33.1706, Calls: Applied Linguistics/France

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-1706. Thu May 12 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.1706, Calls: Applied Linguistics/France

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Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 22:43:07
From: Martin Stegu [martin.stegu at wu.ac.at]
Subject: Symposium ''Queer Applied Linguistics: Potential & Limits'' (AILA 2023)

 
Full Title: Symposium "Queer Applied Linguistics: Potential & Limits" (AILA 2023) 
Short Title: AILA 2023 (SYMP62) 

Date: 17-Jul-2023 - 21-Jul-2023
Location: Lyon, France 
Contact Person: Martin Stegu
Meeting Email: martin.stegu at wu.ac.at
Web Site: https://aila2023.sciencesconf.org/browse/author?authorid=952106 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 26-Jun-2022 

Meeting Description:

This symposium will be organised in the framework of the AILA World Conference
to be held in Lyon, France, in 2023.


Call for Papers:

Linguistic Fields: Queer Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Queer Applied
Linguistics; Folk Linguistics

Symposium Description:

About 20 years ago – after and in addition to Feminist / Gender / Gay &
Lesbian and Lavender Linguistics – the term “Queer Linguistics” (QL) also
began to gain more and more acceptance. QL contains elements from the
previously mentioned “subdisciplines” but goes beyond them and takes a
heteronormativity-critical position – known from general queer studies – and
examines how heteronormativity is expressed in and by language and discourse,
but also how it can be overcome (at least linguistically). It further appears
that the mentioned norm-critical attitude has a potential that can also go
beyond the criticism of the assumed superiority of heterosexual desire.

On the one hand, there are many possible connections to applied linguistic
concerns, e.g., the avoidance of discriminatory communication and respect for
diversity (an aspect also mentioned in the welcome address of this
conference). On the other hand, already due to the poststructuralist heritage
and also many other factors, the issues raised in queer theoretical and queer
linguistic discussions still seem to be very far away from (and at first
glance hardly compatible with) most of the still prevailing folk conceptions
of sex/gender and sexuality and the discourses related to them.

If we see it as a main task of Applied Linguistics to mediate between folk and
academic language-related theories and views, we should ask more precisely
which special functions Queer Applied Linguistics could take over with such an
agenda: For which concrete ''real world problems'' would applied approaches of
Queer Linguistics be useful? What kinds of solutions could or should they
offer? How can the often very abstract queer theoretical concepts be
translated into the everyday world experiences of ''lay people''?

The symposium has two aims: to deal with basic questions of existing or
possible points of contact and overlaps between Queer and Applied Linguistics
and to discuss interesting examples from concrete fields of application.

Contributions can also be given in the other conference languages (French,
Spanish or German, but the accompanying slides should be in English (or
bilingual with English).

We are welcoming abstracts for individual papers (20-minute presentation and
10-minute discussion) for the symposium on ''Queer Applied Linguistics:
Potential & Limits“ at the AILA World Congress 2023 in Lyon.

Proposals should be 500 words maximum and must follow the AILA style sheet
(see website); please note that the language of the symposium will be English.
Full submission instructions can be found on the website:
https://aila2023.fr/call-for-papers. All authors whose submissions are
accepted will have to make a recording of their presentation before the
conference (because oft he planned hybrid character ot the whole conference);
this video will be put online on the dedicated platform. However, there will
be room for face-to-face as well as online discussion. For now, the online
submission platform is not available yet, but it will be in the next few
weeks. (In any case, proposals should be submitted via the central platform
and not directly to the organisers of the various symposia. Martin Stegu will
of course be happy to answer any questions concerning the symposium presented
here).

Submission deadline: June 26, 2022 

Symposium coordinator: Martin Stegu (martin.stegu at wu.ac.at)




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