LINGANTH Digest - 31 Jan 2014 to 1 Feb 2014 (#2014-13)
Peterson, Leighton C.
lpeterson at MIAMIOH.EDU
Sun Feb 2 15:27:54 UTC 2014
The recent film "A Life without Words," (Dir: Adam Isenberg, 2012, DER)
about Nicaraguan siblings, is interesting on multiple levels. It's
quite ethnographic in style and raises uncomfortable questions.
http://www.der.org/films/life-without-words.html
lcp
Leighton C. Peterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Miami University
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> From: Jessica Taylor <jessica.taylor at UTORONTO.CA>
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> Thanks to everyone for their recommendations! They're very helpful.
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> -Jessica
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> 1. recommendation documentary on a Sign Language/Deaf community (3)
> 2. Wyoming History MA program looking for students
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:26:24 +0000
> From: Alastair Cole <Alastair.Cole at ED.AC.UK>
> Subject: Re: recommendation documentary on a Sign Language/Deaf community
>
> I would also very much recommend Frank's suggestion of Nicholas Philibert's film 'In the Land of the Deaf'. It's a wonderful piece of cinema which I use to teach both documentary practice and to raise discussion on various themes in linguistic anthropology with students from other academic areas.
>
> You may also want to have a look at 'Touch the sound' by Thomas Riedelsheimer, (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424509/) while not directly engaging with sign language as much as Philibert's film, it is a great exploration of the world of deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie and again provides plenty to discuss within themes of deaf communities and communication.
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> If you need short documentary films, i.e. 10-15min films let me know and I can pass on some more titles as there have been a few that have been made over the last while that could be useful.
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>
> Alastair
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> Quoting Jessica Taylor <jessica.taylor at UTORONTO.CA> on Thu, 30 Jan
> 2014 16:41:31 -0500:
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>> Does anyone know of a good documentary to show undergrads on a sign
>> language and/or Deaf community/culture? It's for a 1st year seminar on
>> Language and Diversity (where diversity could be multilingualism,
>> gender, ethnicity, globalization, translation, etc.). Ideally it would
>> be 30-60 minutes, but all recommendations welcome!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jessica Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>> University of Toronto
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>>
> Trans-Disciplinary Documentary Film
> School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
> The University of Edinburgh
>
> UK +44(0)7740124773
> Twitter: @TongueTiedFilms
> www.tonguetiedfilms.co.uk
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:52:47 -0700
> From: Leila Monaghan <leila.monaghan at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Wyoming History MA program looking for students
>
> Hi, can you let any undergrads you know about the opportunities at the University of Wyoming?
>
> The University of Wyoming History program has available GAships for incoming students and is still accepting applications. It is a small but well rounded program with strengths in the American West including available minors in American Indian Studies and Women and Gender Studies.
> They have had a number of anthropologists in the program and are open to people bringing in anthropological theory. Also, there is an anthropology department that is four field with a PhD program and an emphasis on Plains Indian archeology.
>
> http://www.uwyo.edu/history/
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> Happy to answer questions about the department.
>
> all best,
>
> Leila
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> Leila Monaghan, PhD
> Department of Anthropology
> Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:14:34 -0600
> From: "Ginger B. Pizer" <GPizer at ENGLISH.MSSTATE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: recommendation documentary on a Sign Language/Deaf community
>
> The PBS documentary 'Through Deaf Eyes' is good, though you'd need to choose excerpts, since it's two hours long.
>
> Ginger Pizer
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> Ginger Pizer, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Linguistics
> Director of Undergraduate Studies
> Department of English
> Mississippi State University
> gpizer at english.msstate.edu
>
>>>> Jessica Taylor <jessica.taylor at UTORONTO.CA> 01/30/14 5:07 PM >>>
> Does anyone know of a good documentary to show undergrads on a sign language and/or Deaf community/culture? It's for a 1st year seminar on Language and Diversity (where diversity could be multilingualism, gender, ethnicity, globalization, translation, etc.). Ideally it would be 30-60 minutes, but all recommendations welcome!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jessica Taylor
>
>
>
> University of Toronto
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:46:39 +0100
> From: Celso Alvarez Cáccamo <lxalvarz at UDC.ES>
> Subject: Re: recommendation documentary on a Sign Language/Deaf community
>
> There is Werner Herzog's extraordinary documentary about deaf-blind people including quite a bit about deaf-blind communication, Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit, 1971). It is no light, uplifting stuff. It is 85 min. long, but it's worth two sessions of whatever university course deals with language and communication.
