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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Main Authors:	Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari, Govindasamy, Subramaniam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2010
Subjects:	HT Communities. Classes. Races
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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
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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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author	Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari Govindasamy, Subramaniam
author_facet	Nambiar, Mohana Kumbari Govindasamy, Subramaniam
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title	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_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_sort	documenting the languages of the orang asli of malaysia: some ethical concerns
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2010
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Documenting the languages of the Orang Asli of Malaysia: Some ethical concerns

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