31.619, Calls: Applied Ling, Ling Theories, Socioling/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-619. Wed Feb 12 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.619, Calls: Applied Ling, Ling Theories, Socioling/USA

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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:48:26
From: Sheri Wells-Jensen [swellsj at bgsu.edu]
Subject: Communication Across the Vastness: ISDC 2020

 
Full Title: Communication Across the Vastness: ISDC 2020 

Date: 28-May-2020 - 31-May-2020
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA 
Contact Person: Sheri Wells-Jensen
Meeting Email: swellsj at bgsu.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2020 

Meeting Description:

METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) International has a unique
two-day presentation opportunity: one day on the 28th and a follow-up day on
the 31st at the International Space Development Conference. Our theme is
Communication Across the Vastness: How to Send a Message Across Time, Through
Space, or Between Human and Extraterrestrial Cultures. 


Call for Papers:

Presentations on any topic related to our theme is welcome, including (but not
limited to): 

- Message construction
- Message decoding
- Preservation of Message Sent
- Language Change Across the Centuries
- Cognitive Changes Across the Centuries
- Cultural Change Across the Centuries
- Communication between Earth from Generation Ships
- Preservation of Human Cultures
- Communicating Across Great Cultural Differences
- Communicating Across Differences Shaped by Body Type or Sensory Modality

Here is the URL for submissions: please click on METI and fill out the form: 
https://isdc2020.nss.org/home/about/faq/call-for-abstracts-form-page/

In addition to our formal set of papers, we are trying something new: a
simulation/game/contest investigating different approaches to content
preservation across time. 

For anyone who is interested: 
On Thursday, we will launch a generation ship and you will be trusted with
crucial information which must be available to the ship's passengers and crew
in 700 years when they arrive at their destination. How you do this is up to
you: you can encode the message in a version of future English, make it into a
song, a dance, a picture, or anything you would like. 
How will this information be maintained over all those generations? 

My crack panel of judges and I will look these over and the best (or wildest,
or most amusing) will be asked to briefly present on Sunday. Of course, there
will be prizes. 

You can participate in this or not as it pleases you. 

I'm happy to respond to questions or help guide a submission through the
process. Feel free to be in touch at swellsj at bgsu.edu




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