CoLang 2012

Workshops: 18 – 29 June 2012

Practicum: 2 – 27 July 2012

CoLang 2012 is a six-week Institute on Collabora­tive Lan­guage Re­search (formerly InField), to be held at the University of Kansas in the sum­mer of 2012. The Institute is designed to provide an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students, prac­ticing lin­guists, and community linguists to become trained in a wide range of skills in community-cen­tered language documentation. Suc­cess­fully held in 2008 (UCSB) and 2010 (U of Oregon), the six-week insti­tute consists of two parts: the Work­shops - two weeks of intensive workshops on the practice of documentary linguistics – followed by a Practicum – a four-week apprenticeship in the applica­tion of linguis­tic science and techno­logy to on-site empirical documentation (a.k.a. “field linguis­tics”). The two parts are integrated, as students who enroll in the Practicum are required to enroll in the preceding Workshops, thereby re­ceiving an intensive course in docu­mentary best practices before putting these skills to use. Participants may choose to enroll only in the two-week Work­shops.

Contact: colang AT ku DOT edu

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• Payment is required at the time of registration. Payment is non-refundable except in the case of visa denial.
• Please see Workshop Tracks sidebar before registering

Important Dates:

15 January 2012:  Deadline for international participants

You may register after this date, but past experience shows that you may not be able to obtain a visa in time).

30 April 2012: Deadline for regular-price registration  (all participants)

Participants registering on or before 30 April 2012  pay $750 for the Workshops or $1500 for the Workshops + Practicum. From 30 April to 18 June, late registration fees apply (Workshops will increase to $900, and the fees for the Workshops & Practicum will increase to $1800).

20 May 2012: Last date to reserve on-campus housing

Housing (including internet and meals) is available on-campus in the well-appointed Scholarship Halls, a five minute walk from the CoLang venues.

21 May – 18 June 2012: Last-minute registrations will be accepted (at late registration fees), but those registering after May 20 will likely have to find off-campus housing.

Governance: CoLang (formerly InField) has been guided by an ad hoc committee since 2008. The community of InField/CoLang participants and instructors intend to hold the Institute every other year at different institutions. A draft charter statement for the Institute is now available; feedback is welcome.