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Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty October 14-16, 2005 This conference, organized by the linguistics department at Cornell University, has two central objectives: (1) to highlight the complex interconnections of language and poverty for a general audience, and (2) to promote exchange among scholars of language and of culture and poverty as well as community-based language activists on work with endangered languages in impoverished communities. Day one pursues the first objective of outreach and general education; days two and three are primarily devoted to the second and more specialized effort. Distinguished scholars and community workers from around the world will be joined by commentators drawn from a wide range of departments and programs at Cornell. There is no registration fee but those planning to participate are asked to register at http://ling.cornell.edu/language_and_poverty/ so that we can plan for refreshments and the conference dinner on Saturday. Some scholarship support is still available to defray travel and accommodations costs for those who do not hold regular academic appointments or have access to travel funding. Graduate students and people working in their own communities on language revival and maintenance projects are strongly encouraged to apply for this support through our website. Preference will be given to applications received by Friday, September 9, 2005. There is also limited crash space available; you may request crash space when you register online for the conference, or by sending a message to Wayne Harbert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do so as soon as possible but preferably no later than Friday, September 30, 2005 if you would like somewhere to put your sleeping bag. A list of local hotels is available on the conference website. Day 1, Friday, October 14, 2005 Poverty as a Factor in Language Maintenance and Language Death Keynote speaker: Leanne Hinton Commentator: Kathryn S. March Panel Discussion by Herman Batibo, Matthias Brenzinger, and Ofelia Zepeda on the effect of access to resources on the maintenance of minority languages. Commentator: TBA Language and Access to Resources Keynote Speaker: John Baugh Commentator: Stephen L. Morgan Panel Discussion by Neville Alexander, Ofelia Garcia, and Ajit Mohanty on the relation between the languages people speak or do not speak and their economic status. Commentator: Ravi Kanbur Day 2, Saturday, October 15, 2005 oWorkshop on Community-Based Language Maintenance Programs, with Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer, and TBA. Commentator: Audra Simpson oWorkshop on the Role of the Linguist in Language Maintenance and Revitalization: Documentation Training and Materials Development, with Lenore Grenoble, Norvin Richards and Keren Rice Commentator: Amanda Miller Minority Languages in Economic and Social Context Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Romaine Commentator: Benedict Anderson Panel Discussion with Bruce Mannheim and Peter Whiteley on the implications of political economy, social structure, and culture for language in an age of globalization. Commentator: David Wippman Day 3, Sunday morning, October 16, 2005 (concluding by 1:00pm) o Workshop on Technology as a Tool in Language Modelling, Documentation and Preservation, with Helen Aristar-Dry and Ian Maddieson. Commentator: Mark Turin o Workshop on Funding for Language Documentation and Revitalization Initiatives, with Arienne Dwyer, Barry Supple and Doug Whalen The conference is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and Cornell University's Poverty, Inequality and Development Initiative. The conference organizers, Wayne Harbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sally McConnell-Ginet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amanda Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message -----Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty
October 14-16, 2005
This conference, organized by the linguistics department at Cornell University, has two central objectives: (1) to highlight the complex interconnections of language and poverty for a general audience, and (2) to promote exchange among scholars of language and of culture and poverty as well as community-based language activists on work with endangered languages in impoverished communities. Day one pursues the first objective of outreach and general education; days two and three are primarily devoted to the second and more specialized effort. Distinguished scholars and community workers from around the world will be joined by commentators drawn from a wide range of departments and programs at Cornell.
There is no registration fee but those planning to participate are asked to register at http://ling.cornell.edu/language_and_poverty/ so that we can plan for refreshments and the conference dinner on Saturday. Some scholarship support is still available to defray travel and accommodations costs for those who do not hold regular academic appointments or have access to travel funding. Graduate students and people working in their own communities on language revival and maintenance projects are strongly encouraged to apply for this support through our website. Preference will be given to applications received by Friday, September 9, 2005. There is also limited crash space available; you may request crash space when you register online for the conference, or by sending a message to Wayne Harbert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do so as soon as possible but preferably no later than Friday, September 30, 2005 if you would like somewhere to put your sleeping bag. A list of local hotels is available on the conference website.
Day 1, Friday, October 14, 2005
Poverty as a Factor in Language Maintenance and Language Death
Keynote speaker: Leanne Hinton
Commentator: Kathryn S. March
Panel Discussion by Herman Batibo, Matthias Brenzinger, and Ofelia Zepeda on the effect of access to resources on the maintenance of minority languages.
Commentator: TBA
Language and Access to Resources
Keynote Speaker: John Baugh
Commentator: Stephen L. Morgan
Panel Discussion by Neville Alexander, Ofelia Garcia, and Ajit Mohanty on the relation between the languages people speak or do not speak and their economic status.
Commentator: Ravi Kanbur
Day 2, Saturday, October 15, 2005
oWorkshop on Community -Based Language Maintenance Programs, with Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer, and TBA.
Commentator: Audra Simpson
oWorkshop on the Role of the Linguist in Language Maintenance and Revitalization: Documentation Training and Materials Development, with Lenore Grenoble, Norvin Richards and Keren Rice
Commentator: Amanda Miller
Minority Languages in Economic and Social Context
Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Romaine
Commentator: Benedict Anderson
Panel Discussion with Bruce Mannheim and Peter Whiteley on the implications of political economy, social structure, and culture for language in an age of globalization.
Commentator: David Wippman
Day 3, Sunday morning, October 16, 2005 (concluding by 1:00pm)
o Workshop on Technology as a Tool in Language Modelling, Documentation and Preservation, witth Helen Aristar-Dry and Ian Maddieson.
Commentator: Mark Turin
o Workshop on Funding for Language Documentation and Revitalization Initiatives, with Arienne Dwyer, Barry Supple and Doug Whalen
The conference is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and Cornell University's Poverty, Inequality and Development Initiative.
The conference organizers,
Wayne Harbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sally McConnell-Ginet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amanda Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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