tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post112455905708929143..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: Cornell: Conference on Language and Poverty in October, 2005Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1124559244315446322005-08-20T13:34:00.000-04:002005-08-20T13:34:00.000-04:00Cornell Conference on Language and PovertyOctober ...Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty<BR/><BR/>October 14-16, 2005<BR/><BR/>This conference, organized by the linguistics department at Cornell University, has two central objectives: <BR/><BR/>(1) to highlight the complex interconnections of language and poverty for a general audience, and<BR/><BR/>(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.<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>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<BR/>for refreshments and the conference dinner on Saturday. Some scholarship support is still available to defray travel and accommodations costs for those<BR/>who do not hold regular academic appointments or have access to travel funding.<BR/><BR/>Graduate students and people working in their own communities on language revival and maintenance projects are strongly encouraged to apply for this<BR/>support through our website. Preference will be given to applications received<BR/>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 weh2@cornell.edu. 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.<BR/><BR/>Day 1, Friday, October 14, 2005<BR/><BR/>Poverty as a Factor in Language Maintenance and Language Death<BR/><BR/>Keynote speaker: Leanne Hinton<BR/> Commentator: Kathryn S. March<BR/><BR/>Panel Discussion by Herman Batibo, Matthias Brenzinger, and Ofelia Zepeda on the effect of access to resources on the maintenance of minority languages.<BR/><BR/>Commentator: TBA<BR/><BR/>Language and Access to Resources<BR/><BR/>Keynote Speaker: John Baugh<BR/>Commentator: Stephen L. Morgan<BR/><BR/>Panel Discussion by Neville Alexander, Ofelia Garcia, and Ajit<BR/>Mohanty on the relation between the languages people speak or<BR/>do not speak and their economic status.<BR/>Commentator: Ravi Kanbur<BR/><BR/>Day 2, Saturday, October 15, 2005<BR/><BR/>Workshop on Community-Based Language Maintenance Programs,<BR/>with Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer, and TBA.<BR/> Commentator: Audra Simpson<BR/><BR/>Workshop on the Role of the Linguist in Language Maintenance<BR/>and Revitalization: Documentation Training and Materials Development, with Lenore Grenoble, Norvin Richards and Keren Rice<BR/>Commentator: Amanda Miller<BR/><BR/>Minority Languages in Economic and Social Context<BR/>Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Romaine<BR/>Commentator: Benedict Anderson<BR/><BR/>Panel Discussion with Bruce Mannheim and Peter Whiteley on the<BR/>implications of political economy, social structure, and culture<BR/>for language in an age of globalization.<BR/>Commentator: David Wippman<BR/><BR/>Day 3, Sunday morning, October 16, 2005 (concluding by 1:00pm)<BR/><BR/>Workshop on Technology as a Tool in Language Modelling, Documentation and Preservation, with Helen Aristar-Dry and<BR/>Ian Maddieson.<BR/>Commentator: Mark Turin<BR/><BR/>Workshop on Funding for Language Documentation and Revitalization Initiatives, with Arienne Dwyer, Barry Supple and Doug Whalen<BR/><BR/>The conference is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and Cornell University's Poverty, Inequality and Development Initiative.<BR/><BR/>The conference organizers,<BR/><BR/>Wayne Harbert weh2@cornell.edu<BR/><BR/>Sally McConnell-Ginet smg9@cornell.edu<BR/><BR/>Amanda Miller am332@cornell.edu<BR/><BR/>John Whitman jbw2@cornell.eduMark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com