PARTICIPATORY (ACTION) RESEARCH

Benedicto, E., and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2013. The ‘natural’ evolution of a collaborative Participatory Action-Based model of linguistic work. Panel presentation for Methodology and Practice in Collaborative Language Research, organized by Mary S. Linn and Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins, sponsored by the LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and Their Preservation (CELP) and the LSA Ethics Committee. Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 2013 Meeting. Boston, MA.

Benedicto, E. 2013. The right of return: How do I know what has been said about my language? Granting access to the results of research to the language community. Panel presentation for the Symposium on Linguists Gaining and Sharing Access, organized by Marilyn S. Manley. Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 2013 Meeting. Boston, MA.

Benedicto, E., Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna and Amelia Shettle. 2013. Linguistic attitudes as a crucial factor in language revitalization. Poster presented (by A.Shettle) for Special Session: Latin American Contexts for Language Documentation and Revitalization, organized by Gabriela Pérez Báez, Chris Rogers and Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada. Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) 2013 Meeting. Boston, MA.

Viñas de Puig, Ricard, Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna and Elena Benedicto. 2012. Linguistic and technical training as a community empowerment tool: The case of the Mayangna linguists' team in Nicaragua. International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS), vol.6.1, pp. 81-94.

Benedicto, E. and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2011. Mayangna Dictionaries: a tool for linguistic training within a Participatory Action Research approach. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawaii at Manoa, February 2011.

Benedicto, E., Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna, R. Viñas-de-Puig and A. Eggleston. 2009. Participatory Documentation: the Mayangna Linguists Team of Nicaragua. Paper presented at the The 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawaii at Manoa, March 2009.

Eggleston, A., E. Benedicto, and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. “Participatory Action Research and the Experimental Process.” 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC). Honolulu, Hawaii. March 12–14, 2009.

Benedicto, E. and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2007. Interfacing the Interfaces: Syntax-Semantics and Community-based Linguists. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) Meeting, Lethbridge, Alberta, Ca, March 2007.

Benedicto, E and Mayangna Yulbarangyang Balna. 2007. A Model of Participatory Action Research: the Mayangna Linguists’ Team of Nicaragua. In Proceedings of the XI FEL Conference on ‘Working Together for Endangered Languages - Research Challenges and Social Impacts,’ pp. 29-35. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: SKET, University of Malaya and Foundation for Endangered Languages.

Antolín, A., M. Dolores, C. Feliciano, G. Fendly, T. Gómez, B.Miguel, E. Salomón y E. Benedicto. 2006. Una Experiencia de Investigación Participativa para Lenguas Indígenas y Autóctonas: la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua. Paper presented at the 52 International Conference of Americanists, Symposium on The Languages of Central America’s Caribbean Coast. Sevilla, Spain. July 2006.

E. Benedicto*, and Grupo de Lingüistas Indígenas Mayangna. 2004. Biri biri: Erasing the boundaries between linguist and language community through collaborative research in Nicaragua. Paper presented at the Conference ‘A World of Many Voices: Interfaces in Language Documentation.’ DoBeS Project, Volkswagen Foundation. Frankfurt, Germany. September 2004.

Benedicto, E., M.Dolores and M. McLean. 2004. Formación de lingüistas indígenas: los mayangna de Nicaragua. In Estrada, Z., A. Fernández and A. Álvarez (eds.), Estudios en lenguas amerindias.Homenaje a Ken Hale, pp.49-61. Hermosillo (Sonora), Mexico: Editorial UniSon.

Benedicto, E. and Mayangna Indigenous Linguists Team. 2003. The Mayangna dictionary project: an example of participatory research. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) Meeting. Atlanta, January 2003.

Benedicto, E, M. Dolores, E. Salomón and M. McLean. 2003. ‘Participatory Action Research, a bridge between the linguist and the community: fieldwork activities in Nicaragua.‘ Paper presented at the I International Symposium on Field Linguistics. October 2003.

Benedicto, E., M.Dolores and M.McLean. 2002. Fieldwork as a Participatory Research Activity: The Mayangna Linguistic Teams. In Proceedings of BLS 28. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley.