ICLDC7: 7th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation Online Honolulu, HI, United States, March 4-7, 2021 |
Conference website | http://ling.lll.hawaii.edu/sites/icldc/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icldc7 |
COVID-19 STATEMENT
Due to COVID-19, ICLDC 2021 will be held virtually. The ICLDC 7 organizers are excited about this year’s theme, and the possibilities for broad international discussion that an online conference can offer. We are currently investigating what technologies we will use and how the conference will take shape and how we can accommodate time zone differences for presenters, as well as family and work obligations. We look forward to your participation. Please “join” us!
CONFERENCE THEME: RECOGNIZING RELATIONSHIPS
There are many critical challenges that endangered language documentation and conservation faces, some of which seem insurmountable, and despite linguists’ best efforts, many of the proposed solutions fall short. These challenges have been apparent to many communities, language activists and academic linguists since (or even before) the earliest public warnings of the “endangered language crisis” in the early 1990’s, and recognition of the great number of large-scale challenges has only become more apparent since.
One reason that many of the current solutions have not reached the level of success to which they have aspired is that the need to identify and/or foster relationships is often minimized or even ignored completely. Identifying and fostering relationships by taking the time to build understanding between stakeholders, learning about needs and skills that can be offered, and developing shared goals and outcomes are central to sustainable solutions for language documentation and conservation. These relationships go beyond those between communities and linguists and extend to multi-party relationships among linguists, communities, other academic fields, governmental and non-governmental organizations, educational and funding agencies, and many other stakeholders. There are also important intra-group relationships within these stakeholding groups (e.g., between members of an Indigenous community, or language workers documenting signed languages and those documenting spoken languages) as well as inter-group relationships between different Indigenous communities.
At ICLDC 2021 we propose to initiate a dialogue on how recognizing relationships can help overcome the many critical challenges in language documentation and language reclamation. We believe that this focus will lead to improved connections among academic linguists, various communities, researchers from other disciplines, educational practitioners, and many other stakeholders. We specifically aim to draw attention to the transformative power of recognizing relationships to overcome critical challenges.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We have two calls for proposals with four different presentation formats. In the General Session, we have regular paper presentations and posters. We also have Workshop and Talk Story session proposals, which are due two months earlier than the General Session proposals.
- General Session Proposals: Paper and Poster proposals (EXTENDED deadline: October 5, 2020, 11:59 pm, Hawai‘i time)
- Workshop and Talk Story proposals (deadline: August 1, 2020)
ICLDC 2021: General Session proposals (papers & posters - EXTENDED deadline: October 5, 2020, 11:59 pm, Hawai‘i time)
While we especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, we also welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to:
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Archiving and mobilizing language materials
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Ethical issues
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Indigenous language education
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Indigenous sign languages
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Language and its relation to health and well being
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Language planning
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Language reclamation and revitalization
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Language work in the era of covid-19
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Lexicography, grammar, orthography and corpus design
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Multidisciplinary language documentation
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Successful models of documentation
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Technology in documentation and reclamation
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Topics in areal language documentation
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Training and capacity building in language work
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Other
Presentation formats
Papers: To allow for as many presentations as possible, we have decided that all 20-minute paper presentations will be pre-recorded and uploaded to a platform (to be announced) a few weeks before the beginning of the conference. Conference participants will then have an opportunity to watch presentations before the beginning of the conference. During the conference itself, each paper presentation will be given scheduled time for questions and discussion synchronously over Zoom (details of the discussion period will be announced in October 2020). We are also exploring different ways of encouraging interaction asynchronously (e.g., by posting comments and questions) or synchronously throughout the conference.
Posters: To allow for as many poster presentations as possible, posters will be uploaded as a PDF a few weeks prior to the beginning of the conference. Poster presenters will have the option of uploading an accompanying 10 minute audio/video recording walking participants through the poster. Poster presenters will also have the opportunity to interact with participants at a scheduled time during the conference.
All paper and poster presentations will be archived in ScholarSpace, the University of Hawaiʻi Repository, for continued viewing after the end of the ICLDC.
How to prepare your abstract proposal
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Content: Proposals should describe the content of your presentation, including the intended audience and how it relates to the conference themes. Successful abstracts will clearly address the proposed topic’s actual or potential social impacts, outcomes or implications.
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Abstract Length: Please limit your proposal to 400 words, not including references.
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Anonymity: To facilitate blind peer review, please do not include your name or affiliation in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable). If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author." For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well.
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Format: Please submit your abstract as a PDF file.
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50-word summary: Please also prepare a 50-word summary of your abstract for inclusion in the conference program. This will be entered in a separate field in the submission form, not in your abstract PDF file.
Proposal submission
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Abstracts should describe the content of the proposed paper or poster and clearly address the proposed topic’s actual or potential social impacts, outcomes or implications (400 word limit, not including references).
