Assessing the Vitality of Arctic Indigenous Languages - Research Development Workshops

北极是变化的中心。研究人员、政府和土著社区正走到一起，寻求对正在发生的环境、文化、社会、政治和经济变化的循证对策。语言的活力与北极社会变化的各个方面密不可分。评估北极土著语言的生命力研究发展研讨会为土著领导的，北极国家支持的，学术上锚定的环极合作建立了一个平台，寻求了解和回应社区？为他们语言的未来而奋斗。讲习班为土著人民、学者、决策者和从业人员提供了一个机会，分享他们在北极语言评估和推广方面已经开展的工作。利益攸关方将讨论合作的需求、机会和参数。研讨会的具体目标是：1。建立一个研究网络，评估北极土著语言的活力，包括北极国家、土著人民的代表？组织、学术研究人员、语言政策制定者、程序员和活动家。2.为研究北极土著语言的活力制定一种共同的、由土著人驱动的、以学术为基础的方法，并制定机构间和国际合作的机制和协议。计划以集中、可访问的格式传播关于所有北极语言状况的可靠和可比数据;促进地方、区域和国际分享解决北极土著语言活力问题的最佳做法。这些讲习班将在学术和土著话语和方法之间架起桥梁，为评估土著语言的活力建立一个可接受的研究方法。制定共享的框架和方法将为收集和传播可比较的泛北极数据奠定基础，这些数据是进一步比较、分析和最终更好地了解北极社区如何利用这些数据所必需的。目标（例如均衡的双语）可能最容易实现。在北极土著群体和学术研究人员之间建立由土著人推动的研究合作，将建设双方制定和执行满足土著社区需要的研究项目的能力。在北极理事会主持下并由因努伊特人北极圈理事会领导的北极圈协作，使人们了解了这些国际机构如何能够促进土著语言的语言规划。

The Arctic is a locus of change. Researchers, governments and indigenous communities are coming together to seek evidence-based responses to ongoing environmental, cultural, social, political and economic changes. Language vitality is integrally intertwined with all aspects of changing Arctic societies. The Assessing the Vitality of Arctic Indigenous Languages research development workshops establish a platform for an indigenous-led, Arctic state-supported, and academically anchored circumpolar collaboration seeking to understand and respond to communities? goals for the future of their languages. The workshops provide an opportunity for indigenous peoples, academics, policy makers and practitioners to share what they are already doing in Arctic language assessment and promotion. Stakeholders will discuss needs, opportunities and parameters for working together. The specific workshop objectives are to:1. Establish a research network for the assessment of the vitality of Arctic indigenous languages, including representatives of Arctic states, indigenous peoples? organizations, academic researchers, language policy-makers, programmers and activists. 2. Develop a shared, indigenous-driven and academically grounded method (or methods) for research into the vitality of Arctic indigenous languages, with mechanisms and protocols for inter-agency and international collaboration.3. Plan for the dissemination of reliable and comparable data about the status of all Arctic languages in a centralized, accessible format; facilitate local, regional, and international sharing of best practices in addressing Arctic indigenous language vitality. The workshops will bridge academic and indigenous discourses and methodologies, establishing an acceptable research methodology for assessing indigenous language vitality. Development of shared frameworks and methodologies will lay the foundation for collection and dissemination of comparable pan-Arctic data, needed for further comparisons, analysis, and ultimately better understandings of how communities? goals (e.g. for balanced bilingualism) may best be achieved. Establishing indigenously driven research collaborations between Arctic indigenous groups and academic researchers will build the capacity of both to develop and implement research projects which address the needs of indigenous communities. Circumpolar collaboration under the auspices of the Arctic Council and led by the Inuit Circumpolar Council provides insight into how such international bodies may contribute to language planning for indigenous languages.