35.2083, Calls: Family Language Policy Conference: Reimagining the Field

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Subject: 35.2083, Calls: Family Language Policy Conference: Reimagining the Field

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Date: 19-Jul-2024
From: Verena Platzgummer [verena.platzgummer at universityofgalway.ie]
Subject: Family Language Policy Conference: Reimagining the Field


Full Title: Family Language Policy Conference: Reimagining the Field

Date: 22-Oct-2024 - 23-Oct-2024
Location: University of Galway, Ireland
Contact Person: Verena Platzgummer
Meeting Email: verena.platzgummer at universityofgalway.ie

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2024

Meeting Description:

In their 2008 paper, King et al. laid the foundation for the emergence
of the field that came to be recognised as Family Language Policy
(FLP). Since then, this field of inquiry has received an increasing
amount of scholarly attention and has evolved into a burgeoning field
over the last decade. In this short time span, the core interests of
FLP have shifted: While it initially attempted “to draw direct causal
links across ideologies, practices, and outcomes”, it moved on to
examining “how families are constructed through multilingual language
practices, and how language functions as a resource for this process
of family making and meaning making” (King 2016: 728). Recent FLP
scholarship has pointed to the necessity of putting under scrutiny the
central concepts of family, language, and language policy and not
departing from taken-for-granted notions in order to produce situated
accounts of FLP (Lanza & Lomeu Gomes 2020). A recent proposal even
suggests reimagining the field “under the more all-encompassing label
of family multilingualism” (Léglise 2023: 288), arguing that the
institutionalisation of FLP as a field has marginalised different
kinds of knowledges pertinent to family multilingualism.

Encouraged by the impetus of these and other reflections on the
foundations of research on family language policy and family
multilingualism, we are organising this Hybrid International
Conference on Family Language Policy under the theme of Reimagining
the Field. We aim to provide a forum for discussing epistemological,
theoretical and methodological considerations around FLP and family
multilingualism (FM), for setting future research agendas and for
exploring possibilities for establishing regular venues for such
exchange.

Final Call for Papers:

We specifically welcome contributions in the form of papers and
symposia on the following issues:
•       Epistemological foundations of FLP/FM
•       Key theoretical concepts in FLP/FM
•       Nexus of FLP/FM and the wider community
•       Interaction between FLP/FM and educational institutions
•       Children’s agency
•       Digital and multimodal interaction in the family
•       Affect and emotion in FLP/FM
•       FLP/FM and political economy
•       Participatory approaches in FLP/FM

Confirmed Keynotes:
Kendall King (University of Minnesota): "Moving beyond family language
policy research: why and perhaps how"
Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin (University of Galway): "Future practice and
intervention in Irish family language policy"

Panel Discussion: Reimagining Family Language Policy as a Field
Moderation: Cassie Smith-Christmas (University of Galway)
Confirmed Panelists: Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen (University of Bath),
Elizabeth Lanza (University of Oslo)

Submission of abstracts
Abstracts can be submitted for:
•       Individual Presentations (20-minute presentation and 10-minute
discussion)
•       Symposia (90-minute timeslot with at least three contributors
– otherwise free format)

The word limit for abstracts is 300 words for individual presentations
and 900 words for symposia.
In addition to English, we accept abstracts in the following
languages: French, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish Gaelic. Presenters
may choose to present in these languages; however, no interpretation
service will be provided for individual papers or symposia.

The conference will be fully hybrid. We accept both virtual and
on-site presentations.

Abstracts can be submitted via the following Microsoft Form until July
31, 2024: https://forms.office.com/e/MWpakQQqUY.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the organising committee. Notifications
of the outcome of the review process will be sent by August 15, 2024.

Important dates
31.07.2024         Submission of abstracts
15.08.2024         Notification of acceptance
30.09.2024         Registration closes

Conference Fees: none

More information on the Conference Website:
https://universityofgalwaymooreinst.clr.events/event/136278.

Organising committee (University of Galway)
Chair:
Verena Platzgummer
Contact: verena.platzgummer at universityofgalway.ie

Members:
Cassie Smith-Christmas
Andrea Ciribuco
Paul Finn

Scientific Committee
Fatma Said (Zayed University)
Irem Bezcioğlu-Göktolga (Tilburg University)
Judith Purkarthofer (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Lorraine Connaughton-Crean (Maynooth University)
Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi (University of Groningen)
Sviatlana Karpava (University of Cyprus)



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