AIATSIS Linguistics Summer Scholarships
Research Area
Linguistic documentation and analysis of Australian languages
Topics
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies is the premier national, multidisciplinary research institution focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. It has special mission to mobilise this knowledge and increase understanding of Indigenous cultures and societies within Australia and internationally.
Under the supervision of the Language Research Fellow, ANU Linguistics Summer Scholars will work on research projects to add value to the collection of a specific language collection in the AIATSIS Archive, as well as participate in the general activities of the AIATSIS Language Program.
'Adding value' to a language collection will involve transcribing and annotating language recordings, adding to the metadata, identifying analytical issues in the language and/or the data set and reporting on these as well as communicating with the relevant language community about the work being undertaken.
Applicants may choose to identify a specific collection to work on, or, they may prefer to be assigned a collection by the Language Research Fellow.
Applicants should indicate in their application whether they have already identified a collection to work on. Successful completion of the following linguistics subject areas at second/third-year level is desired:
phonetics/phonology, Australian Aboriginal languages.
For further information on AIATSIS Research area, please contact Kazuko Obata.