28.3530, Calls: Anthro Ling, Disc Analysis, Socioling/UK

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Subject: 28.3530, Calls: Anthro Ling, Disc Analysis, Socioling/UK

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:50:33
From: James Hawkey [james.hawkey at bristol.ac.uk]
Subject: Language and Borders: Rethinking Mobility, Migration and Space

 
Full Title: Language and Borders: Rethinking Mobility, Migration and Space 
Short Title: LangBord 

Date: 26-Mar-2018 - 27-Mar-2018
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: James Hawkey
Meeting Email: james.hawkey at bristol.ac.uk

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2017 

Meeting Description:

The widespread movement of people and their linguistic repertoires has
contributed to growing pressure on the model of the nation-state and related
notions of linguistically and culturally homogeneous societies. Supposed
homogeneity of communities is contingent on the notion of the border as a
device of containment. However, in light of increased population movement,
recent multidisciplinary approaches seek to capture the complex qualities of
the border as both a locus of mobility (a line to be crossed – a bridge) and a
site of enclosure (an untraversable barrier – a wall). So what are borders,
how are they constructed and how do they impact our lived experience?
Additionally, how can sociolinguistic and cognate research enhance our
understanding of the interface between language and borders?

In this context, it has become increasingly urgent to reconsider how
‘migration’ is theoretically conceptualized, especially because ‘migration’
itself has become a salient object of contemporary discourse. This
objectification and frequent vilification of migration potentially casts a
shadow on the complex and diverse forms of (im)mobility that social actors
experience, be it in relation to their own (im)mobility or that of others.
Discussion of the roles of borders, mobility and migration in sociolinguistic
research encourages us to reflect on the broader concept of space, and on its
role in the formation and perpetuation of language ideologies. At this
conference, we aim to address a number of questions, including:

- What constitutes a border for sociolinguistic researchers? What linguistic
practices do borderlanders engage in?
- As sociolinguists, what can we learn from multidisciplinary approaches to
border studies? What insights can be drawn from advances in geography,
sociology, history, anthropology, politics and cultural studies?
- How do different sociolinguistic methodological frameworks (qualitative,
quantitative, mixed) address borderland scenarios.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers: 

Brigitta Busch (University of Vienna)
Carmen Llamas (University of York)
Clare Mar-Molinero (University of Southampton)

This conference is generously supported by the British Academy's 'Tackling the
UK's International Challenges' initiative.


Call for Papers: 

This conference invites contributions from researchers in a range of
disciplinary backgrounds, whose work focuses on the role of language in
relation to borders, mobility, migration, and/or space.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words to be submitted via EasyAbs, at the
following link: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/langbord2018

This conference is generously supported by the British Academy's 'Tackling the
UK's International Challenges' initiative.




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