36.1078, Confs: 29th Annual Conference for The Foundation for Endangered Languages (Spain)

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Subject: 36.1078, Confs: 29th Annual Conference for The Foundation for Endangered Languages (Spain)

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Date: 27-Mar-2025
From: Eda Derhemi [derhemi at illinois.edu]
Subject: 29th Annual Conference for The Foundation for Endangered Languages


29th Annual Conference for The Foundation for Endangered Languages
Short Title: FEL XXIX 2025
Theme: The Missing Sustainable Development Goal. Endangered Languages
and Sustainable Development

Date: 22-Oct-2025 - 25-Oct-2025
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Meeting URL:
https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/mho-unesco-katedra/fel-xxix-2025

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Language
Acquisition; Language Documentation; Ling & Literature;
Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 15-May-2025

Why is world shouting everywhere about sustainability but is decidedly
mute on language?
Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, are, in the words of the UN,
“the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for
all”. They address “global challenges” which include eradicating
poverty, ensuring good health and well-being, providing quality
education, protecting the environment, upholding human rights, and
promoting the rule of law, among others. However, languages are not
explicitly mentioned, and the way in which culture is addressed
remains very limited. As one linguist (Suzanne Romaine (2019: 41) put
it, “language is the missing link in the global debate on
sustainability”.
Without linguistic diversity and the promotion of multilingualism,
many communities, particularly minority, indigenous and marginalized
groups, are excluded from decision-making processes and denied equal
access to vital resources. The endangerment or extinction of languages
is often a consequence of this exclusion, but it also escalates it.
Main sub-themes include the topics below:
 - The conceptualisation of the links between the maintenance and
revitalisation of minority, endangered and indigenous languages and
sustainable development.
 - Practices of community-based and public institution initiatives
that integrate both agendas.
 - Prospects of the 2030 agenda and the inclusion of the linguistic
and cultural issue.
 - Proposal for a workable UN programme and document: Designing SDG 18
Please read the full call for papers and the conceptualization of the
subthemes in this link:
https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/mho-unesco-katedra/presentation1



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