Second call: 10th Explorations in Ethnography Language and communication

At the 10th Anniversary EELC conference, we invite scholars working at the interface between linguistics and ethnography to interrogate and explore the affordances and challenges in the new academic landscape where the human and social sciences need to contribute to the understanding of important and difficult societal developments such as AI, digital technology, political instabilities and war, climate change and increasing demographic diversity.

With this in mind, EELC10 will be an occasion to take stock of the present research and the future potentials.

Speakers

The confirmed invited plenary speakers work with pertinent societal questions:

  • Charles Briggs (US) continuously advances our understanding of e.g. inequality, health, and the politics of knowledge.
  • Adrienne Lo (US) interrogates diversity, racialization and ideologies of multilingualism.
  • Caroline Tagg (UK) uncovers how language, digital technologies and digital communication practices are deeply embedded into individuals’ wider social, economic, and political lives.
  • Line Møller Daugaard (DK) illuminates the challenges and possibilities of cultural diversity and multilingualism in education.

At EELC10 the interactive workshops will consist of three roundtables with the themes ‘Working with stakeholders’, ‘Linguistic Ethnography and research communication’; ‘Critical research from the perspective of LE’, and a fourth one ‘Taking stock of LE’ discussing the posters.

We invite proposals for papers and posters covering all kinds of research combining linguistics and ethnography. It is not possible to propose panels.

Abstracts: maximum 250 words

Submit your abstract here.

Questions can be directed to eelc10@hum.ku.dk.

The deadline for abstract submission is extended to 18 December 2024.

In particular, we hope that scholars will consider contributing with posters. Note that we invite alternative digital formats e.g. incorporating sound or video. The posters will be discussed at a dedicated roundtable session and published on the LEF-webpage.

Conference fee

This conference is supported by a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation, and we therefore expect to be able to keep the participation fee for all participants below 100 EUR.

Organizers

Lian Malai Madsen, Martha Sif Karrebæk, Andreas Candefors Stæhr, Marta Kirilova and Solvej Sørensen - all from the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (NorS) at the University of Copenhagen.