Public Events
Thanks to generous funding from the Alaska Humanities Forum, the following CoLang events are free and open to the public. Advanced registration is not required, though seating may be limited in some venues.Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at Schiable Auditorium on the UAF campus. For more information contact colang2016 [at] gmail.com.
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Date | Time | Event |
Monday June 20 |
1-2pm | Intergenerational Approach to the Deline Mapping Project [details] |
Tuesday June 21 |
1-2pm | Including Children in Language Documentation and Revitalization [details] |
Wednesday June 22 |
1-2pm | Teaching Language through Distance Education [details] |
Wednesday June 22 |
7:30-9:00pm | Film: Language Matters |
Thursday June 23 |
1-2pm |
Guided Conversation for Language Documentation and Revitalization [details] |
Friday June 24 |
1-2pm |
Language Documentation in Our Own Front Yard [details] |
Monday June 27 |
1-2pm |
The Seminole Nation Language Project: Combining Master-Apprentice Classes with Language Documentation [details] |
Tuesday June 28 |
1-2pm | Language Revitalization and the Arts [details] |
Wednesday June 29 |
1-2pm | Fieldwork in the Caucasus [details] |
Wednesday June 29 |
7:30-8:30pm | Film: Rising Voices |
Friday July 1 |
TBA |
Impacts Presentations. CoLang participants will demonstrate how CoLang has impacted them. |
Wednesday |
7-9pm |
Special Screening: Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter, directed by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling. Location: UA Museum of the North Auditorium |
Wednesday July 13 |
7-9pm |
"Miyako Evening (宮古島 の夕べ)" This evening event (July 13, 7-9p, Gathering Room, Brooks Building) will begin with Mr. Hiroyuki Nakama, "Nakama sensei", and UAF graduate student Yoko Kugo giving a short introduction to Miyako (Okinawa) culture, geography, and language. Miyako is one of the 3 CoLang field-methods languages. Then Nakama sensei will introduce the sounds of the Okinawan guitar, the sanshin. A potluck dinner will follow. Please bring what you might like to share. Location: Gathering Room, Brooks Building |
Thursday July 14 | 10:45am |
Susan Paskvan, talking about songs. Location: Duckering Rm 352 |
Friday July 15 | 10:45am | Siri Tuttle, talking about phonetics/phonology. Location: Duckering Rm 352 |
Monday July 18 | 10:45am | April Councellor, talking about Alutiiq Museum Archives. Location: Duckering Rm 352 |
Tuesday July 19 | 9:30am | Hishinlai' Peter, talking about language learning materials. Location: Duckering Rm 352 |
Wednesday July 20 | 10:45am | Leslie McCartney and Siri Tuttle, talking about ethics and archives. Location: Duckering Rm 352 |
Wednesday July 20 | 7-9pm | Special Screening: Changa Revisited, directed by Peter Biella and Leonard Kamerling. Location: UA Museum of the North Auditorium |