Photograph of Harvey Starr discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in his talk "Paths converging and diverging: Linguistics and political science."

Photograph of Sumshot Khular presenting her poster "Environmental Degradation and Language Instability" to two researchers from Gallaudet University.

Photograph of Sumshot Khular presenting her poster "Environmental Degradation and Language Instability" which examines how environmental degradation can impact the preservation of indigenous languages.

Photograph of Sumshot Khular presenting on her experiences with language endangerment and political instability.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing political instability and language endangerment in a casual setting at dinner after the event. Also pictured are student assistants and attendees of the event.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word. Here, Shobhana Chelliah is introducing Sumshot Khular's talk on her personal experiences with the effect of political instability on the Lamkang language.

Photograph of Elena Bashir standing behind a podium during her presentation. "Existing (and Potential) Language and Linguistic Resources on South Asian Languages" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Behind her, a screen is mounted on a brick wall, displaying a projection of her title slide listing the symposium name, presentation title, and her name and affiliation.

Photograph of Alexis Palmer giving a presentation on "A View from CL/NLP" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. The photo is taken from behind several seated members of the audience; Palmer is standing behind a podium and projected slides are visible to her right, on a screen mounted to a brick wall.

Photograph of Alexis Palmer speaking to attendees from behind a podium, near a brick wall. Members of the audience are visible, seated at rectangular tables arranged in a semi-circle facing the speaker and covered in green UNT tablecloths. This is during the presentation "A View from CL/NLP" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.

Photograph of David Germano speaking from behind a podium with an open laptop; behind him there is a brick wall with a mounted screen at the left displaying a projected presentation slide showing multiple red images. This is part of his presentation "Illuminating the Dark Archives: Scalable Academic Service(s) for Complexity, Collaboration, & Community in the Digital Era" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.

Photograph of Gary F. Simons standing behind a podium and holding a sheaf of papers while preparing for his presentation. A portion of one of his slides is visible on a projector screen to his left, against a brick wall. This is during the presentation "Developing infrastructure for interoperating digital language archives" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.

Photograph of attendees listening to Christina Wasson lead a project discussion during the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Wasson is standing behind a podium in the far left side of the image. The audience is seated in rows of chairs and around three rectangular tables which are all arranged in in a semi-circle facing the speaker; the tables are covered in green tablecloths with the UNT Department of Linguistics logo on them.

Photograph of Christina Wasson standing behind a podium (at left) while leading a project discussion during the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. Three rectangular tables covered in green UNT tablecloths are arranged in a semi-circle facing the front of the room; audience members are seated around the table and in additional rows of chairs behind them. The entrance to the UNT Press office is visible in the background through a glass wall at the side of the room.

Photograph of Elena Bashir looking at a sheaf of papers while standing behind a podium during her presentation "Existing (and Potential) Language and Linguistic Resources on South Asian Languages" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. The title slide for her presentation is projected on a screen to her right, against a brick wall. The photo was taken from behind a table where an audience member is seated and reading a paper (at right); a laptop screen and various other items are also visible on the table.

Photograph of Shobhana Chelliah standing behind a podium at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages and smiling broadly. A part of a projection screen and partial slide are visible behind her on the left, against a brick wall.

Photograph of Sadaf Munshi standing behind a podium with her palms held up, during her presentation "Ethics in Data Sharing" at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. A presentation slide titled "Ethics in data sharing" is projected on a screen in the center of the image, against a brick wall. An audience member is partially visible in the far left part of the image.