3rd International Conference on Documentary Linguistics ‐ Asian Perspectives:“Working with communities: Toward reclamation of linguistic and cultural heritage”
23‐25 July 2018
Jointly Organized and Sponsored by
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University ofForeign Studies

Venue: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia,
Mahidol University, Thailand
Monday 23rd July 201808.30 – 09.00

Registration

Main Conference Room (2nd floor)

09.00 – 09.30

Opening

Main Conference Room (2nd floor)

09.00 – 09.20

Opening CeremonyWelcoming Remarks
Professor Kayoko Hayashi, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Vice President of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Associate Professor Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj, Ph.D.
Director of Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia

09.20 – 09.30

Opening SpeechProfessor Banchong Mahaisavariya, M.D.
Acting President of Mahidol University

09.30 – 10.30

Keynote Address
Main Conference Room (2nd floor)
Communities, contexts and curation: The role and use of archival and legacy
materials in language revitalization
Peter Austin
SOAS, University of London
Moderator: Sumittra Suraratdecha

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee BreakPhutthasilp Room (1st floor)

11.00 – 12.30
Parallel Session I
Room 103 (1st floor)
Theme: Classroom and communities
Moderator: Sophie Mu
11.00 – 11.30
Rohini Nag. (India). Exploring pedagogical innovations from the community
teacher: Perspectives on bridging the classroom and community
11.30 – 12.00
Junjun Fan and Jixiang Lan. (China). Working with community‐based
community service
12.00 – 12.30
Supansa Pasomsap and Sumittra Suraratdecha. (Thailand). Engaging
elementary children in creating language learning material: A case of BlackTai community school
11.00 – 12.30
Parallel Session IIRoom 224 (2nd floor)
Theme: Language documentation
Moderator: June Jacob
11.00 – 11.30
Vijay D'Souza. (India). Language documentation and reclamation of cultural
heritage: What do we preserve for the future, why, and who decides?
11.30 – 12.00
Simon Barnes‐Sadler and Soung‐U Kim. (United Kingdom). Orthographic
prescriptivism and the documentation of Koreanic
12.00 – 12.30
Pattama Patpong. (Thailand). Documenting linguistic and cultural heritage:
The case of Black Tai funeral ritual
Phutthasilp Room (1st floor)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 15.30

Round Table Discussion
Main Conference Room (2nd floor)
4 speakers ([15min talk] + 60min QA and discussion at the end)
Discussant: Julia Sallabank; Peter Austin
Yutaka Tomioka: Working with communities: Some experiences fromJapanese PhD students in Asian contexts
Stefanie Pillai: Capacity building for language documentation in Malaysia
Sophie Mu: Work with multilinguals to understand multilingualism
Sunida Siwapathomchai: Reinforcing the use of language and culture byworking with children for community empowerment

15.30 – 15.50

Coffee BreakPhutthasilp Room (1st floor)

15.50 – 17.20
Parallel Session III
Room 103 (1st floor)
Theme: Working with the younger generation
Moderator: Uniansasmita Samoh15.50 – 16.20
Nantida Chandransu and Rawadee Uengpho. (Thailand). Lost in spirituality:
Participatory methods for engaging local children in the revival of Sea
Gypsy songs
16.20 – 16.50
Sunchai Nongtrud and Jirasak Udhnoon. (Thailand). Working with youth topromote Melayu cultural heritage: A case of Thai southern borders

16.50 – 17.20

Binay Pattanayak and Giridhari Gaunjhu. (India). Enrichment of language
and culture through MTB‐MLE programme in Jharkhand, India

15.50 – 17.20
Parallel Session IV
Room 224 (2nd floor)
Theme: Language documentation and revitalization
Moderator: Mayuree Thawornpat
15.50 – 16.20
Ichchha Purna Rai and Man Kumari Limbu. (Nepal). Endangered language
documentation programme: From native speakers' perspective
16.20 – 16.50
Trisha Borgohain. (India). Understanding the revitalization issue among theTai communities of North‐East India
Kavita Rastogi and Madri Kakoti. (India). A step ahead: Revitalizing Raji
16.50 – 17.20
18.00 – 20.00

ReceptionWelcoming remarks
Toshihide Nakayama
ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

The Thai House

Sumittra Suraratdecha
RILCA, Mahidol University
On behalf of conference organizers

