35.1565, Calls: The 28th Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL-XXVIII)

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Subject: 35.1565, Calls: The 28th Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL-XXVIII)

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Date: 21-May-2024
From: Muhammad Kamal Khan [kamal.khan at aiou.edu.pk]
Subject: The 28th Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL-XXVIII)

Full Title: The 28th Conference of the Foundation for Endangered
Languages (FEL-XXVIII)
Short Title: FEL-XXVIII

Date: 25-Sep-2024 - 27-Sep-2024
Location: Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Contact Person: Muhammad Kamal Khan
Meeting Email: kamal.khan at aiou.edu.pk
Web Site: https://fli-online.org/conference-of-the-foundation-for-enda
ngered-languages/#tab-id-1

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation;
Ling & Literature; Translation; Typology

Call Deadline: 31-May-2024

Meeting Description:

Oral traditions and expressions are very significant aspects of
intangible linguistic and cultural
heritage. They are the collective memory of a community. They also
play a crucial role in keeping
languages and cultures alive.
Oral traditions and expressions come in a huge variety of spoken
forms: folk songs, stories, riddles,
tales, legends, myths, poems, epics, chants, charms, romances and
other types of folk literature and
dramatic performances. Certain types of oral traditions are highly
specialized occupations, but they are
commonly performed by lay members of the community who transmit their
skills, the communal
knowledge, and artistic values from generation to generation. Oral
traditions are, however, highly
fragile and their viability rests chiefly on this transmission.
Languages live and prosper in oral traditions - folk songs and stories
- and other forms of intangible
cultural heritage. The protection and preservation of indigenous
languages are, therefore, closely
related to the transmission of oral traditions and expressions. When
languages are threatened and
become extinct, oral traditions and expressions are also permanently
lost. Documenting and
safeguarding oral traditions are, therefore, significant ways of
protecting and preserving languages;
they are important complements to such activities as writing
dictionaries and creating grammars and
databases.
Recent research trends in documentary and descriptive linguistics have
underscored the value of oral
traditions and expressions and they encourage the use of methodologies
which include recording, transcribing
and translating oral traditions and expressions. This is compounded by
an increasing global awareness of the
alarming number of languages which continue to disappear, together
with their oral literature and cultural
lore, and the threat that their extinction may entail for the future
of humankind.
The 28th conference of the Foundation of Endangered Languages
(FELXXVIII) will provide a forum
for the examination of the intricate relationship between endangered
languages and oral traditions
and expressions. The Conference will encourage scholarship on the role
that vivid oral
traditions/expressions may play in the preservation and revitalization
of endangered languages and,
similarly, on the impact that language revitalization may have on the
maintenance, development and
flourishing of oral traditions.
The conference will explore sustainable ways of preserving and
protecting oral traditions and
expressions and ensuring their transmissions to future generations.
The main theme of FELXXVIII is: Endangered languages and Oral
Traditions
Other sub themes and major topics include but are not limited to:
1. Endangered oral literatures: heritage preservation (music, poetry,
mushaira, contests...)
2. Oral cultures and traditional knowledge
3. Documentation and digitalization of oral art and literature
4. Language policy, planning, and oral art
5. Oral art and mother tongue education
6. Mother-tongue education policies: oral art and literature
7. Rediscovering oral traditions and expressions
8. Oral Traditions as vehicle for transmission of culture and language

The main focus of the conference will be on the dynamic relationship
between language
endangerment and the role of oral traditions and expressions in
safeguarding them. While it has a
universal scope, it specifically aims to highlight interesting and
creative oral traditions and
expressions of the indigenous communities of Pakistan and encourage
scholarship and accounts of
community initiatives for preserving and promoting them. Studies
highlighting the oral traditions
of indigenous communities from anywhere are welcome. The conference
will take place from 25 to 27 September 2024 at:
Main Academic Complex, Allama Iqbal Open University, Sector H – 8/ 2,
Islamabad-Pakistan

Important Dates
▪ 31 May 2024: Deadline for submission of abstracts
▪ 21 June 2024: Selected applicants informed
▪ 31 July 2024: Deadline for extended version of accepted abstracts
▪ 25-27 September 2024: Conference dates
▪ 28 September: Excursion to a local community

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