ELAP Workshop: Engagement and Activism in Endangered Languages Research
Friday 2 May, 2008
Convenors: Peter K. Austin, Julia Sallabank
Endangered Languages Academic Programme
Department of Linguistics
Birkbeck (main building), room 405, Malet Street, London ... location information
Topic
The goal of the workshop is to highlight and discuss theoretical and practical issues in engaging in research
on endangered languages, and especially social and moral responsibilities of researchers, research goals, and
advocacy for threatened languages. Among the issues to be considered will be:
- Who is endangered language research for?
- What, if any, are the social and moral responsibilities of researchers working with endangered languages?
- What role should advocacy for endangered languages and communities play in endangered languages research?
- Should researchers engage with wider community issues and if so how?
Workshop Programme
| 9:00am-9:15am |
Registration |
| 9:15am-9:30am | Welcome and introductory talk |
| 9:30am-10:30am | Lise Dobrin, University of Virginia
Endangered language linguistics: Whose mission?
...abstract
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10:30am-11:30pm |
Maurizio Gnerre, Universita Orientale Naples
I heard it on the radio: indigenous language radio and political activism
...abstract
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| 11:30am-11:45am |
Break |
| 11:45am-12:45pm |
Cecilia Odé, University of Amsterdam
Endangered Languages an interactive e-learning module on the internet for secondary schools
...abstract
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12:45pm-1:45pm |
Lunch |
| 1:45pm-2:45pm |
Peter Sutton, University of Adelaide and South Australian Museum
Linguistics, land rights and the law
...abstract
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| 2:45pm-3:45pm |
Nicholas Ostler, Foundation for Endangered Languages
Endangered Language Support: to Do or to Be?
...abstract
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3:45pm-4:00pm |
Break |
4:00pm-5:00pm |
Round table "how to be a good linguist" |
Booking information
Registration
To attend the workshop, you need to submit a booking
form by Monday 28 April 2008
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Early bird (by 21 April) |
After 21 April |
| Full |
£12.50 |
£17.50 |
| Student/unwaged |
£7.50 |
£12.50 |
| Registration will include a reading pack, tea and coffee and lunch. |
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