>
> -celso
>
> Celso Alvarez Cáccamo
> lxalvarz at udc.es
>
> A 2014/01/31, às 13:26, Alastair Cole escreveu:
>
>> I would also very much recommend Frank's suggestion of Nicholas Philibert's film 'In the Land of the Deaf'. It's a wonderful piece of cinema which I use to teach both documentary practice and to raise discussion on various themes in linguistic anthropology with students from other academic areas.
>>
>> You may also want to have a look at 'Touch the sound' by Thomas Riedelsheimer, (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424509/) while not directly engaging with sign language as much as Philibert's film, it is a great exploration of the world of deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie and again provides plenty to discuss within themes of deaf communities and communication.
>>
>> If you need short documentary films, i.e. 10-15min films let me know and I can pass on some more titles as there have been a few that have been made over the last while that could be useful.
>>
>>
>> Alastair
>>
>>
>> Quoting Jessica Taylor <jessica.taylor at UTORONTO.CA> on Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:41:31 -0500:
>>
>>> Does anyone know of a good documentary to show undergrads on a sign
>>> language and/or Deaf community/culture? It's for a 1st year seminar
>>> on Language and Diversity (where diversity could be multilingualism,
>>> gender, ethnicity, globalization, translation, etc.). Ideally it
>>> would be 30-60 minutes, but all recommendations welcome!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jessica Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> University of Toronto
>>>
>>>
>> Trans-Disciplinary Documentary Film
>> School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
>> The University of Edinburgh
>>
>> UK +44(0)7740124773
>> Twitter: @TongueTiedFilms
>> www.tonguetiedfilms.co.uk
>>
>> --
>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 17:05:07 -0600
> From: Lia Siewert <lsiewert at UTEXAS.EDU>
> Subject: Call for Papers: SALSA XXII (Symposium About Language and Society, Austin)
>
> Below is the information for SALSA XXII, a graduate student conference held
> in Austin, TX, at the University of Texas. The deadline for abstracts is
> February 7.
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>
> Call for Papers--SALSA XXII
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>
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> The 2014 Symposium About Language and Society--Austin will be held April 11
> and 12 at the University of Texas at Austin.
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>
>
> SALSA is an annual symposium promoting linguistic and sociolinguistic
> research at the University of Texas at Austin. Originally created through
> the joint efforts of students from the Linguistic and Anthropology
> Departments at the University of Texas, SALSA has developed into an
> interdisciplinary conference with contributions from various fields,
> including communication studies, foreign language education, educational
> psychology, media studies, speech communication, and numerous language
> departments. Our annual proceedings appear in special editions of Texas
> Linguistic Forum.
>
>
>
> The theme for this year's symposium is Language Ideologies and Language
> Structure. We invite the submission of abstracts regarding language as it
> relates to these categories. Examples of topics include but are not limited
> to:
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>
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> Education and language
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> Literacies
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> Verbal art
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> Gender and language
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> Language acquisition
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> Bi- and multilingualism
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> Sociolinguistics
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> Language change
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> Language revitalization
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> SALSA Featured Speakers:
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> Jillian Cavanaugh, Brooklyn College
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> Paul Kockelman, University of Texas at Austin
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> Danny Law, University of Texas at Austin
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> Barbra Meek, University of Michigan
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>
> Speakers are allowed 20 minutes each for presentations and 10 minutes total
> for discussion at the end of sessions. Papers will be selected based on the
> evaluation of anonymous abstracts, which may not exceed 250 words.
> Electronic submissions are required. Paper must not be already published.
>
> SUBMISSIONS: Deadline for receipt of abstracts is February 7, 2014. Please
> send abstracts to salsautaustin at gmail.com, Subject: SALSA XXII Abstract.
> Please include the following in your message but NOT in the abstract,
> besides title:
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>
>
> 1. Title of paper
>
> 2. Author's name (if more than one author, list primary author first
> followed by subsequent authors)
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> 3. Author's affiliation
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> 4. E-mail address at which author prefers to be contacted
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> 5. Equipment required for presentation
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>
> Registration costs, payable to PayPal on the SALSA website:
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> Non-student:
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> On-site: $60 Pre-registration: $50
>
> Student:
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> On-site: $30 Pre-registration: $25
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>
>
> Additional information: studentorgs.utexas.edu/salsa
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> Questions can be sent to salsautaustin at gmail.com
>
> Conference presented by the SALSA Graduate Student Organization at UT Austin
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> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 22:50:29 +0000
> From: Judy Pine <Judy.Pine at WWU.EDU>
> Subject: AAA Call for Linguistic Anthropology submissions
>
> Dear Linguistic Anthropologists,
>
> As your new Section Program Editor I regret that I am getting off to a fairly exciting start. There have been some changes to procedures and deadlines about which I have only just become aware - I am using every means of communication to spread my belated awareness among you all.
