Launching Multilingualism Research Hub

We are officially launching the Multilingualism Research Hub! Multi-R-Hub is a project within II.3.7. IDUB Action “Increasing the effectiveness and internationalisation of research projects within the area of multilingualism”.

The launch meeting took place on the 14th January 2022, at the Faculty of Modern Languages (Dobra 55, Warsaw).

During the meeting we covered the following topics:

• Multilingualism as an object of research
• Goals of IDUB Action II 3.7
• Who are we? Why the Multi-R-Hub and how to achieve the goals of IDUB II 3.7?
• Research plans and seminars in the summer term 2022
• Networking opportunities
• Guest lecture by dr Katarzyna Wojtylak “Linguistic Research Skills – experiences from the Amazon”

The recordings from a meeting, as well as the lecture, are available below:

We also invited dr Katarzyna Wojtylak who works as a post-doc in IDUB II 3.2 and II 3.7 projects. She delivered a lecture on “Linguistic Research Skills – experiences from the Amazon”.

Abstract: How does one proceed when engaging with people at their field site without a common language? In this talk, I will introduce the idea of fieldwork conducted in areas where non‐written and lesser‐known languages are spoken, in particular those of the Amazon. In addition to discussing the practical methods for language learning and linguistic documentation, I will also focus on the importance of speaking local languages when conducting research in remote areas of the world.