35.1046, Calls: Linguistic Understanding of Multilingual Investigations in Dementia – Best Practices Workshop

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Subject: 35.1046, Calls: Linguistic Understanding of Multilingual Investigations in Dementia – Best Practices Workshop

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Date: 23-Mar-2024
From: Carolin Schneider [carolin.schneider at uni-due.de]
Subject: Linguistic Understanding of Multilingual Investigations in Dementia – Best Practices Workshop


Full Title: Linguistic Understanding of Multilingual Investigations in
Dementia – Best Practices Workshop
Short Title: LUMID

Date: 19-Aug-2024 - 22-Mar-2024
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Contact Person: Carolin Schneider
Meeting Email: LUMIDWorkshop at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2024

Meeting Description:

This workshop aims to bring together scholars from all career stages
working on the intersection of multilingualism, aging, and dementia to
discuss common challenges and approach best practice solutions.

Call for Papers:

LUMID: Linguistic Understanding of Multilingual Investigations in
Dementia – Best
Practices Workshop
Bern, Switzerland August 19-22, 2024

Internationally, the continuously growing prevalence of dementia
coincides with an increasingly growing
multilingual population, highlighting the pressing demand for research
exploring the connection between
multilingualism and dementia. In the past years, this intersection has
seen a growth of interest, especially among
scholars investigating what has been coined as the discursivist
approach, necessitating a platform to address
challenges, foster collaboration, and develop a guide tailored to the
unique needs of multilingualism and
dementia research.
Therefore, the workshop aim is three-fold, namely to

(i) identify practical, ethical, and methodological challenges of
empirical projects at the
intersection of multilingualism and dementia,
(ii) to actively discuss those challenges and jointly work towards
best practices for empirical
research in this field.
(iii) start an inventory of existing (multilingual) corpora within the
dementia context and their
respective accessibility, language repertoires, contexts and settings
of recordings.

We envision a workshop of dynamic engagement and collaborative
problem-solving at its core that goes beyond
theoretical presentations. With this vision in mind, we invite
expressions of interest for two types of
contributions. Both types of contributions will serve as catalysts for
lively discussion sessions, where participants
will jointly explore challenges, share insights, and co-create
solutions.
We therefore invite linguists at any stage of their career working
with mono-, bi-, and multilingual datasets to
contribute to one of the two themes:

(I) Impulse Presentation
In these short presentations, participants will highlight a specific
challenge encountered during any stage of
research in the intersection of dementia and multilingualism, along
with a solution that has been proposed or
already successfully implemented. These presentations aim to stimulate
discussion and exchange of ideas on
practical strategies for overcoming obstacles in this complex field.
(II) Empirical Project Introduction
Participants are encouraged to present brief introductions to
empirical projects, sharing details such as
methodologies employed, datasets utilized, and initial findings.
Importantly, presenters are encouraged to bring
data to the session, enabling collaborative exploration and
constructive discussion of alternative solutions to
methodological challenges. This interactive format will allow
participants to actively engage with real-world data
and collectively brainstorm innovative approaches to research in
multilingual dementia contexts.

Please indicate your interest of participation in form of a 250-word
abstract until April 30, 2024. Please also
include a short bio note (150 words).

Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submission: April 30th
Notification of acceptance: May 15th
Workshop registration deadline: June 15th


Please submit your abstract and bio note via email to
LUMIDWorkshop at gmail.com by the deadline.
For any inquiries or further information, please contact the
organizing team via LUMIDWorkshop at gmail.com.

NB: We anticipate offering full funding for a limited number of
scholars to participate, covering travel expenses,
accommodation, and workshop registration fees.

We look forward to your contributions and a fruitful, interactive
workshop.

Best wishes,
Katrin Karl, Carolin Schneider, Aldona Rzitki



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