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[Frans Plank]

>From: Domo M <majordom at essex.ac.uk>
>To: lagb-list at essex.ac.uk
>Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:00:13 +0100
>
>> From: A R Woodfield <A.Woodfield at bristol.ac.uk>
>> Subject: Endangered Languages Conference in Edinburgh
>>
>>
>>           Endangered Languages - What Role for the The Specialist?
>>              --------------------------------------------------
>>
>>                Edinburgh, Scotland   -   25-27 September 1998
>>
>>                             CALL FOR REGISTRATION
>>
>> The conference will provide a forum for researchers and activists
>> working for
>> the maintenance of indigenous languages that face an uncertain future.
>>
>>                         CONFERENCE SCOPE AND AIMS
>>
>> In recent years,  number of support organizations have established
>> themselves, all aiming to mobilize research effort, popular opinion
>> and
>> money in defence of declining languages.
>>
>> The question is often raised of how these outsiders can really help
>> the
>> cause that they have identified. Language communities must have inner
>> strength in order to survive, or at least the will and the means to go
>> on
>> using their traditional tongues.  Outside organizations, however
>> well-meaning, cannot supply such qualities directly.  Some ask whether
>> the
>> organizations even have the right to try to interfere.
>>
>> This conference, the second organized by the Foundation for Endangered
>> Languages, is seeking answers to one part of this question.  How can
>> language specialists, whether professional linguists, educators, media
>> professionals or whoever, actually contribute to language maintenance?
>>
>> We shall be hearing of the actual effects of professional involvement
>> on small language communities throughout the world.
>>
>> We do not expect a common set of conclusions to emerge from this
>> sharing of
>> experience and analysis.  But we shall be looking at the variety we
>> find,
>> and asking if it points to a good way to define the roles of the
>> support
>> organizations: how they can complement one another, perhaps sharing
>> techniques, perhaps transmitting knowledge?
>>
>> Some Themes that will be addressed:
>>
>>         When does the professional best act as an external consultant,
>>         when as a team-player?
>>
>>         What are useful relations:
>>         among grammarians,lexicographers and sociolinguists?
>>         among community-leaders, language-activists and
>> language-scientists?
>>         among ordinary speakers, creative users, broadcasters and
>> publishers?
>>
>>         What have been great successes in specialist language work,
>> and what
>>         motivated the people responsible?
>>
>>         How does local work benefit from  EL support organizations
>> with a
>>         global or continental view? Is the need for technical
>> assistance,
>>         production of materials, publicity, funding, political
>> agitation?
>>
>>         Should EL support organizations themselves specialize?
>>         If so how: regionally, or by function?
>>
>> The dates  will be 25-27 September 1998, and the venue the Pollock
>> Halls in
>> Edinburgh. There will be a preliminary volume of proceedings
>> distributed at
>> the Conference.
>>
>> All presentations should be accessible in English, but there may well
>> be use
>> of the languages of interest, for quotation or exemplification.
>>
>> Organizers:
>>
>>    Dr Nicholas Ostler      Foundation for Endangered Languages, Bath,
>> England
>>    Mrs Margaret Allen      Foundation for Endangered Languages, York,
>> England
>>    Dr Briony Williams      University of Edinburgh, Scotland
>>
>> Programme Committee:
>>
>> Akira Yamamoto, Andrew Woodfield, Anthony Woodbury, Tasaku Tsunoda,
>> Jane
>> Simpson, Mari Rhydwen, Jon Reyhner, Nicholas Ostler, David Nash,
>> Christopher Moseley, John Clews, Margaret Allen.
>>
>>
>> Attendees at the Conference (including speakers) need to be paid-up
>> members
>> of the Foundation.  Payment of subscriptions will be possible at the
>> conference.
>>
>> REGISTRATION FORM
>> ------------------------------------
>> Name
>>
>> Address for Correspondence
>>
>>
>>
>> Designation
>>
>> Area (s) of interest
>>
>> Phone number
>>
>> E-mail
>>
>> Fax number
>>
>> Booking Option
>>
>>  [Please choose Option 1, 2, 3 or 4 from the list of packages below]
>>
>> BOOKING OPTIONS:  [All prices in pounds sterling - UK currency]
>> Each package includes 3 lunches/2 dinners/tea/coffee, registration
>> (proceedings, conference folders, excursion); for residents, it also
>> includes
>> 2 nights' bed & breakfast (25-27 Sept).
>>
>> Package                                           Regular   Student
>> 1.     Single Room, without en-suite shower       100.00     90.00
>>
>> 2.     Single Room, with en-suite shower          130.00    120.00
>>
>> 3.     Shared Double Room, with en-suite shower   120.00    110.00
>>
>> 4.     Non-resident (meals + breaks only)          55.00     45.00
>>
>> Note;.      We will try as far as possible to accommodate any special
>> requirements you may have.   Please send details as early as possible
>> about the following: special dietary requirements, partial attendance
>> at the conference, or accommodation for more than 2 nights etc.
>>
>> [For non-members]                                     Standard
>> Unwaged
>> [   ] Please enrol me as a member of the Foundation:  20.00
>> [   ] Please enrol me as a member of the Foundation:            10.00
>>         [Enclose proof of unwaged (e.g. student) status.]
>>
>>
>> Further note:
>> We have endeavoured to keep costs to an absolute minimum, to maximize
>> access.
>> However, any surplus in the fund which is paying for this will go to
>> support
>> our work in documentation and promotion of endangered languages.  If
>> you can,
>> please add a donation, marking the item below.
>>
>> Possible donation                             [          pounds]
>>
>> Please write the total amount of your payment [          pounds]
>>
>> Methods of Payment
>> -------------------------------
>>  1. UK cheques (in pounds sterling) should be made payable to:
>>         Foundation for Endangered Languages
>>  2. For cheques in other currencies please add 10% to cover bank
>> charges.
>>  3. The appropriate amount may be transferred directly to:
>> Foundation for Endangered Languages
>> Account 50073456. Sort Code     08-90-02.
>> Co-operative Bank,16 St.Stephen Street, Bristol, BS1 1JR,  England
>>
>>  4. To pay by by Credit Card [VISA/MasterCard] please complete the
>> following
>>
>> Name as on C/card
>>                    ....
>> Address as on C/Card.
>> ................................................................
>> ................................................................
>> ................................................................
>> Credit Card Number
>> ................................................................
>> C/Card Date of Expiry
>> ................................................................
>>
>> Please return this form with your payment  to:
>> Margaret J. Allen
>> Treasurer, Foundation for Endangered  Languages
>> 14, Newland Park close,
>> York   Y010 3HW   England
>> JOSALLEN at compuserve.com
>>
>> *******************
>>
>>                PROGRAMME
>>
>>       Friday, 25 September
>> 12.00 Registration
>>
>> 1.00  Lunch
>>       Session 1:      Endangered Languages: What Role for the
>> Specialist?
>>
>> 2.30  Nicholas Ostler Welcome: the Foundation, and the Conference
>> 2.55  Briony Williams Local introduction
>> 3.00  Donna B. Gerdts
>>       Keynote Address: The Linguist in Language Revitalization
>> Programmes
>>
>>       Salishan, W. Canada
>> 4.00  Tea
>>       Session 2       Successful interactions
>> 4:30  Bill Jancewicz
>>       Developing Language Programs with the Naskapi of Quebec
>>       Algonquin, E. Canada
>> 5.00  Jon Reyhner, Gina Cantoni
>>       What Educators Can Do to Aid Community Efforts at Indigenous
>> Language Maintenance and Revitalization
>>       USA
>> 5.30  Veronica Grondona
>>       Endangered languages, their speakers and the language
>> specialist:
>> the case of Mocovi
>>       Waikuruan, Argentina
>>
>>       Saturday, 26 September
>>
>>       Session 3       Understanding the Language from the Outside
>> 10.00 Jens Eberhard Jahn
>>       Istria: Between Regional Ethnic Awakening And Nationalism
>>
>>       Rom./Slav./Alban., Adriatic
>> 10.30 Diego Quesada
>>       Competing Interpretations of History: What if they are Wrong?
>>       Chibchan, Costa Rica
>> 11.00 Coffee
>> 11.30 Tapani Salminen
>>       Minority Languages in a Society in Turmoil: the case of the
>> Northern Languages of the Russian Federation
>>       Ural./Tungus./ Turk/Paleosib.
>> 12.00 M. Lynn Landweer
>>       Indicators of Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Case Study of Two
>> Languages, Labu and Vanimo
>>       Austronesian/ Sko, NiuGini
>>
>> 12.30 Lunch
>>       Session 4       Annual General Meeting
>>
>> 3.30  Tea
>>       Session 5       Understanding the Language from the Inside
>> 4.00  N. Louanna Furbee, Lori Stanley and Tony Arkeketa
>>       Two Kinds of Expert in Language Renewal
>>       Siouan, USA
>> 4:30  Kim Hardie
>>       Role of Specialists: the Case of Flemish in Belgium
>>       Germanic
>> 5.00  Session 6       OPEN FORUM
>>
>>
>>       Sunday, 27 September
>>
>>       Session 7       The New Role of Information Technology
>> 9.30  Bojan Petek     Slovenian Language in the Information Age
>>       Slav, Slovenia
>> 10.00 RC MacDougall   Effects and Defects of E-mail
>>       Mohawk, US
>>
>> 10.30 Coffee
>>       Session 8       Taking Stock
>>
>> 11.00 Mari Rhydwen    Strategies for Doing the Impossible
>>       Australia
>> 11.30 Hilaire Valiquette
>>       First Things First: on Language Preservation/Revitalization
>> Efforts
>>
>>       USA
>> 12.00 Akira Yamamoto
>>       Language Community, Scientific Community and Mutually Supported
>> Community
>>       USA
>> 12.30 All     Final Discussion
>>
>> 1.00  Lunch
>>       (Event)
>>       Coffee
>>
>>
>>
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