34.739, Calls: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming

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Subject: 34.739, Calls: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming

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Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:01:34
From: Chrismi Loth [kongresETFB at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming

 
Full Title: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming 
Short Title: ISPN 2023 

Date: 26-Sep-2023 - 29-Sep-2023
Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa 
Contact Person: Chrismi Loth
Meeting Email: kongresETFB at ufs.ac.za

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Lexicography; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): South African Sign Language (sfs)

Call Deadline: 28-Apr-2023 

Meeting Description:

The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the
University of the Free State (RSA), in partnership with the Joint IGU/ICA
Commission on Toponymy, is pleased to announce the next biennial international
symposium on place names, in conjunction with a related virtual workshop: THE
PRESENCE OF MINORITY AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN URBAN NAMING. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Prof Myriam Vermeerbergen (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Prof Thapelo J Otlogetswe (University of Botswana, Botswana)

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Included in ISPN registration fee.
Geographical names data processing and management: Data processing, database
management and production of geographical names information and gazetteers
Presenter: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (Convenor of the Working Group on
Geographical Names Data Management of UNGEGN)

LANGUAGE 
English, with professional South African Sign Language interpreting available.
Please indicate requirement for SASL interpreting with registration.

PUBLICATION
Depending on the number and quality of papers an accredited publication in our
regular conference proceedings series with Sun Bonani will be considered.

VENUE
The symposium will be held face-to-face on the Bloemfontein campus of the
University of the Free State (RSA). The workshop will be hosted virtually. 

ISPN 2023 is hosted concurrently (but separately) with Afrilex 2023. For
information on the latter, please also contact Dr Chrismi Loth at
kongresETFB at ufs.ac.za.


Call for Papers:

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Seventh International Symposium on Place Names 2023
The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming

The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the
University of the Free State (RSA), in partnership with the Joint IGU/ICA
Commission on Toponymy, is pleased to announce the next biennial international
symposium on place names, in conjunction with a related virtual workshop.
Urban place names, i.e., the names of streets, squares and other intra-urban
structures, contain cultural and symbolic value and reflect political power.
They can be descriptive such as when they indicate direction, a landmark or
the function of a structure; they can be commemorative, reminding of persons,
institutions or events; or neutral when numbered or bearing the names of
flowers, birds, or planets. They serve as markers of the spatial relationship
between humans, groups of humans, and all that encompasses the urban
landscape. From the 19th century onward, commemorative naming has been
especially affected by political changes that had caused waves of renamings
and had a significant impact on the urban linguistic landscape. With the theme
for this symposium we wish to explore issues around formal as well as informal
urban naming. We need to consider what it means to name shared spaces, what
roles these names play in social dynamics, and how these names can be managed.
Papers with a focus on minority and indigenous names, including 
sign languages, are encouraged in particular.

Potential subtopics
Only a limited number of papers can be accommodated, as all sessions will be
plenary. 
Abstracts (250 words) can be submitted by 28 April 2023 to Dr Chrismi Loth at
kongresETFB at ufs.ac.za in the following (but not limited to) categories of
research:
- The occurrence of minority and indigenous urban names, whether or not
officially recognised (including signed names).
- The significance of these languages in urban landscapes.
- Processes of urban naming, especially those that include marginalised
languages.
- The rate of change of urban names, and the implications thereof (whether
official or on grassroots level).
- National, municipal, and other regulations regarding urban naming.
- Best practices in urban naming.
- Other dimensions of urban place names: administrative, commercial and/or
economic, cultural and historical/commemorative, physical, political, and
linguistic.




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