Testing the Community Partnership Model through Lokono Language Documentation

扩大代表性不足的群体在科学领域的参与可能会对方法论产生变革性的影响。俄克拉荷马大学（诺曼）的Racquel Sapien Yamada将通过实施一种新的协作实地考察模式来验证这一假设，该模式通过促进一种濒危语言（Lokono）的土著和另一种语言（Kari'nja）的传承者对一种濒危语言（Lokono）的记录，扩展了社区包容性实地研究的概念。讲Kari'nja语和Lokono语（阿拉瓦克语）的人住在苏里南的Konomerume村。他们经常通婚。关于洛科诺和卡林加的数据将阐明这两种语言之间的语言接触过程。这些数据还将有助于确定Lokono（阿拉瓦克语族）和Kari'nja（加勒比语族）在各自语系中的位置。Yamada和她的团队将记录、分析和描述Lokono的各个方面，以进一步调查这些问题。这个项目是一个更大的运动的前沿，鼓励濒危语言社区的成员在影响他们的研究中发挥更积极的作用。项目小组将提供培训，为将来的文件编制建立当地基础设施。俄克拉荷马大学的一名研究生将通过参与该项目获得实地研究和国际经验。该项目由美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。

Broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in science can have transformative methodological consequences. That is the hypothesis that Racquel Sapien Yamada of the University of Oklahoma (Norman) will test by implementing a new collaborative fieldwork model which extends the notion of community-inclusive field research by facilitating the documentation of one endangered language (Lokono) by native and heritage speakers of another (Kari'nja).Kari'nja and Lokono (Arawak-arw) speakers live side-by-side in the Konomerume village of Suriname. They often intermarry. Data on Lokono and Karinja will elucidate the processes of language contact evidenced between these two languages. The data will also help the place of Lokono (Arawakan family) and Kari'nja (Cariban family) within their respective language families. Yamada and her team will document, analyze, and describe aspects of Lokono to further investigate these issues.This project is at the forefront of a greater movement to encourage members of endangered language communities to play more active roles in research that affects them. The project team will provide training to build local infrastructure for future documentation. A graduate student from the University of Oklahoma will receive field research and international experience through participation in the project.The project is supported by co-funds from the National Science Foundation's International Science and Engineering Office.