<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif"><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/"><img class="" src="http://linguisticanthropology.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sla-300x300.png" alt="sla" width="300" height="300" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></h2><h2 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;text-align:center"><strong>Interdisciplinary Public Engagement Conference Fund</strong></h2><h3 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;text-align:center"><strong>Call for Proposals</strong></h3><h3 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;text-align:center"><strong>Deadline: October 1, 2016 for 2017 Conferences</strong></h3><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">SLA announces an initiative to fund conference submissions promoting the dissemination of activist linguistic anthropology work at venues beyond the AAA Meetings, in order to promote collaboration across subdisciplinary and disciplinary boundaries. For example, SLA has supported two special colloquia on linguistic anthropology and social justice at the <a href="http://www.cal.org/news-and-events/calendar-of-events/aaal-2014">2014</a> and <a href="http://www.aaal.org/?page=Conference2016">2016</a> <a href="http://www.aaal.org/">American Association of Applied Linguistics</a> conferences, although support is not limited to AAAL or Linguistics-specific conferences.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">Up to <strong>$500 per presenter for up to eight presenters,</strong> for reimbursement of conference travel expenses is available, with a <strong>cap of $4,000 per year</strong>. Conference travel expenses include any combination of conference registration, air or ground travel, hotel, and meals, and receipts are required for reimbursement. While the session chair must be a current <a href="http://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1993">SLA member</a>, presenters do not all need to be SLA members. However, only current SLA members can receive the travel reimbursement.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">We encourage theoretically sophisticated, methodologically innovative proposals that enhance public understanding of language in relation to social equality, challenging problematic “common sense” language assumptions and ideologies. We particularly encourage proposals that extend work pursued by the joint CfHR (Committee for Human Rights) and <a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/socialjustice/">SLA Committee on Language and Social Justice </a>(e.g. on pejorative naming practices, language policies, and typifications of language forms and practices that naturalize inequalities) as well as AAA initiatives. We would prioritize accordingly, assessing proposals as part of a general SLA initiative promoting public outreach and education.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">The <strong>deadline for applications</strong> is <strong>October 1, 2016</strong> to fund conference participation during 2017 (SLA has already committed to funding a 2016 AAAL conference proposal). This initiative is offered as a 2-3 year trial, pending current budget exigencies and unknowns regarding SLA’s future journal revenues and costs. Send completed applications & supporting materials to the SLA Secretary: <a href="mailto:kristina.wirtz@wmich.edu">kristina.wirtz@wmich.edu</a> for consideration by the SLA board.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:center"><strong>|</strong> <a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SLA-Interdisciplinary-Public-Engagement-Fund-Application-12-2015.pdf">Download the Collaborative Funds Application (PDF)</a> <strong>|</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:center"><strong>|</strong> <a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SLA-Interdisciplinary-Public-Engagement-Fund-Application-12-2015.docx">Download the Collaborative Funds Application (.docx)</a> <strong>|</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><br></p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif">Society for Linguistic Anthropology Online</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Digital Content Editor: Chad Nilep (Nagoya University)</span><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif">SLA Web Assistant: Dave Paulson (Temple University)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0ByB6DqUOyxBHV1FQazl0RXBnVEU&revid=0ByB6DqUOyxBHTEppR2cyQjVwdEJIMXJkcWJnSEs1V1MzQXVZPQ" width="96" height="96"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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