Lahe-Deklin, FrancescaSi, Aung2014-11-132014-11-132014-12Lahe-Deklin, Francesca and Aung Si. 2014. Ex-situ Documentation of Ethnobiology. Language Documentation & Conservation 8, 788-8091934-5275http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24626Migrant speakers of endangered languages living in urban centers in developed countries represent a valuable resource through which these languages may be conveniently documented. Here, we first present a general methodology by which linguists can compile a meaningful set of visual (and sometimes audio) stimuli with which to carry out a reasonably detailed ethnobiological elicitation session in an ‘ex-situ’ setting, such as an urban university. We then showcase some preliminary results of such an elicitation carried out on the Dumo, or Vanimo, language of north-western Papua New Guinea during a linguistic field methods course at the Australian National University. With the help of a region-specific set of visual stimuli obtained from various sources, it was possible to document many fascinating aspects of the fish, and other marine-biological, knowledge of Dumo speakers, along with detailed ethnographic notes on the cultural significance of marine creatures.22engCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 InternationalAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United Statesethnobiologylanguage documentationPapua New Guineaex-situ documentationArticle