[Linganth] 2 Exciting SLA 2022 Events: Gather Happy Hour (Mar 31) and Krystal A. Smalls Pre-Conference Keynote (Apr 6)

[Dominika Baran, Ph.D.]

Dear Colleagues,



The 2022 SLA Virtual Track Co-Organizers and Conference Organizing Team invite you to join us for two exciting virtual events. Register for the virtual track today to join<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/secure-web.cisco.com/1Na3mHDSwrJpkPlh7V-BZFvOsSDpnUz6OiYgSa2kw3ze3paF0TSXZwjM9NkIVX80n-bkKN38rvqk_t93uvxsZFunLFugSWSziw7iFb8dg3v8EydwRcgKmz9tVu7QsQS0jqxTOv_4AWe7kuXQ79tp_tBxJLOOuhzAbKOeokRvcbLbBjHy4WvEWl0xX-L4X2WOeGEh0x1xV50dra4ss02LRMYE_HEQA78uQT4lZfH7DzOCgG1yjV5qcvxnB9D7NSnnAuj6p6Lpw7gZlJmz0k-lfXFXZd80Cgbsf6VS20c4c02XH_ZjoITuHHPdAdv0nwUQW0PPbRYLO4d0zo8ZcxKkFrG9I6u7Z_wbwDN9ekhfL27bhDUfM_DEckxlkVuZq2akqiZMgkeWDvaJEwycv8YCnIG55YMdHxKY3EanO73aOuYHOyHTgN0jCCy3EGcsE7-Q0/https*3A*2F*2Fmy.americananthro.org*2Fnc__event*3Fid*3Da0l8W00000UpZBOQA3__;JSUlJSUl!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!tj6Xx6ZgIYCNuylLmtjefCco-83m1jHZyXdX2faFQaRFZi_BJZGXiQjH-4Z3CRl3ZZB9-g$>!  We will be sending an email to all registrants with the link and password for entering the Gather space before the Happy Hour begins on Thursday.



(1) Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 4:30–6pm MT / 5:30–7pm CT / 6:30–8pm ET

Pre-Conference Happy Hour in Gather



Join our virtual meet-and-greet to learn how to use Gather and explore the SLA 2022 virtual space! Register for the virtual track to take a guided tour of the online conference “venue,” visit the room where you will be presenting, and chat with other attendees.


(2) Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 2–4pm MT / 3–5pm CT / 4–6pm ET

Virtual Pre-Conference Keynote: Dr. Krystal A. Smalls



“Signs of Life: A Raciosemiotic Look at the Meaning and Matter(ing) of Black Life”



What do Black lives mean? What do they mean in the US, other settler/slave states, and across the world? Online and in the flesh? Using a raciolinguistic and raciosemiotic framework, this talk enlists linguistic anthropology and a vast swath of Black theory to explore the semiosis of Black diasporic life among young people from different parts of the world. In particular, this talk considers how – against, through, and beyond anti-Blackness – young activists and scholars are conjuring Black meaning and mattering. The talk will be followed by a post-keynote discussion in Gather.



Krystal Smalls is Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.



Curious to learn more about Gather? Watch this trailer<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/secure-web.cisco.com/13wHG_N9ELyerzcBNTFwyV5XX85Fsk3ROnb2rnPldhTS9Y_SQ6YlC5K0zjgzoETLRJtZ7n7T9ESeVE5Ovj_ecJQXCEOKt_CoGnqy_BLBaf5MeZT_66z0ng-fOHYqRfRj85pITZOlhrGJvbwLPHsweDuh2zMty-HlsjgPvFc_MkOi9UBTPHjzejPz2WnTo-dJ45F9iuiCACEro1ya5Zoj9RtqhbjEn_44Oe1jjd-wkxXeXHv74gGwKP9kMYlLQtous53F8gQGTAsOfhUAeOlhlZ0e0Ew8jNlIy4I9ZpiCzbivlMW_jCtmLvKXTaI9PZJrTR2iBmr3UJkAUSNLFBCnobp9UNekUlR-td_rOLgOJir6iVzsX8wbTt1fxGB72imNih2TOcoYglBKAiWkd59d-mfr-vRto4t4I7dFl_EgHRChqvYyTzFS_VC21TWu3XYF0/https*3A*2F*2Fwww.youtube.com*2Fwatch*3Fv*3Drw3HaZ0gXzQ__;JSUlJSUl!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!tj6Xx6ZgIYCNuylLmtjefCco-83m1jHZyXdX2faFQaRFZi_BJZGXiQjH-4Z3CRm_Z9JUvQ$> for an overview of what you can do in the Gather.town platform, and check out this playlist<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsL93ULcKZ8s9PNep-UfPjCa0aUZMlvrj__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!tj6Xx6ZgIYCNuylLmtjefCco-83m1jHZyXdX2faFQaRFZi_BJZGXiQjH-4Z3CRnHvmHTrw$> for a guided tour of the platform’s key functionalities.



Find the full conference program on the official SLA 2022 Trello Board<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/trello.com/b/XePCVlsK/sla-2022-spring-conference-full-schedule__;!!OToaGQ!5hB0r9iR8MpHEsSXOAhlC4niqVirRj3y7EkcwfRsEVJKIvLfovffsHHt55dW0OsGyZhG$>.



Questions? Contact the conference organizers at SLABoulder at gmail.com<mailto:SLABoulder at gmail.com>.



Dominika M. Baran
Associate Professor
English Department
Duke University
Allen Building 303
Durham, NC 27708

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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