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Researching African Languages

Categories: Language & Culture
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About Course

Researching African Languages is a LightWorks Academy course from Soul Journey of Life.

Learn high-level methods and strong ethics: consent, field notes, archives and open catalogues (Glottolog and related resources), and returning knowledge to communities. Elders are knowledge holders—not props.

Course Content

Module 1 — Why research languages ethically
Purpose, dignity, knowledge holders

  • Languages as living heritage
  • Ethics before methods
  • Positionality of the learner-researcher
  • Research Module 1 — Review

Module 2 — Methods overview
Field notes, interviews, archives

Module 3 — Documentation tools (non-extractive)
Recording, metadata, sharing back

Module 4 — From research to teaching
Primers, radio, curriculum links

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