Book Chapter
Hypothetically Speaking: Ethics in linguistic fieldwork, a provocation
Simon MUSGRAVE, Nicholas Thieberger
Endangered Languages in the 21st Century | Routledge | Published : 2023
Abstract
Ethical issues are not always easily resolved. In the case of language documentation work, such issues require careful thought to ensure that all parties to a research process are informed and are able to participate equally, or to the level that they want, in the research process. While there is a considerable literature on ethics and fieldwork, here we present some of the issues in the form of an entertaining hypothetical discussion, presented as part of the social program at a conference of the Australian Linguistic Society with a cast who were given an outline of their roles, but not the scenarios that they would have to address in the course of the event. At the request of cast members,..
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