34.1530, Calls: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming

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Subject: 34.1530, Calls: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming

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Date: 16-May-2023
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: 30-May-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 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.

2nd 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 30 May 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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