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Linguistic fieldwork in a pandemic: Supervised data collection combining smartphone recordings and videoconferencing.
- Source :
- Linguistics Vanguard; 2020 Supplement 3, Vol. 6 Issue s3, p1-16, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Linguistic data collection typically involves conducting interviews with participants in close proximity. The safety precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic brought such data collection to an abrupt halt: Social distancing forced linguistic fieldwork into involuntary hibernation in many parts of the world. Such hardship, however, can inspire innovation. In this contribution, we present an approach that – we believe – enables a reliable switch from in-person, face-to-face interviews to virtual, online data collection. In this approach, participants remain at home and navigate a smartphone application, enabling high-quality audio recordings and multisensory presentation of linguistic material, while they are being supervised via videoconferencing (Zoom 2020https://zoom.us/ (accessed 11 August 2020)). The smartphone app and the infrastructure presented are open source, accessible, and adaptable to researchers' specific needs. To explore whether participants' experiences of in-person data collection are different from participation in a virtual setting, we conducted a study with 36 participants. Overall, findings revealed a substantial degree of overlap in interview experience, setting a methodological baseline for future work. We end this contribution by discussing the benefits and pitfalls of this new approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SMARTPHONES
COVID-19 pandemic
ACQUISITION of data
VIDEOCONFERENCING
MOBILE apps
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- s3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Linguistics Vanguard
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148403462
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2020-0061