Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns
Attempts to document the languages of indigenous communities which are facing the threat of extinction in linguistically diverse countries like Malaysia have given rise to numerous ethical issues, partly due to the disadvantaged and illiterate statuses of these minority communities. This paper explo...
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| author | Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari Govindasamy, Subramaniam |
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| description | Attempts to document the languages of indigenous communities which are facing the threat of extinction in linguistically diverse countries like Malaysia have given rise to numerous ethical issues, partly due to the disadvantaged and illiterate statuses of these minority communities. This paper explores some of these concerns such as that of obtaining informed consent, privacy and intrusion, withholding of information, data abuse, monetary rewards and cultural sensitivities in documenting the languages of six Orang Asli or indigenous groups in Malaysia. The study is based on the narratives of researchers in the field who were asked to introspect on their experiences in documenting the languages of the Orang Asli. |
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| spelling | iium-135632012-05-28T02:46:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13563/ Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari Govindasamy, Subramaniam HT Communities. Classes. Races Attempts to document the languages of indigenous communities which are facing the threat of extinction in linguistically diverse countries like Malaysia have given rise to numerous ethical issues, partly due to the disadvantaged and illiterate statuses of these minority communities. This paper explores some of these concerns such as that of obtaining informed consent, privacy and intrusion, withholding of information, data abuse, monetary rewards and cultural sensitivities in documenting the languages of six Orang Asli or indigenous groups in Malaysia. The study is based on the narratives of researchers in the field who were asked to introspect on their experiences in documenting the languages of the Orang Asli. Elsevier 2010-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13563/1/Documenting_the_languages_of_the_Orang_Asli_of_Malaysia.pdf Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari and Govindasamy, Subramaniam (2010) Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns. Language & Communication, 30 (3). pp. 171-178. ISSN 0271-5309 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271530909000597 |
| spellingShingle | HT Communities. Classes. Races Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari Govindasamy, Subramaniam Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns |
| title | Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns |
| title_full | Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns |
| title_fullStr | Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns |
| title_short | Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns |
| title_sort | documenting the languages of the orang asli of malaysia: some ethical concerns |
| topic | HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/13563/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13563/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13563/1/Documenting_the_languages_of_the_Orang_Asli_of_Malaysia.pdf |