Topics

We welcome abstracts on the issue of a retrospective on language documentation–an assessment after a decade, and on topics related to collaborative language documentation and conservation which may include:

Community-based documentation/conservation initiatives
Issues in building language documentation in collaborative teams
Interdisciplinary fieldwork
Collaboration for mobilization of language data
Technology in documentation – methods and pitfalls
Graduate students and documentation
Topics in areal language documentation
Training in documentation methods – beyond the university
Teaching/learning small languages
Language revitalization
Language archiving

This is not an exhaustive list and individual papers and/or colloquia on topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.

Abstract submission

The deadline for proposal submissions (September 30, 2008) has already passed. We are no longer accepting any abstracts.

Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to the journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication.

Presentation formats

Papers will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.
Posters will be on display throughout the conference. Poster presentations will run during the lunch breaks.
Colloquia (themed sets of sessions) associated with the theme of the conference are also welcome.