[RNLD] Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub Tuesday 17th May 2016

[Ruth Singer]

*Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub Tuesday 17th May 2016*


*Topic*: *Promoting linguistic tools and data to other disciplines*
*Leading the discussion*: Howie Manns, Monash University
Perhaps unsurprisingly, neither language nor culture (at least in the
humanities sense) get much mention in the Government’s National Innovation
and Science Agenda (NISA). While ‘innovation’ as a concept once sat firmly
within the humanities, it has long since shifted in the public mindset to
business.  With this in mind, we discuss innovative ways to respond to NISA
and new ways to promote linguistics to other disciplines. Howie will lead
this discussion with reference to his work with Indonesian Studies and the
School of Social Sciences at Monash (SoSS).
At the request of the national Australia-Indonesia Centre, Howie recently
worked with SoSS colleagues to develop text analysis software to monitor
Australian-Indonesian relations. The results of this work have informed
significant revisions to Indonesian Studies and lectures to students of
Asian Studies and Global Studies. These revisions and lectures have exposed
students to linguistic data and tools and the value of such tools beyond
the field of linguistics.  This discussion will centre around lessons
learned from engagement with other disciplines, including a dialogue around
what works, what doesn’t, and, in the end, whether such engagement is
worthwhile. This discussion also makes reference to technology and commerce
as key themes of the NISA, and we brainstorm and discuss potential
opportunities offered within these domains for linguists.

Discussion questions include:

   - What, if anything, does the NISA mean to linguistics? Can or should we
   think innovatively about how the NISA can mean something to linguistics?
   - In considering the relevance of the NISA, what are the pros and cons
   of engagement with other disciplines?
   - What kinds of issues does one encounter in doing cross-disciplinary
   research/teaching, especially when this work sits more firmly in the other
   discipline, rather than linguistics?
   - What aspects of linguistics are most interesting to students and
   researchers of other disciplines?
   - How can linguists best approach other disciplines and sell the value
   of linguistics?
   - How does the administrative process at universities facilitate or
   complicate cross-disciplinary endeavours?


*Background Reading:*
Clyne, Michael (2007). Are we making a difference? On the social
responsibility and impact of the linguist/Applied Linguist in Australia.
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 30(1), 03.1-03.14.
National Innovation & Science Agenda (2016). National Innovation and
Science Agenda Report. Access:
http://www.innovation.gov.au/page/national-innovation-and-science-agenda-report
Woods, Charlotte (2007). Researching and developing interdisciplinary
teaching: towards a conceptual framework for classroom communication.
Higher Education, 54(6), 853- 866.

Date:      Tuesday 17th May

Time:       6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:     Function room (upstairs)

*University hotel*

*Address: *272 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

*Phone:   *(03) 9347 7299

                http://www.unihotel.com.au/ (menu available online)


LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in
Melbourne and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: Ruth Singer, Stefan
Schnell (Melbourne Uni) and Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan
Ray, Giordana Santosuosso, Jonathon Lum (Monash Uni)



Contact Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne) with any questions:
*rsinger at unimelb.edu.au
<rsinger at unimelb.edu.au>*
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