[lg policy] Fwd: [Linganth] Study-day: Language, Power, Ethics and Superdiversity (May 13 @ KCL)

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: Yael Peled <yael.a.peled at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 8:57 AM
 Study-day: Language, Power, Ethics and Superdiversity (May 13 @ KCL)



*Language, Power, Ethics and Superdiversity *

Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication, King’s College London

Friday 13th May 2016

10.30am - 5.15pm

Franklin-Wilkins Building Waterloo Bridge Wing Room G552


*Summary:*

In an era characterised by increasingly dynamic population mobility,
traditional presuppositions about the substance of individual and group
identities, and about the social and political semiotics that shape them,
seem inadequate. In superdiverse societies, the question of language poses
a particularly difficult challenge, owing both to its identitarian and
communicative dimensions. These new realities raise new questions,
empirical and normative alike: in such circumstances, what constitutes a
linguistic identity? How do linguistic identity and political agency
interplay? Are all linguistic identities necessarily political, and, if so,
are they of equal value? What forms of linguistic prioritisation, e.g. in
civic life, education and the job market, may be considered legitimate?
Are national governments justifiable in intervening in the linguistic
repertoires, practices and identities of citizens and non-citizens? Are
some notions of linguistic integration and citizenship more compatible with
democratic principles than others? Could these notions be grounded in
sufficiently common social and political semiotics? And what role is there
for the state in a rapidly globalising world? These and similar questions
unavoidably require principled interdisciplinary collaboration between
linguists, philosophers, political scientists and public policy researchers.



*Papers:*
- Language ethics and the interdisciplinary challenge - Yael Peled, IHSP
and Law, McGill University

- Pluricentric linguistic justice: a normative approach to the question of
language ownership - Leigh Oakes, French and Linguistics, Queen Mary
University of London

- Language revitalisation and social transformation: empirical and
normative questions - Huw Lewis, International Politics, Aberystwyth

- The normative stakes of academic Anglicisation:
language/power/knowledge/ethics - Daniel Weinstock, IHSP and Law, McGill
University


*Registration:*

Attendance is free, though places are limited. To book a place, go to
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-
power-ethics-and-superdiversity-tickets-24341847120
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-power-ethics-and-superdiversity-tickets-24341847120>


*Further details, abstracts and schedule: *

See
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/research/ldc/seminars/ldccolloquia.aspx



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Dr. Yael Peled

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Language and Health
The Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (HCALM
<https://www.mcgill.ca/hssaccess/trhpp/research>) Network

Institute for Health and Social Policy
McGill University
Charles Meredith House
1130 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3
Tel.: 514-398-1236

Faculty of Law
McGill University
Chancellor Day Hall
3644 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9
Tel.: 514-398-6666

Website: www.peledy.com <http://www.peledy.com>


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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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