Monday 24th July 201809.00 – 10.00

Keynote Address
Main Conference Room (2nd floor)
Stefanie Pillai
Language documentation and revitalization: The case of Malacca
Portuguese
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malay
Moderator: Toshihide Nakayama

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee BreakPhutthasilp Room (1st floor)

10:30 – 12:00
Parallel Session V
Room 224 (2nd floor)
Theme: Sociolinguistic survey
Moderator: Sunida Siwapathomchai
10.30 – 11.00
Bhim Lal Gautam. (Nepal). A close look at the sociolinguistic survey ofNepalese languages
11.00 – 11.30
Yutaka Tomioka. (Japan). The development of a questionnaire for language
use survey in Southeast Asian contexts – a case study in Thailand andIndonesia

11.30 – 12.00

Simmee Oupra. (Thailand). Language use in the religion domain of an Indian‐Thai community in Chiang Rai province

10.30 – 12.00
Parallel Session VI
Room 103 (1st floor)
Theme: Language documentation and revitalization
Moderator: Nala Lee10.30 – 11.00
Soung‐U Kim. (United Kingdom). Exploring ideologies of code choice for
language documentation and revitalization
11.00 – 11.30
Bidisha Bhattacharjee. (India). Language revitalization and community
initiatives: An Indian perspective
11.30 – 12.00
Muhammad Zaman. (Pakistan). Community‐based language development
approach in Pakistan
Phutthasilp Room (1st floor)

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

13.00 – 15.00

Round Table Discussion
Main Conference Room (2nd floor)
4 speakers ([15min talk] + 60min QA and discussion at the end)
Discussant: Julia Sallabank; Peter AustinJune Jacobs: Network of sustainability in documenting languages andcultures in Timor region
Sarawut Kraisame: Secrets of the sea: from community training to TEK
documentation
Nala Lee: Peranakans in Singapore and language reclamation
Toshihide Nakayama: Reflection on working with an endangered language
community in Japan

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee BreakPhutthasilp Room (1st floor)

15.30 – 16.30
Parallel Session VII
Room 224 (2nd floor)
Theme: Language documentation and revitalization
Moderator: Sarawut Kraisame
15.30 – 16.00
Yasuhiro Yamakoshi. (Japan). LingDyTalk: A simple smartphone app applying
a numeral recognition technique for audio playback
16.00 – 16.30
Faridah Mohd Noor. (Malaysia). Sustaining collaboration with the Mah Mericommunity: The journey continues
15.30 – 16.30
Parallel Session VIII
Room 103 (1st floor)
Theme: Language change
Moderator: Yutaka Tomioka
15.30 – 16.00
Yizhou Lan. (Japan). A case of language contact and language change in
Cantonese
16.00 – 16.30
Kevin Martens Wong. (Singapore). Tracing the history of Kristang in
Singapore16.30

Closing Ceremony + Field trip announcement Main Conference Room (2nd floor)
Sumittra Suraratdecha
RILCA, Mahidol University
Toshihide Nakayama
ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
On behalf of conference organizers

Wednesday 25th July 2018Black Tai (Tai Dam) Community Visit
Nong Chik Village, Nong Prong Sub‐district, Khao Yoi District, Phetchaburi Province
08.00

Depart from RILCA, Mahidol University

10.00

Arrive at Nong Chik Community Learning Centre‐ Welcome remarks by a community leader‐ Black Tai Dance Performance

10.30 ‐ 11.30

Visit Cultural Base 1: Nong Chik Community Learning Centre‐ Cooking demonstration: Pang Chee (seared sticky‐rice)
and Chaeo‐Uad‐Dan (chilli dip)11.30 ‐ 12.30

Lunch

12.30 ‐ 13.30

Visit Cultural Base 2: Pan Thanom Museum‐ Dyeing and top‐spinning demonstrations

13.30 ‐ 14.30

Visit Cultural Base 3: Nong Prong Temple‐ Music and art demonstration‐ Khaen (flute) musical performance, Black Tai dance performanceand stucco preparation

14.30 ‐ 15.00

Study tour while riding farm tractors

15.00 ‐ 15.30

Token of gratitude presentation and group photo‐taking

15.30

Depart from Nong Prong Temple

17.30

Arrive back at RILCA, Mahidol University