Reimagining the current praxis of field linguistics training

Decolonial considerations

Bibliographic Data

ID3042479
AuthorsAdrienne Tsikewa (corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume97
Issue4
Pagese293-e319
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.2021.0072
OpenAlexW4206569019
LanguageEN
Citations received18

Drawing from decolonizing and Indigenous research methodologies, I examine field linguistic training in US linguistics programs and how it approaches collaborative language research. I argue that the current praxis still reflects a linguist-focused model resulting in linguistic extraction (Davis 2017). I provide three recommendations for transforming linguistic field methods training: (i) the recognition of linguistics as a discipline rooted in colonization and the implications of this for speakers/community members, (ii) the incorporation and explicit discussion of language research frameworks that include Indigenous research methodologies, and (iii) the recognition and valorization of Indigenous epistemologies via decolonizing ‘language’ (Leonard 2017)

Applied linguistics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Indigenous · Linguistics · Praxis · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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