The 6th Documentary Linguistics Workshop (DocLing2013)
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, TUFS

Call for participants
We call for participants in the 6th Documentary Linguistics Workshop to be held in
February of 2013. This workshop series has been conducted by the Research Institutefor Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA) since 2007, in collaboration
with the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS, University of London.
1. Term:
11 - 16 February, 2013
2. Programme:
This workshop aims to provide methodological and technical training in various aspectsof language documentation and archiving of endangered/minority languages, dealing
with the topics below: overviews of language documentation and archiving, audio/video
recording, data management, data mobilization, process of archiving, photography inlanguage documentation, and issues on linguistic fieldwork. Please visit our webpage
for details:
URL http://lingdy.aacore.jp/en/activity/docling/2013.html
Lecturers: Peter Austin (SOAS, University of London)
David Nathan (SOAS, University of London)
Anthony Jukes (CRLD, La Trobe University)
Hideo Sawada (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) and others
Language: All sessions will be held in English. There will be no interpreters.
3. Venue:Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA),Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)(3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534, JAPAN)
4. Applicant's qualification:
This workshop is intended for students and researchers who are conducting (or intend toconduct) language documentation and archiving, or field linguistics research. Applicantsmust hold a B.A. degree.
5. Selection:
Depending on the number of applicants, prior screening will be held based on thesubmitted application forms (see 8. below).
6. The number of participants:
About 10 people
7. Participation fee:
No charge of tuition fee, but you are asked to pay 500 yen for light refreshments. You
also may need to buy a textbook.
8. Application:
Please fill out the application form which is provided on our webpage (URL:
http://lingdy.aacore.jp/en/activity/docling/2013.html), and send it to the address given
below by e-mail.
Address:e-mail: docling2013-appl@aa.tufs.ac.jp
DocLing2013, Kyodo Kenkyu Kyoten Kakari
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)(Subject of the email must be “DocLing2013 application documents”.)
9. Deadline for applications:
The application must arrive no later than 12 noon (in Japan Standard Time), 26
November, 2012. In response to your application, you will receive a confirmation e-mailin a couple of days. In case you have not heard from us after three days, please resend it.
10. Notification of screening result:
We notify applicants of the result in the middle of December, 2012 by e-mail.
11. Others:[1] Please arrange for accommodation during the workshop by yourself.

(We can inform you of hotels nearby if needed.)[2] Travel expenses are not provided.
12. Inquiry:
Linguistic Dynamics Science Project (LingDy) office
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
e-mail: lingdy-office@aacore.net
tel: +81-(0)42-330-5543
Please check out the previous workshop at the following webpage:
http://lingdy.aacore.jp/en/activity/docling.html