that must be foregrounded, placing fieldworkers in the driving seat of innovation in digital fieldwork practice.
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.format.extent22 pages
dc.identifier.citationBettinson, Mat & Steven Bird. 2021. Collaborative Fieldwork with Custom Mobile Apps. Language Documentation & Conservation 15: 411-432.
dc.identifier.doiISSN 1934-5275
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/74665
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectLinguistics--Fieldwork
dc.subjectMobile apps
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.titleCollaborative Fieldwork with Custom Mobile Apps
dc.typeArticle
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prism.endingpage432
prism.publicationnameLanguage Documentation & Conservation
prism.startingpage411
prism.volume15

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