Testing the Community Partnership Model through Lokono Language Documentation

扩大未被充分代表的群体对科学的参与可能会产生变革性的方法论后果。俄克拉荷马大学(诺曼)的Racquel Sapien Yamada将通过实施一种新的协作田野工作模式来检验这一假设，该模式通过促进一种濒危语言(Lokono)的本地使用者和另一种语言的传统使用者(Kari‘nja)对另一种语言(Kari’nja)的记录来扩展社区包容的实地研究的概念。Kari‘nja和Lokono(Arawak-arw)使用者共存于苏里南的Konomerume村。他们经常通婚。关于洛科诺语和卡林贾语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(阿拉瓦坎语)和Kari‘nja(加勒比语系)在各自语言系中的位置。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。该项目处于一场更大运动的前沿，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。项目组将提供培训，为未来的文件建立当地基础设施。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.