>
> The Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) invites your submissions for the American Anthropological Association's 2014 Annual Meeting, which will be held this year in Washington, D.C. December 3-7. This year's theme is: "Producing Anthropology". I am writing to encourage you to submit Executive Sessions, volunteered sessions, and volunteered papers and posters. I'd like to encourage you to look at the new Installation sessions, as well.
>
> There are some changes to deadlines and procedures
> There have been some procedural changes, along with terminology changes and changes to deadlines. These are most significant for what are now being called Executive sessions.
> Executive Session Panels (were invited sessions) Stage 1 due February 15th
> Deadline for submission for the first stage of an Executive Session is February 15th. I know that this is very short notice, however the submission requires only that you have the session abstract (of no more than 500 words), keywords, length of session, anticipated attendance, presenter names and roles. Organizers' membership must be current unless eligible for a membership exemption (anthropologists living outside of the US/Canada or non-anthropologists) and have registered for the 2014 Annual Meeting. Organizers must submit this information by Noon EDT on February 15, 2014.
> The presenters submit what is now being called the second set. This consists of their own individual abstracts, titles and keywords. Thse must be uploaded by 5:00pm EDT on Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
>
> I encourage you to begin brainstorming potential Executive Sessions, and to submit your session abstracts and participant lists as soon as you can.
>
> Executive Session Roundtable Submissions - Due February 15, 2014
> Roundtables also involve a session abstract, session information and presenter names. Roundtable presenters do NOT submit individual abstracts.
>
> Volunteered sessions, individual papers, individual posters, roundtable submissions and installation submissions: April 15 deadline
> Proposals for volunteered sessions, individual papers, and individual posters must be submitted to the AAA website by April 15. Please be sure to indicate, for all individual papers, whether you are willing to present a poster as an alternative if necessary.
>
> Roundtable submissions, as with the Executive Session, require only a session abstract and no individual submissions.
>
> Installation submissions require ideal space configurations, in addition to the regular requirements for sessions.
>
> General information and other thoughts:
> The Society for Linguistic Anthropology would like to encourage panel organizers to make use of the SLA website for the building of sessions: www.linguisticanthropology.org . We encourage SLA members as well as nonmembers to visit the site and post descriptions of panels-in-progress. This is potentially a great way to find other scholars working in your area of interest. The email linganth list is also a great place to advertise panel ideas; for information on how to subscribe, visit
> http://www.linguisticanthropology.org/resources/mailing-lists/.
>
> The double-panel has been eliminated. If you have a session which would fit the earlier double-panel format you might consider submitting it as two related panels.
>
> The AAA adheres to a very strict "one paper/one other role" rule. However the chair of a session is no longer counted as a role. AAA has recognized that a chair who has two other roles at the meetings may draw an audience to a session. Participation in special events like chairing a business meeting or leading a workshop are also not included in this calculation.
>
> The organizer of a volunteered session MUST be clear in directing the session to a particular section for review, and the same goes for authors of volunteered papers. If session organizers or authors are in doubt as to where their proposals will be best received, please contact all of the relevant section program editors for preliminary assessments before completing your submission.
>
> Session organizers must check the progress of the session to make sure each participant registers and/or submits a paper/poster by April 15. If a participant role is incomplete -either by not registering or by not submitting an abstract - the participant will not appear as part of their session in the preliminary or final program.
>
> If a panel includes a non-anthropologist, this person may apply to have the Association membership waived but must still pay the meeting registration fee. The non-member (not the organizer of the panel) can apply for the waiver when they go through the submission process.
>
> Please contact me if you have any questions (judy.pine at wwu.edu) I'm looking forward to another exciting AAA Annual Meeting with strong SLA participation!
>
> Judith Pine
> Chair, SLA Program Committee
>
> Judith M.S. Pine
> Assistant Professor, Anthropology
> Western Washington University
> 516 High St., MS 9083
> Bellingham, WA 98225
> (360) 650-4783
>
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