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Dear Colleagues,<br><br>
Below is a CFP for a symposium that I am co-coordinating, together with
two other colleagues, at the 51st International Congress of Americanists,
to be held next July in Santiago, Chile. Please redistribute this
call to other colleagues or pertinent listserves.<br><br>
Please feel free to communicate either with me or with Linda
Grabner-Coronel (grabnerl@canisius.edu) if you are interested in
submitting an abstract for our symposium. The symposium is
entitled, "Languages, Cultures, Ideologies and Identities in the
Andes."<br><br>
If your research is not related to indigenous languages/identities of the
Andes, but you might be interested in presenting at this conference,
definitely see the 51ICA website (URL listed below in the CFP) for a list
of other symposia being held at the conference.<br><br>
Regards,<br>
Serafin M. Coronel-Molina<br>
GSE, University of Pennsylvania<br><br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier">51ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF
AMERICANISTS<br>
Santiago, Chile, July 14-18, 2003<br><br>
"RE-THINKING THE AMERICAS AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE 21ST <br>
CENTURY" <br>
Web address:
<a href="http://www.uchile.cl/vaa/americanista" eudora="autourl">http://www.uchile.cl/vaa/americanista</a>
<br><br>
Art/Literature/Linguistics (ALL)<br>
The Symposia of the Congress are divided into thematic <br>
categories. This Symposium is listed in the category Art, <br>
Literature and Linguistics (ALL).<br><br>
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SYMPOSIUM ALL-12:<br>
LANGUAGES, CULTURES, IDEOLOGIES AND IDENTITIES IN THE ANDES <br>
Web address: <a href="http://www2.canisius.edu/~grabnerl" eudora="autourl">http://www2.canisius.edu/~grabnerl</a><br><br>
CONVENOR: <br>
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, University of Pennsylvania, <br>
Graduate School of Education; (now living in New York) 95 <br>
South Drive, Amherst, New York 14226, USA. Telephone: <br>
(716) 836-9174; fax: (716) 836-9375; e-mail: <br>
scoronel@adelphia.net <br><br>
CO-CONVENORS: <br>
Linda L. Grabner-Coronel, Canisius College, Department of <br>
Modern Languages, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, New York <br>
14208, USA. Telephone: (716) 888-2836; fax: (716) 836-9375; <br>
e-mail: grabnerl@canisius.edu<br><br>
César Itier, Intitut National des Langues et Civilisations <br>
Orientales (INALCO, Paris) y Centre d'Etudes sur les <br>
Langues Indigènes d'Amérique (CELIA), Centre National de la <br>
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France. Telephone: 1-<br>
42-52-25-76 (personal), 1-49-26-42-00 (INALCO), 1-49-58-<br>
3821 (CELIA); e-mail: cesar.itier@wanadoo.fr <br><br>
SYMPOSIUM THEMES AND OBJECTIVES<br><br>
The Andean region, long known as a nexus of cultures <br>
and languages bound up in a colonizing context, suffers <br>
asymmetrical relationships of political, economic, <br>
sociocultural and linguistic power. The primary focus of <br>
this symposium is on the interface between cultures, <br>
languages and ideologies; its objective is to explore the <br>
ways in which such interfaces and power dynamics have <br>
affected the linguistic and social identities of not only <br>
indigenous groups but of the wider societies as a whole, <br>
affecting national, regional, ethnic and gendered identity <br>
formation. What do people do with their repertoire of <br>
languages and identities? How do they constitute their <br>
multiple ethnic, linguistic and national identities? How <br>
do linguistic, political and social ideologies mediate <br>
cultural patterning in terms of ethnic or gendered <br>
identities? These are some of the questions we would like <br>
to address in this symposium, by examining Andean <br>
identities and ideologies from interdisciplinary <br>
perspectives such as sociolinguistic/ethnolinguistic, <br>
cultural/anthropological (including linguistic <br>
anthropology), literary, political, social semiotic, <br>
educational, and historical. <br><br>
The ultimate goal of the symposium is to analyze the <br>
sociocultural and sociolinguistic impacts of colonialism <br>
and postcolonialism in a variety of contexts, historical <br>
and contemporary, concentrating on the interaction between <br>
dominant and dominated languages and their functions in <br>
identity construction. Proposed presentations should <br>
consider the use and representation of language, gender or <br>
ethnicity as symbols and constituents of individual, group, <br>
societal and national identities. Proposals should also represent previously unpublished work, as we are planning to select the best articles to publish in a book. Some possible topics are listed below; other themes that are related to any of these areas are also welcome. <br><br>
