A podcast about linguistic fieldwork, where seasoned fieldworkers share their stories from the field.
Happy International Mother Language Day! After 5 seasons, this is the final episode of Field Notes! Today's interview is between Laura Tsutsui Field Notes producer and Martha Tsutsui Billins Field Notes host on Amami sociolinguistic research, plus a look back at the last five years of podcasting.
Thanks so much for listening! This episode is with Alexandra Philbin. She also taught Irish to adult learners and carried out research on Irish-medium education on behalf of the Irish government. As well as completing her PhD research, Alexandra teaches Irish and works as a Language Revitalization Mentor with the Endangered Languages Project , offering free, online support to those working to promote Indigenous and minoritized languages around the world.
Yulha Lhawa , originally from Siyuewu Village in Sichuan, China, is a passionate advocate for her community's traditions and language. Growing up as a yak herder, Yulha developed an interest in linguistics during high school. This interest fueled her to create the trilingual book " Warming Your Hands by Moonlight ," aimed at preserving local history and folklore.
Taking her dedication a step further, Yulha journeyed to the United States from the Himalayas to study linguistics at the University of Oregon. Currently, she's pursuing a Master's in computational linguistics at the University of Washington , hoping to merge her linguistic knowledge with modern technology to contribute to the preservation of her community's cultural heritage.
