Fw: Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty

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From: "Francisco Gomes de Matos" <fcgm at hotlink.com.br>
To: "Anita Wenden" <wldyc at cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:42 AM
Subject: Fw: Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty


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> From: "Francisco Gomes de Matos" <fcgm at hotlink.com.br>
> To: "Evelin Gerda Lindner" <e.g.lindner at psykologi.uio.no>
> Cc: "Don Sola'" <dfs8 at cornell.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:34 AM
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harold F. Schiffman" <haroldfs at ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
>> To: "Language Policy-List" <lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:45 AM
>> Subject: Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty
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>> > Forwarded from CARLA, http://www.carla.umn.edu/LCTL
>> >
>> > >Cornell Conference on Language and Poverty
>> > >October 14-16, 2005
>> > >
>> > >This conference, organized by the linguistics department at Cornell
>> > >University, has two central objectives: (1) to highlight the complex
>> > >interconnections of language and poverty for a general audience, and
> (2)
>> > >to promote exchange among scholars of language and of culture and
> poverty
>> > >as well as community-based language activists on work with endangered
>> > >languages in impoverished communities.  Day one pursues the first
>> > >objective of outreach and general education; days two and three are
>> > >primarily devoted to the second and more specialized
>> > >effort.  Distinguished scholars and community workers from around the
>> > >world will be joined by commentators drawn from a wide range of
>> > >departments and programs at Cornell.
>> > >
>> > >There is no registration fee but those planning to participate are
> asked
>> > >to register at http://ling.cornell.edu/language_and_poverty/ so that 
>> > >we
>> > >can plan for refreshments and the conference dinner on Saturday.  Some
>> > >scholarship support is still available to defray travel and
>> accommodations
>> > >costs for those who do not hold regular academic appointments or have
>> > >access to travel funding.  Graduate students and people working in
> their
>> > >own communities on language revival and maintenance projects are
> strongly
>> > >encouraged to apply for this support through our website.  Preference
>> will
>> > >be given to applications received by Friday, September 9, 2005.  There
> is
>> > >also limited crash space available; you may request crash space when
> you
>> > >register online for the conference, or by sending a message to Wayne
>> > >Harbert at weh2 at cornell.edu.  Please do so as soon as possible but
>> > >preferably no later than Friday, September 30, 2005 if you would like
>> > >somewhere to put your sleeping bag.  A list of local hotels is
> available
>> > >on the conference website.
>> > >
>> > >Day 1, Friday, October 14, 2005
>> > >
>> > >Poverty as a Factor in Language Maintenance and Language Death
>> > >
>> > >Keynote speaker:  Leanne Hinton
>> > >Commentator:  Kathryn S. March
>> > >
>> > >Panel Discussion by Herman Batibo, Matthias Brenzinger, and Ofelia
>> Zepeda
>> > >on the effect of access to resources on the maintenance of minority
>> languages.
>> > >Commentator: TBA
>> > >
>> > >Language and Access to Resources
>> > >
>> > >Keynote Speaker:  John Baugh
>> > >Commentator: Stephen L. Morgan
>> > >Panel Discussion by Neville Alexander, Ofelia Garcia, and Ajit Mohanty
> on
>> > >the relation between the languages people speak or do not speak and
> their
>> > >economic status.
>> > >Commentator:  Ravi Kanbur
>> > >
>> > >Day 2, Saturday, October 15, 2005
>> > >
>> > >oWorkshop on Community -Based Language Maintenance Programs, with Nora
>> > >Marks Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer, and TBA.
>> > >Commentator: Audra Simpson
>> > >
>> > >oWorkshop on the Role of the Linguist in Language Maintenance and
>> > >Revitalization:  Documentation Training and Materials Development, 
>> > >with
>> > >Lenore Grenoble, Norvin Richards and Keren Rice
>> > >Commentator: Amanda Miller
>> > >
>> > >Minority Languages in Economic and Social Context
>> > >
>> > >Keynote Speaker:  Suzanne Romaine
>> > >Commentator: Benedict Anderson
>> > >
>> > >Panel Discussion with Bruce Mannheim and Peter Whiteley on the
>> > >implications of political economy, social structure, and culture for
>> > >language in an age of globalization.
>> > >Commentator: David Wippman
>> > >
>> > >Day 3, Sunday morning, October 16, 2005 (concluding by 1:00pm)
>> > >
>> > >o Workshop on Technology as a Tool in Language Modelling, 
>> > >Documentation
>> > >and Preservation, witth Helen Aristar-Dry and Ian Maddieson.
>> > >Commentator: Mark Turin
>> > >
>> > >o Workshop on Funding for Language Documentation and Revitalization
>> > >Initiatives, with Arienne Dwyer, Barry Supple and Doug Whalen
>> > >
>> > >The conference is funded by grants from the National Science 
>> > >Foundation
>> > >and Cornell University's Poverty, Inequality and Development
> Initiative.
>> > >
>> > >The conference organizers,
>> > >
>> > >Wayne Harbert           weh2 at cornell.edu
>> > >Sally McConnell-Ginet   smg9 at cornell.edu
>> > >Amanda Miller           am332 at cornell.edu
>> > >John Whitman            jbw2 at cornell.edu
>> > >
>> > >
>> > CARLA's Less Commonly Taught Languages Project
>> > sponsors this list and many other resources.
> http://www.carla.umn.edu/LCTL
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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