Language is a crucial component in achieving a sustainable life and world, but so far language and linguistics have largely been missing from the agenda of sustainability studies. The symposium at Umeå University gathers local and international researchers and practitioners to discuss applications of linguistics for sustainability in Nordic contexts. It aims to share multifaceted approaches and examples from branches of linguistics where sustainable development goals have been explicitly addressed, specifically language education and minoritised languages.
The symposium is organised by Constanze Ackermann-Boström (Department of Language Studies) with the support of UTRI and part of a Nordic workshop series “Linguistics and Sustainability” funded by NOS-HS.
The day will be held mainly in English.
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and intro of the day
09:15 - 10:15 Session 1: Visibility of minority languages in public spaces: vernacular expressions of linguistic sustainability
Coppélie Cocq (Umeå University)
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 11:45 Session 2: Indigenous language education: exploring examples from the Arctic
Pigga Keskitalo (University of Lapland)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00 Session 3: Archives of Invisibility and the Brutality of Dispossession – colonialism, museums, and cultural sustainability
Liisa-Rávná Finbog (University of Tampere)
14:00 - 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 - 15:00 Session 4: Roundtable ”Linguistics and sustainability”
PhD students from Umeå University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway present their research projects.
Please register via this link. There are only a limited number of places. First come first served.