The Language and Book Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture noted in 2019 that Indonesia had 718 regional languages. This number does not include the numerous dialects of the languages. Most of these languages, around 400 of them, are spoken in Papua. Unfortunately, most of these languages are endangered mostly due to the pressure of the national language, Indonesian. Younger generations have switched to Indonesian which provides more economic and social advantages. Therefore, it is important to conduct a workshop to equip Indonesian linguists with skills to document and preserve the regional languages using up-to-date and internationally recognized method such as using ELAN. ELAN is a program for audio and video and can be downloaded for free at https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan/download. However, the use of ELAN requires previous training and guidance from researchers who have frequently used it in their field research.

This online workshop of ELAN is designed to minimize the limitations of distance and cost for Indonesian linguists who are interested in in gaining expertise in using ELAN. The workshop is held by a collaborative team from AIFIS, PKBB-Atma Jaya, The Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya and Nick Williams, Ph.D. (Colorado University Boulder). An electronic certificate will be provided for participants who take part in each session of the workshop and it will be sent via emails.

Dates, Time, and Venue

Date : Monday-Tuesday/28-29 September 2020

Time : 1 to 4 pm WIB (morning session) & 4 to 5 pm (afternoon session)

Venue : Virtual Workshops (via Zoom)

Facilitators

Yanti, PhD. (PKBB Unika Atma Jaya Jakarta-Univ of Delaware)

Nick Williams, PhD. (University of Colorado Boulder)

Moderator

Ika Nurhayani, PhD. (Master’s Study Program of Linguistics, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya-Cornell University)