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Visual Data and Interactive Data

A brief reminder of the importance of visual tools in the explanation of narratives supported by complex data.

InField

Ponderings on linguistics fieldwork training.

The Data Management Space for Linguists

Linguists and Language Documenters have a large variety of resources they engage with. They need to keep these all in an organized way and be able to work with related items.

Socio-linguistic Profiles for Language Documentation

Where is the moral responsibility in language documentation for protecting privacy?

Language and Culture Documentation vs. Cultural Digital Natives

So, I wonder is that really any different than what digital natives are doing in cultures where there is a high degree of digital penetration? Is this really language documentation or is this really evangelism of a global digital culture?

Grants being aggregated in OLAC Search results

Grants applications can be a welth of information about the background of ethnolinguistic communities as well as a presentation of the framework for research outputs.

Metadata and the Target Audience

What are the categories of metadata needed to build a schema?

SEO Considerations for Linguistic Resources

SEO for standard websites is pretty straight forward. I happen to be working on a website redesign (in Drupal) which presents Linguistic resources both published and unpublished. I recently came across two specialized SEO options which are useful:

Some Geo-Linguistic Resources

Some quick links and mentions of Geo-linguistic projects.

Headphones for Language Documentation

Headphones impact the perception of sound. They need to be contoled for like a variable in an experiment, within the context of Language Documentation.