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From: "Alison M Phipps" <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Colleagues,
IALIC is a new association for those working on research into
Languages and Intercultural Communication. A new journal has just
been launched with Multi-Lingual Matters and a call for contributions
to the journal can be found on the IALIC web site.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/encap/sections/lac/ialic/
Below is a call for papers for the December conference. If you'd like
more information please contact Joy Kelly [log in to unmask] - the
IALIC administrator, or myself.
Thanks,
Alison Phipps
IALIC
(International Association for Languages and
Intercultural Communication)
5th Annual Cross-Cultural Capability Conference,
to be held at Leeds Metropolitan University,
2nd & 3rd December 2000
Title: Revolutions in Consciousness: Local Identities, Global
Concerns in Languages and Intercultural Communication
Preliminary Information and Call for Papers:
The Background
As the inaugural conference of the newly formed International
Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication, which
has developed out of the series of annual cross-cultural capability
conferences held at Leeds over the past four years, the conference
will seek to further interdisciplinary debate in this important field
through a programme which includes:
Plenary addresses from leading specialists representing
different disciplinary perspectives
Seminars to further critical debate on new and ongoing
research in the field
Workshops dedicated to the sharing of pedagogy
The Focus
At the preceding conferences debate has centred on the way in
which encounters with the other and the crossing of linguistic,
geographic and political spaces is leading to new modes of thinking,
feeling, and experiencing the world, and to the way in which these
may influence and be reflected in our pedagogy. Increasing
consideration is being given to the affective, psychological and
expressive dimensions of language and intercultural learning, as
new types of relationship are fostered by interactions on a global
scale. The notion of consciousness, broad and interdisciplinary in
scope, is emerging as one of our key concerns, and intrinsic to
such questions as the negotiation of difference and similarity, the
processing of meaning, and the shaping of identities.
The Questions
A range of questions - pedagogic, epistemological, ontological
– are raised, amongst which:
In the context of ongoing work in LAIC, what evidence do
we have from praxis and empirical work in the field of the
workings and transformation of consciousness?
What theoretical perspectives inform this work and what
different disciplines do these perspectives represent?
How do such perspectives translate into language teaching
pedagogy?
As regards thinking on identity within different disciplines,
what are the points of intersection between, for example,
psychology, anthropology, and philosophy as relevant to
LAIC?
How important is the historical dimension?
What is the role of reflexivity and self-expression?
How important is literature? Can we / should we ground
poetics in our endeavours?
How are ‘revolutions in consciousness’ made manifest in
and/or achieved through language learning?
How do we teach to transform? Should we / can we teach
to transform?
What are the self-expectations and social motivations we
seek to foster, and how are these conceptualised and
articulated at the level of the individual?
Are the ‘revolutions’ posited pointing to world convergence?
The Interests Served
The above are indicative questions the conference would hope to
address. As well as exploring practical and concrete questions
relevant to teachers / researchers in the field, the conference will
seek to contribute to wider philosophical and social debate, with
reference, for example, to the contesting positions of humanist and
postmodernist views of the individual and identity and to theories of
language which inform them. Whilst the main disciplinary focus
will be LAIC, the conference is again looking for contributions from
related disciplines – in particular social psychology, anthropology,
psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics - which can provide
deepening insights into the questions and issues addressed.
Provisional final date for submission of proposals (papers /
workshops):
8 September 2000
Date scheduled for first publicity mailing: 1 May 2000
The attached information can also be accessed on the IALIC web
page. http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/encap/sections/lac/ialic/
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Joy Kelly,
IALIC and Conference Administrator (email: [log in to unmask]).
Conference organiser: Margaret Parry for IALIC
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