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Directory         1.     Giovanni Agresti , 5th Days on Linguistic Rights Message 1: 5th Days on Linguistic Rights Date: 17-Oct-2010 From: Giovanni Agresti <giagrestiyahoo.it> Subject: 5th Days on Linguistic Rights E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 5th Days on Linguistic Rights Short Title: GDL2011 Date: 19-May-2011 - 21-May-2011 Location: Teramo (Italy), Italy Contact Person: Giovanni Agresti Meeting Email: redactionportal-lem.com Web Site: http://portal- lem.com/fr/evenements/journees_droits_linguistiques.html Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2010 Meeting Description: Linguistic diversity is an extraordinary asset that the public is not yet aware of. A careful glance at the myth of Babel displays how the concept has entwined itself and is perceived by public opinion as a sort of obstacle to technical and scientific progress and administration of territories and society, at a useless cost for the individual and the community. Luckily this excessively over-simplistic vision is not the only one. In certain cases linguistic diversity is, more or less coherently, tolerated or accepted in the name of human rights. Elsewhere, it is associated with bio-diversity, in this way generating curiosity and support from a greater public. In certain cases, the preservation of linguistic diversity is viewed with even more positivity and concreteness: like a shield against cultural and political hegemonies, against linguistic and epistemological monolithism and with a view to promote the subject's relational and interpretational capabilities. The in-depth study and circulation of this second line of thought leads to a leap in quality: from protection to promotion of linguistic diversity. This is not anymore just about trying hard to conserve such a culture and heritage, but more to do with counting on it in order to experiment new forms of development and cohabitation. Bearing the latter in mind, the fifth annual Days on Linguistic Rights, focusing on 'multilingualism and the working arena', will be the stage for discussions and debates about initiatives and business activities that have come up as a result of the need to protect/promote linguistic diversity and associated professional figures. The event aims to attract specialist and non specialist (students, local administrators, businessmen etc) publics to gather at a few conferences as well as various thematic sessions and exhibition area for posters and stands in order to inform and circulate, on a greater scale, the reasons and dynamics of the most avant-garde and efficient activities in the field of promoting linguistic diversity, in and outside university. The Conference wishes to explore the resistance and the difficulties one meets in trying to promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism. The approach shall be interdisciplinary. Based on the latter the following themes are to be discussed at the conference (incomplete list): - Multilingualism explained - Linguistic diversity and globalization - Multilingualism, relation networks, local development - Multilingualism, economics and quality of life - Linguistic diversity and governance of the local area - Linguistic diversity along with scientific and technical innovation - Jobs, operators and figures dealing with linguistic diversity - Institutionalisation regarding the promotion of linguistic diversity in Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean: associations, schools and local administrators - Multilingualism, between the labour market and the university: certifications, linguistic centres and research centres. - Popularization of Europe and the Mediterranean's linguistic diversity Call For Papers Working languages Italian and French. Other languages are allowed for the publication in the proceedings of the conference. Timeline 30 October 2010 The official site of the fifth annual Days on Linguistic Rights will go online, it will be available on the LEM portal (www.portal-lem.com) 31 December 2010 Last date for sending a communication or a poster proposal, in Italian or French (2 pages and relevant bibliography), along with scientific curriculum. Please send proposals and all relevant attachment to both the following emails.: redactionportal-lem.com, gagrestiunite.it 31 January 2011 The GDL 2011 scientific committee to provide a response (in case of approval or not of the communication proposal or poster) along with editing norms for eventual publication 31 March 2011 Publication of provisional program 2 May 2011 Publication of complete, final program 19-21 May: Conference 30 June 2011 Last date for submitting papers for publication Publication of the Proceedings The Proceedings of the conference will be published by the end of 2011 in the 'Lingue d'Europa e del Mediterraneo' (Rome, Aracne), series (under the 'Diritti Linguistici' series, directed by Fernand de Varennes). The multimedia version will be available on the LEM website, www.portal-lem.com, which will also have a download section, where pdf's of the Lem series will uploaded Scientific Committee (incomplete list) Giovanni Agresti, Michele De Gioia, Enrica Galazzi, Henri Giordan, Marie- Christine Jullion Danielle Londei, Cristina Schiavone Secretariat and Editorial staff redactionportal-lem.com Lucilla Agostini, Frédéric Bienkowski, Renata De Rugeriis, Gina Lacala, Silvia Pallini Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.