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，寻求以证据为基础的应对正在发生的环境、文化、社会、政治和经济变化的办法。语言活力与不断变化的北极社会的各个方面密不可分。评估北极土著语言的活力研究发展研讨会为土著主导、北极国家支持和学术锚定的极地合作建立了一个平台，旨在了解和回应社区。语言未来的目标。讲习班为土著人民、学者、政策制定者和实践者提供了一个机会，分享他们在北极语言评估和推广方面所做的工作。利益相关者将讨论共同工作的需求、机会和参数。讲习班的具体目标是：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. 2 .为研究北极土著语言的活力制定一种共享的、由土著居民驱动的、以学术为基础的方法（或多种方法），并为机构间和国际合作制定机制和协议。制订计划，以集中、可获取的形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。这些讲习班将把学术和土著语言的论述和方法联系起来，为评估土著语言的活力确立一种可接受的研究方法。共享框架和方法的发展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、分析和最终更好地理解社区如何？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土著驱动的研究合作将建立双方开发和实施解决土著社区需求的研究项目的能力。在北极理事会的主持下，由因纽特人环极理事会领导的环极合作使人们深入了解这些国际机构如何为土著语言的语言规划作出贡献。

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.