34.2387, Calls: Small Languages on the Big Stage: Linguistic Diversity in Research, Revitalisation, and Policies

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Subject: 34.2387, Calls: Small Languages on the Big Stage: Linguistic Diversity in Research, Revitalisation, and Policies

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Date: 04-Aug-2023
From: Tobias Weber [symposium2023 at lipp.uni-muenchen.de]
Subject: Small Languages on the Big Stage: Linguistic Diversity in Research, Revitalisation, and Policies


Full Title: Small Languages on the Big Stage: Linguistic Diversity in
Research, Revitalisation, and Policies
Short Title: 29. LIPP-Symposium

Date: 07-Dec-2023 - 09-Dec-2023
Location: Munich, Germany
Contact Person: Tobias Weber
Meeting Email: symposium2023 at lipp.uni-muenchen.de
Web Site: https://www.symp.gwi.uni-muenchen.de

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics;
Discipline of Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 11-Sep-2023

Meeting Description:

"Small" languages of the world take various shapes – indigenous
languages, minoritised languages, migrant languages, or non-dominant
varieties of languages of wider communication. Despite these
differences, "small" languages generally face similar obstacles
regarding political recognition, need for documentation and
description, technological support, language activism, revitalisation
or reclamation movements. These important fields for enquiry and
support are not unknown to language workers, activists, or linguists.
Documentation efforts have been increasing for the last thirty years
and special interest groups are forming around endangered languages.
Simultaneously, a plethora of publications on selected issues of
minoritised and less-commonly spoken languages invite discourse on
these issues. At the same time, numerous scholars and language workers
lament the exoticism tied to indigenous languages and the emphasis of
discourses on endangerment rather than the focus on underlying
mechanisms of disenfranchisement, discrimination, or 'benign neglect'.
This year's meeting of the annual LIPP-Symposium at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is dedicated to these languages
and their unique sociolinguistic context and aims to create a platform
– a "big stage" – for researchers of any career stage, activists, and
community members to discuss similarities and overarching topics
across the range of "small" languages. Given the high relevance of
this topic during the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous
Languages 2022-2032 (https://idil2022-2032.org/), inter- and
transdisciplinary research as well as reports on collaborative
projects with communities are highly encouraged under the conference
theme.

About the conference

The conference is the 29th installment of the LIPP-Symposium
(https://www.symp.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/past-conferences/) organised by
doctoral students in the Class of Language at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
(https://www.en.lipp.uni-muenchen.de/) and funded by the Graduate
School Language & Literature. The conference will take place in hybrid
format in Munich between 07-09 December 2023. There will be early and
late online time slots for overseas participants.  Participation is
free of charge, thus no scholarships or travelling grants can be
issued. Registration for online and in-person participation will open
in October 2023.

Enquiries can be directed to the organising committee at
symposium2023 at lipp.uni-muenchen.de .

Call for Papers:

Submissions are invited from scholars, activists, and stakeholders
from all parts of the world. All disciplinary orientations or
theoretical frameworks are welcome, yet the relevance of the chosen
languages or frameworks for the conference theme must be evident.
Submissions by advanced graduate students and early career researchers
are especially encouraged. Abstracts of 300-500 words must be
submitted by 11 September 2023 anywhere-on-earth time via email to
symposium2023 at lipp.uni-muenchen.de. Authors of selected papers will be
invited to submit full versions to the Open-Access publication
JournaLIPP (https://lipp.ub.lmu.de/index.php/lipp/) after the
conference. In the submission, please indicate whether you would like
to have the abstract considered as a long or short paper (the choice
does not affect the chances for acceptance). Long papers will be
allotted 25-30 minutes (including time for discussion), while short
papers will be given 15 minutes of time.

Possible topics include but are not restricted to
- language documentation and description efforts
- "small" languages and language typology
- "small" languages and general linguistic theory
- language policy and planning for endangered languages
- language revitalisation and reclamation
- language pedagogy for less-commonly taught languages
- "small" languages and digital humanities/information technology
- media and modes of dissemination for smaller communities
- heritage languages, migrant languages, non-dominant varieties
- social responses to language endangerment


Pitch your project

In addition to long and short papers, there are plans for project
pitches of graduate students or early career researchers. These
5-minute pitches shall present a research question or a topic for
further enquiry, as well as current hurdles, requests for
collaboration, or talking points. “Pitch your project” replaces the
traditional poster session and shall enable students and scholars of
any career stage and background to share their research. Abstracts for
project pitches are to be submitted and reviewed under the same
principles as full papers and can include late breaking research.
Acceptance as a pitch does not imply a lower quality or relevance of
the paper; depending on the number of submissions and representation
of topics, full papers may be invited as pitches at the organising
committee’s discretion.

For submission information visit our website:
https://www.symp.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/call-for-papers/



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