<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span id="m_4841505675818488357m_-6419935195855178214m_-5909438397483903309m_-6886211677918198597m_-1400463928437386594m_-3732806886468872475m_3222269737748223092m_8479008707864639374m_1746555744061408066m_-6321935208345245146m_393190574621867582gmail-docs-internal-guid-9b510d71-7fff-71d1-d620-e99f365289a4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aloha!</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Just a reminder - the deadline for ICLDC 10 General session proposals is <b>five</b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> days away, on September 30</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, so if you are planning to submit one, please do so before the end of the month. For more information, see below:</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_mudxgm5p1" alt="ICLDC_2027_twitter.png" width="476" height="159" style="outline:0px;background-color:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent"></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arts Sustaining Language</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March 4-7, 2027</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://icldc9.icldc-hawaii.org/__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!Rbt7v3d-CdSJ_KmTGsuedvAewyagxMfGWxAdbWzS-XBBCHKaMxyMYROZl3voCu-PJZxhK-neKn85txjZ9m4H$" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.icldc-hawaii.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Language lives not only in grammar and lexicon but also in the creative practices of its speakers, as expressed through song, story, performance, crafting, and visual arts. Though traditionally viewed as ancillary to the documentary process, these creative practices are increasingly being incorporated into language documentation workflows. Moreover, the arts play a critical role in furthering and supporting language maintenance and reclamation efforts, helping to sustain intergenerational transmission among minoritized, ancestral, and diaspora languages.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At ICLDC 2027 we hope to facilitate a dialogue that places artistic and creative practice at the heart of language documentation and conservation. The possibilities are vast. Oral literature, theatre, music, dance, visual arts, poetry, film, and digital media all offer pathways for strengthening speaker identity and language awareness, for reaching new generations of learners, and for documenting language in ways that recognize its creative potential. These possibilities also present challenges for the discipline. How do creative practices reshape documentation methodologies? How can collaborations between artists and language activists be structured equitably? What role do emerging media play in amplifying minoritized languages, and what risks do they carry?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In recognition of this conference theme, in addition to traditional presentations, we also welcome and encourage performance-based contributions that demonstrate the connections between art and language. These might include (but are not limited to) storytelling sessions, musical or theatrical presentations, poetry readings, and multimedia installations. We especially invite contributions from language community members and artist-scholar collaborations that center community voices and priorities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The conference program will feature Keynote talks, Talk Story and Workshop sessions, papers, performances, and posters. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will take place immediately after the conference (March 8-9).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;padding:0pt 0pt 5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The call for General session submissions closes on September 30:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.68;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:9pt;padding:2.25pt 0pt"><a href="https://ling.lll.hawaii.edu/sites/icldc/call-for-proposals/general-session-proposals/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">General sessions (Papers, Performances, & Posters)</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> - deadline September 30, 2026</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;padding:0pt 0pt 5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For details about each Call for Proposals type and its requirements and timelines, please visit the links above. We look forward to your submissions and participation at the conference!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conference Co-chairs:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gary Holton (Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(2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