[lg policy] cal: Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry

[Harold Schiffman]

Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry

Date: 11-Nov-2011 - 12-Nov-2011
Location: Montreal, Canada
Contact: Yael Peled
Contact Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Philosophy of
Language; Sociolinguistics

Meeting Description:

The workshop ‘Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry’ is an innovative
and a first-of-its-kind attempt to identify, conceptualise and explore
the social and political ethics of human language as a distinct field
of intellectual inquiry, similarly to other distinct domains of ethics
such as the ethics of war, bioethics, business ethics and
environmental ethics.

The workshop brings together diverse scholarly perspectives from
leading experts in politics, philosophy, linguistics, history and
economics, in order to explore language ethics in a strong
transdisciplinary environment. It therefore sets out to identify the
ways in which the intrinsic plurality and complexity of this emerging
field of inquiry may be approached, defined and studied in a
systematic and dedicated manner.

Participation and registration:

Registration is free of charge but is essential, since the number of
available places is limited. To register, please send a message
expressing your interest to yael.a.peledgmail.com. For directions and
map of the workshop venue see
http://www.ithq.qc.ca/en/hotel/pour-nous-joindre.php.


Programme:

Friday November 11

9:00
Greetings and Opening Remarks

Session I: Language Ethics - Definitions, Contexts and Approaches

9:30
Dan Avnon (Political Science, Hebrew University): What is (or ‘are’)
Language Ethics?

10:15
Arash Abizadeh (Political Science, McGill): Words versus the Public
Thing: Verbal Threats to the Rousseauist Republic

11:00
Break

11:15
Luisa Maffi (Terralingua): Earth of Languages, Languages of the Earth:
Towards a Biocultural Ethics for the World’s Languages

12.00
Lunch

Session II: The Normative Theorising of Language Policy

13:00
Idil Boran (Philosophy, York): Language, Institutions and Political Theory

13:45
Jacob T. Levy (Political Science, McGill): The Language of Manners and
the Manners of Language

14:30
Break

Session III: Linguistic Justice

15:00
Alan Patten (Political Science, Princeton): Language Preservation,
Fairness and Language Rights

15:45
Helder de Schutter (Political and Social Theory, Leuven):
Intralinguistic Justice

Saturday November 12

Session IV: Global Linguistic Justice

9:30
Suzanne Romaine (English, Oxford): Towards Sustainable and Equitable
Human Development: Why Language Matters

10:15
Daniel Weinstock (Philosophy, Montreal): Is Language Death Necessarily
Unjust? Three Arguments

11:00
Break

11:15
Tom Ricento (Education, Calgary): Language Policy, Political Theory
and English as a ‘Global’ Language

12:00
Lunch

Session V: The Economics of Linguistic Diversity

13:00
David Robichaud (Philosophy, Ottawa): Language Rights and the Costs of
Language Diversity

13:45
Francois Grin (Economics, Geneva): Is “Diversity” an Operational
Concept for Language Policy?

14:30
Break
Session VI: Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry

15:00
General Discussion

16:30
Conclusion

http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-3542.html

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