ILN2019
Intersections of Language and Nature: Conservation, Documentation, and Access 2019
Important Dates
About ILN2019
In the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages we invite you to join us in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 6th and 7th to explore Intersections of Language and Nature: Conservation, Documentation, and Access. The two-day symposium brings together scholars from indigenous communities, conservation practice, the arts, and academia to address the parallel threats facing linguistic and biological diversity and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Topics
Biodiversity, Endangered languages, Ornithology, Language documentation, Conservation, Ethnobiology, Anthropology, Linguistics, Indigenous languages, Traditional ecological knowledgeCall for Papers
POSTER SUBMISSIONS
Participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster sessions on any aspect of the intersections of nature and language.
If you are interested in taking part in the poster sessions, please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to JNCLOWRI@pitt.edu before 11:59pm EDT July 15th.
Notification of acceptance will be sent to the authors by July 31st.
KEY THEMES INCLUDE:
CONSERVATIONHow are intersections of language and nature relevant to conservation of species and languages?
How does traditional ecological knowledge contribute to the conservation of nature and language?
How can we better engage communities as stewards of their local cultures and environments?
How can we improve our understanding of both global language and species distribution?
How can technology enhance language and species documentation?
How can we better recognize and collaborate with local knowledge holders?
How can we make knowledge and resources more widely accessible?
How do we communicate back to the global community that there are locally meaningful practices of conservation in action and how do we protect that space?
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