WORKSHOP: ASYLUM & THE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE

[Lisa Rudnick]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!

THIS WAS MY ORIGINAL DIS TOPIC!!!!
SO COOL!




Lisa Rudnick
Researcher and Assistant Project Manager
Security Needs Assessments Protocol
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Institut des Nations Unies pour la recherche sur le désarmement
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: + 41 (0) 22 917 3397
Fax: + 41 (0) 22 917 0176
lrudnick at unog.ch
http://www.unidir.org

On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:48 AM, David Boromisza-Habashi wrote:

> ASYLUM & THE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE
>
> Saturday 15 November 2008, 10.30-17.00
> King's College London
>
>
> Language and discourse have become increasingly important in asylum
> application procedures in many western countries.  Cases get  
> decided on the
> basis of the languages that the applicant speaks (ethno-linguistic
> identification) and/or on the coherence, clarity or detail of the
> story they tell
> (their discourse).  The critical role that language and discourse  
> play in asylum
> application procedures is central to a growing body of research  
> that combines
> linguistics with ethnography.  In this workshop, we present some of  
> this work,
> address its validity, and consider the wider implications of the  
> use of language
> analysis in immigration and asylum cases.
>
> The presenters:
> *       Professor Jan Blommaert (Finland Distinguished Professor of  
> Linguistic
> Anthropology at Jyväskylä University) specializes in migration,  
> discourse and
> African languages.
> *       Dr Katryn Maryns (Antwerp Center for Pragmatics) recently
> published 'The Asylum Speaker', a book based on close-up first-hand
> observation of the Belgian asylum procedure.
>
> Fee: £30 (including lunch), £15 for PhD students.  Spaces are  
> limited, so early
> registration is advised.  For more information, see http://www.rdi- 
> elc.org.uk
> or contact Melissa de Graaff (rdi-elc at kcl.ac.uk)
>
> The workshop is part of the ESRC Researcher Development Initiative  
> Course
> Ethnography, Language and Communication www.rdi-elc.org.uk
>
>
>
> -- 
> David Boromisza-Habashi, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Communication
> University of Colorado
> 270 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309-0270, USA
>
> office location: Hellems 78
> work phone: +1 (303) 735 5076
> work fax: +1 (303) 492 8411
>
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