37.2748, Confs: 10th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (USA)

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Date: 24-Aug-2026
From: Jim Yoshioka [icldc at hawaii.edu]
Subject: 10th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation


10th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation
Short Title: ICLDC
Theme: Arts Sustaining Language

Date: 04-Mar-2027 - 07-Mar-2027
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Contact: Jim Yoshioka
Contact Email: icldc at hawaii.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Submission Deadline: 30-Sep-2026

The Department of Linguistics and the College of Arts, Languages &
Letters at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to announce
the…
10th International Conference on Language Documentation &
Conservation:
Arts Sustaining Language
March 4-7, 2027
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
http://www.icldc-hawaii.org
Language lives not only in grammar and lexicon but also in the
creative practices of its speakers, as expressed through song, story,
performance, crafting, and visual arts. Though traditionally viewed as
ancillary to the documentary process, these creative practices are
increasingly being incorporated into language documentation workflows.
Moreover, the arts play a critical role in furthering and supporting
language maintenance and reclamation efforts, helping to sustain
intergenerational transmission among minoritized, ancestral, and
diaspora languages.
At ICLDC 2027 we hope to facilitate a dialogue that places artistic
and creative practice at the heart of language documentation and
conservation. The possibilities are vast. Oral literature, theatre,
music, dance, visual arts, poetry, film, and digital media all offer
pathways for strengthening speaker identity and language awareness,
for reaching new generations of learners, and for documenting language
in ways that recognize its creative potential. These possibilities
also present challenges for the discipline. How do creative practices
reshape documentation methodologies? How can collaborations between
artists and language activists be structured equitably? What role do
emerging media play in amplifying minoritized languages, and what
risks do they carry?
In recognition of this conference theme, in addition to traditional
presentations, we also welcome and encourage performance-based
contributions that demonstrate the connections between art and
language. These might include (but are not limited to) storytelling
sessions, musical or theatrical presentations, poetry readings, and
multimedia installations. We especially invite contributions from
language community members and artist-scholar collaborations that
center community voices and priorities.
The conference program will feature Keynote talks, Talk Story and
Workshop sessions, papers, performances, and posters. An optional Hilo
Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi) to visit Hawaiian language
revitalization programs in action will take place immediately after
the conference (March 8-9), organized by our colleagues at the
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.
We have two separate Calls for Proposals:
Workshops and Talk Story sessions - deadline August 31, 2026
General sessions (Papers, Performances, & Posters) - deadline
September 30, 2026
For details about each Call for Proposals type and its requirements
and timelines and the link for our online proposal submission form,
please visit the conference website. (No email submissions accepted.)
We look forward to your submissions and participation at the
conference!
Conference Co-chairs:
Gary Holton (Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
Leah Pappas (Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
N. Ha‘alilio Solomon (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
Conference Coordinator:
Jim Yoshioka (CALL, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)



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