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Language: Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed.
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Most Impactful Paper Awards: Awards for Most Impactful Paper will be given to the three best abstracts by (i) students and/or (ii) members of an underrepresented language community who are actively working to document their heritage language and are not employed by a college or university. If you or one of your co-presenters is eligible, go ahead and mark yourself as eligible accordingly. The Award will come with an honorarium of US$200, supported by the National Science Foundation. If your proposal receives an Award, we will contact you to discuss which eligible person(s) will receive the honorarium. NOTE: Please be advised that the honoraria are considered taxable income under U.S. tax laws. U.S. citizens and residents can expect to receive a 1099 form to figure into their annual tax return for 2021. Non-U.S. citizens/residents will have the applicable taxable amount (typically 30%) deducted from the scholarship check prior to receipt.
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Proposals for papers and posters are due by October 5, 2020, 11:59 pm, Hawai‘i time with notification of acceptance by November 1, 2020.
ICLDC 2021: Workshop and Talk Story proposals (deadline: August 1, 2020)
Following a format introduced at the ICLDC 2017, we are including multiple 90-minute blocks on each day of the conference to be dedicated to two alternative conference activities: Talk Story Sessions and Workshops.
Presentation formats
Talk Story Sessions: Introduced at ICLDC 2017 in response to participant feedback, ICLDC 2021 will again offer Talk Story sessions. Talk Story sessions will be held synchronously over Zoom. They are 90-minute sessions that will be repeated three times throughout the conference. They will be led by an expert/experienced discussant. Talk Story sessions are meant to be fully interactive for participants, rather than a one-directional presentation of information. Because of this, participation will be limited to 20 people. This format is particularly appropriate for discussing relationships, how we foster them, maintain them, and better understand their role in language reclamation and language documentation. To get a better idea of Talk Story sessions offered in the past, please see the descriptions here.
Workshops: We also welcome proposals for Workshops on topics broadly relating to the conference theme. Workshops will be held synchronously over Zoom. They are 90-minute sessions, offered twice throughout the conference. They will be led by an expert/experienced instructor and are meant to be instructional in nature. To get a better idea of Workshops offered in the past, please see the descriptions here.
How to prepare your abstract proposal
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Content: Proposals should describe the content of your presentation, including the intended audience and how it relates to the conference themes. Successful abstracts will clearly address the proposed topic’s actual or potential social impacts, outcomes or implications.
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Abstract Length: Please limit your proposal to 400 words, not including references.
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Anonymity: To facilitate blind peer review, please do not include your name or affiliation in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable). If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author." For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well.
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Format: Please submit your abstract as a PDF file.
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50-word summary: Please also prepare a 50-word summary of your abstract for inclusion in the conference program. This will be entered in a separate field in the submission form, not in your abstract PDF file.
NSF support details
Thanks to generous support from the US National Science Foundation Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL), we are able to offer honoraria up to US $600 (subject to taxation) for each selected Workshop and Talk Story Session. In the event that a Workshop or Talk Story Session is jointly presented by more than one individual, the presenter team will inform the ICLDC Executive Committee how to divide the award across the presenters.
As a condition of acceptance, Workshop and Talk Story Session presenters must acknowledge support of the National Science Foundation in their presentations and future iterations of their research.
Proposal submission
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Abstracts should describe the content of the proposed Workshop or Talk Story, indicating how it relates to the conference theme. Successful abstracts will clearly address the proposed topic’s actual or potential social impacts, outcomes or implications. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words in length, not including references.
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Talk Story Session and Workshop presenters will have access to the ICLDC’s Zoom Meeting or Webinar account features, and plenty of technical support and training from our Student Steering Committee, if necessary. In your abstract, please address the feasibility of holding your Talk Story Session or Workshop in an online, virtual format.
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Biography: Please include a 100-word biography describing the qualifications of each presenter.
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Language: Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed.
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Proposals for the NSF-sponsored Workshops and Talk Story Sessions are due by August 1, 2020, with notification of acceptance by September 1, 2020.
Timeline
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June 2020: Call for Proposals announced
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August 1, 2020: Proposals for Workshops and Talk Story Sessions deadline
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September 1, 2020: Notification of acceptance to Workshops and Talk Story Sessions
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October 5, 2020 (11:59 pm, Hawai‘i time): EXTENDED proposal deadline for general papers and posters
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November 1, 2020: Notification of acceptance for general papers and posters
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November 1, 2020: Early registration opens
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January 31, 2021: Early registration deadline; late registration opens February 1
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March 4 - March 7, 2021: 7th ICLDC
Executive Committee
- Bradley McDonnell, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- Andrea Berez-Kroeker, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- Ha‘alilio Williams-Solomon, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- Jim Yoshioka, National Foreign Language Resource Center
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to icldc@hawaii.edu