[Linganth] Call for Participation: Rights, Rules and Rhetoric - 17-18 Nov 2020

[LCJ Hub]

Dear colleagues, I hope that some of you will register for our upcoming
online event on language and migration described in this call for
participation. We are also looking for people willing to facilitate the
asynchronous conversation in 2-hour slots over the two days of the event.
Let me know if this interests you and more details will be sent along
closer to the event.

Kind regards,
Leigh Swigart and the LCJ Hub team

International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA, USA
LCJHub at brandeis.edu
https://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/internationaljustice/language-culture-justice/index.html
+1 781 736 2694

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*CALL FOR PARTICIPATION*


*Rights, Rules and RhetoricExploring language and migration in Australia,
Europe and North America*
17-18 November 2020

The Language, Culture and Justice Hub
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/0egozc/g7wc9wd/gzikfl> invites you to participate
in an asynchronous and written online “learning exchange” exploring diverse
language challenges facing migrants as they navigate legal and other
critical contexts, work in academic/professional settings, and respond to
rhetoric that (mis)(re)presents them.

Participation is simple: over the course of 17 and 18 November (starting 16
November in North America), attendees log on at their convenience to the
learning exchange platform to review comments and contribute their own
thoughts to the developing group conversation. A minimum of two hours of
participation is expected, and there are no registration fees.

Entitled *Rights, Rules and Rhetoric*, this virtual exchange seeks to
examine and compare diverse language-related facets of the migration
experience across Australia, Europe and North America. These facets can be
grouped along three axes:

Photo: IOM 2016/Amanda Nero
1) the rights enacted through laws or directives ensuring procedural
fairness for migrants, including their ability to access critical
information in their languages through translated documents or
interpretation;

2) the everyday rules, written and unwritten, of language provision and
practice in situations involving migrants which may fall short of formally
guaranteed rights and reflect various "language ideologies," that is,
common if sometimes misguided understandings of how language works; and

3) the problematic or demonizing rhetoric about migrants and their
communities of origin, and the obstacles such rhetoric may create for
people on the move.

The exchange will also examine the impact of the current pandemic both on
the availability and adequacy of language services, and on public
narratives about migrants from regions that have been described, often
inaccurately, as sources of the coronavirus.

*Rights, Rules and Rhetoric* seeks participation by a broad range of
actors: migrants, international students, asylum seekers/refugees,
scholars, researchers, activists, and practitioners and policymakers from
diverse fields. The working language of the exchange will be English, but
contributions can also be offered and read in Spanish, French, and Arabic
with the help of computer-generated translation.

Read more about the aims of the learning exchange, organizers and partner
institutions, and how it will all work at the event’s webpage
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/0egozc/g7wc9wd/wrjkfl>.

Register <https://t.e2ma.net/click/0egozc/g7wc9wd/ckkkfl> for the *Rights,
Rules and Rhetoric* learning exchange. We ask that you register as soon as
possible but no later than 4 November 2020. Direct any questions to
learning exchange coordinator Hillary Mellinger: hmellinger at brandeis.edu.

We hope you will share your perspectives and experiences during this
important event exploring language and migration. Please forward on this
call for participation to others who might be interested.
*International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life*
Brandeis University
415 South Street | MS 086
Waltham, MA 02454-9110



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