POSSIBLE TOPICS<br><br>
* Ideologies of Linguistic and Social Differentiation<br>
* Language and Political Economy<br>
* Language Attitudes and Identities<br>
* Language Policy/Planning from Multiple Perspectives <br>
* Languages and Cultures in Contact<br>
* Bilingualism, Multilingualism and Other Forms of <br>
Linguistic Heteroglossia<br>
* Linguistic Rights and Indigenous Languages<br>
* Language Shift, Maintenance and Revitalization<br>
* Indigenous Languages in Mass Media, the Internet and <br>
Multimedia<br>
* Rural and Urban Identities<br>
* Transnational Nature of Languages and Identities<br>
* Effects of Globalization on Language, Culture and <br>
Identity<br>
* Language, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity<br>
* Reproduction of Social and Linguistic Discrimination and <br>
Inequality<br>
* Mestizaje and Socio-Political Ideologies in Local, <br>
National and Global Contexts<br><br>
Given the interrelatedness and fluidity of all aspects of <br>
the questions we wish to consider, it is neither easy nor <br>
necessarily desirable to present a single perspective. <br>
Therefore, novel perspectives and approaches to these or <br>
related topics are encouraged, and may include interactions <br>
among two or more themes. Particular approaches might <br>
include any one or a combination of the following, or may <br>
take other forms that presenters find relevant and useful: <br>
a) narratives and testimonies; b) case studies; c) <br>
literary, sociopolitical, linguistic anthropological and <br>
semiotic analyses of language and culture; d) educational <br>
efforts; e) historical and contemporary approaches; f) <br>
social, literary or linguistic constructions of <br>
national/ethnic/gendered identities. Individual <br>
presentations should not exceed 20 minutes in length (8-10 <br>
typewritten pages, double spaced).<br><br>
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES<br><br>
Proposals should be no longer than 600 words, and may be in <br>
any of the four official conference languages: Spanish, <br>
English, Portuguese or French. It should be composed of <br>
two parts: <br><br>
(1) a cover page with the title of the presentation, the <br>
presenter's name, affiliation, preferred mailing address, <br>
telephone and fax if available, e-mail address, and any <br>
special audio-visual equipment that may be needed for the <br>
presentation. If the paper being presented was co-<br>
authored, the presenter's name should be listed first, and <br>
any co-authors listed alphabetically afterwards. Only the <br>
presenter's contact information is needed.<br><br>
(2) the 600-word proposal with the title of the <br>
presentation, but no other identifying information. <br>
<br>
Proposal submissions should be received no later than <br>
December 30, 2002. Please plan your submission timing <br>
accordingly, especially if you are sending your abstract <br>
from abroad, and submit presentation proposals to the <br>
symposium coordinators as follows:<br><br>
* If you presently reside in Latin America, the Caribbean, <br>
Africa or Asia, send your proposal to Serafín M. Coronel-<br>
Molina at the address listed at the beginning of this <br>
announcement. <br><br>
* Residents of Canada, the USA, Europe and Australia send <br>
your proposals to Linda L. Grabner-Coronel at the address <br>
listed at the beginning of this announcement. <br><br>
Proposals may be submitted via regular surface mail, email <br>
or fax. If you choose to submit your abstract via email, <br>
please send it as a Word attachment so that the above <br>
guidelines may still be followed. Early submission of <br>
abstracts is strongly encouraged, to expedite the decision <br>
making process. Submitters will be notified by email no <br>
later than the end of January 2003 of their acceptance in <br>
the symposium; submitters who do not have access to email <br>
will be notified by regular surface mail or fax. For more <br>
information, contact Serafín M. Coronel-Molina at <br>
scoronel@adelphia.net or Linda L. Grabner-Coronel at <br>
grabnerl@canisius.edu or visit the Symposium website at <br>
<a href="http://www2.canisius.edu/~grabnerl" eudora="autourl">http://www2.canisius.edu/~grabnerl</a><br><br>
Please note that Congress regulations stipulate that <br>
participants may not present more than two papers in total <br>
during the Congress, either in the same Symposium, or in <br>
different Symposia. See the Congress website for more <br>
detailed information on the 51st International Congress of <br>
Americanists, the rules governing presentations, and all <br>
other conference arrangements: <br>
<a href="http://www.uchile.cl/vaa/americanista" eudora="autourl">http://www.uchile.cl/vaa/americanista</a> <br>
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