معرفی
Camila Scaff is a Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated with the Human Ecology Group. Her work focuses on language acquisition in diverse cultural contexts, particularly among non-industrialized populations such as the Tsimane forager-horticulturalists in Bolivia. She employs long-form audio recordings and cutting-edge methodologies like the ACLEW pipeline and LENA system to analyze language input and developmental patterns.
Her research interests span cross-cultural linguistics, infant-directed speech, and the methodological challenges in ecological data collection. She advocates for inclusive research practices to address underrepresentation in language studies.
Key contributions include diarization tools for ecological recordings, studies on socioeconomic factors influencing lexical development, and critiques of WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) biases in academic research. Scaff collaborates internationally with anthropologists and speech technologists to bridge interdisciplinary gaps.
