[Linganth] Society for Linguistic Anthropology Online Programming

[SLA Online]

As inaugural co-coordinators of SLA’s virtual programs, we would like to
invite you to the first installment of SLA Online programming—a timely
conversation on free speech discourses and their consequences.

What Does Free Speech Discourse Do? An SLA Online Discussion

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11 AM to 12:30 PM CT

This panel gathers a mix of scholars from within and without the field of
linguistic anthropology to share their critical research on the topic of
free speech. In liberal contexts, freedom of speech is often presented as a
personal freedom and is thereby understood as a matter of individual
rights, of the right of individuals to speak their minds, even against
political authorities and public norms. This panel, however, seeks to place
free speech discourse in broader ethnographic and historical perspectives.
The aim will not be to ask what is or isn’t free speech, but rather to
examine what free speech discourse does. For example, what kinds of
political claims and political actions does free speech discourse make
possible? Does free speech also entail forms of silencing?  What kinds of
social actors can avail themselves of free speech discourses and which
cannot?

Panelists: Kendra Calhoun (University of Illinois, Champain), Matei Candea
(Cambridge University), Francis Cody (University of Toronto), Mariam
Durrani (American University), and Darcy Leigh (University of Sussex )

Moderators: Andrew Graan and Fadi Hakim (University of Chicago)

Zoom Link:

https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/93068869375?pwd=vlP5eLnxrvoBrIpUa3lKEScXEJJZaa.1

Meeting ID: 930 6886 9375

Passcode: 815604

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*Society for Linguistic Anthropology Online*
Digital Media Directors: Catherine Tebaldi (Universite du Luxembourg),
Shannon Ward (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
SLA Social Media Manager: Nora Tyeklar (University of Maine at Augusta)
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