philosophy statement

[Mary Bucholtz]

A minor revision from the facilitators regarding the philosophy statement:
to make it less located in the time of the organization's creation, we
propose that the final sentence read: "GALA (or whatever) aims to foster
regular productive exchange..."

Please discuss any additions, revisions, or wholesale substitutions
regarding the philosophy statement. Voting begins on Saturday--we'll send a
message with details then.

KMMS

>Recently we called for input on a philosophy statement for gala. Some people
>suggested modifying an earlier statement to the following:
>
>GALA (or whatever name we come up with) is an organization that seeks to
>promote research on the interaction of gender and language.  This field of
>scholarly inquiry began developing in response to feminist concerns about
>the ways in which sex, power, and language connect to one another. Queer
>theorists have brought the linguistic dimensions of sexualities and
>heterosexism into the picture.  Critical studies of language and racial
>identities, ethnicities, and masculinities have also expanded the field far
>beyond what was included under the early "women and language " rubric.  GALA
>is being started to help foster more regular productive exchange among
>scholars of language and gender with many different research emphases and
>orientations and from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
>
>Unless there is further input, we would like to vote whether to accept this
>as gala's philosophy statement July 31-August 5. Please feel free to make
>suggestions for modifications and inclusions until July 30.  Naming will be
>considered separately, but proposals for names are still welcome.
>
>Kira, Mary, Megan, Sara
>
>Dr. Sara Trechter
>Asst. Professor Linguistics/English
>CSU, Chico
>Chico, CA 95929-0830
>(530) 898-5447 (office)
>(530) 898-4450 (fax)