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Date: 07-Sep-2011
From: Yael Peled [yael.a.peled at gmail.com]
Subject: Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry
 

	
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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:23:39
From: Yael Peled [yael.a.peled at gmail.com]
Subject: Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry

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Language Ethics as a Field of Inquiry 

Date: 11-Nov-2011 - 12-Nov-2011 
Location: Montreal, Canada 
Contact: Yael Peled 
Contact Email: yael.a.peled at gmail.com 

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.peled at gmail.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








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