Assessing the Vitality of Arctic Indigenous Languages - Research Development Workshops

评估北极土著语言的活力 - 研究开发研讨会

• 批准号: 1224305
• 负责人: Jim Stotts
• 金额: $ 17.5万
• 依托单位: Inuit Circumpolar Conference
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-15 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1224305&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assessing; Vitality; Arctic; Indigenous; Languages

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.

北极是一个变化之地。研究人员、政府和土著社区正在齐心协力，寻求基于证据的应对措施，以应对持续的环境、文化、社会、政治和经济变化。语言活力与不断变化的北极社会的各个方面密不可分。评估北极土著语言活力研究发展研讨会为土著主导、北极国家支持、以学术为基础的环极合作建立了一个平台，旨在理解和回应社区？他们的语言的未来目标。这些研讨会为土著人民、学者、政策制定者和从业者提供了一个机会，分享他们在北极语言评估和推广方面已经开展的工作。利益相关者将讨论合作的需求、机会和参数。研讨会的具体目标是： 1．建立一个评估北极土著语言活力的研究网络，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. 制定一种共享的、本土驱动的、以学术为基础的方法，用于研究北极本土语言的活力，并制定机构间和国际合作的机制和协议。3．计划以集中、可访问的格式传播有关所有北极语言状况的可靠且可比较的数据；促进地方、区域和国际共享解决北极土著语言活力问题的最佳实践。这些研讨会将在学术和土著话语和方法论之间架起桥梁，建立一种可接受的研究方法来评估土著语言活力。共享框架和方法的开发将为收集和传播可比的泛北极数据奠定基础，这些数据需要进一步比较、分析，并最终更好地了解社区如何？目标（例如平衡双语）可能会最好地实现。在北极土著群体和学术研究人员之间建立本土驱动的研究合作，将增强双方开发和实施满足土著社区需求的研究项目的能力。在北极理事会的支持下，因纽特人极地理事会领导下的极地合作，让我们深入了解这些国际机构如何为土著语言的语言规划做出贡献。