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!
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. For more information, see FAQs on our website.
Presentation formats
Talk Story Sessions: Introduced at ICLDC 2017 in response to participant feedback, ICLDC 2021 will again offer Talk Story sessions. These discussions will be led by an expert discussant and limited to 20-30 attendees per session. Each Talk Story will be repeated on different days of the conference, allowing ample opportunity for conference attendees to participate in the Talk Story Sessions of their choice. Talk Story sessions are meant to be fully interactive for participants, rather than a one-directional presentation of information. 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.
Workshops: We also welcome proposals for Workshops on topics broadly relating to the conference theme. Each 90-minute workshop will be repeated on different days of the conference, allowing multiple opportunities for interested attendees to participate. Workshops will accommodate a larger number of participants and are intended to be more presentational and instructional in style than the Talk Story sessions.
How to prepare your abstract proposal
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.
Abstract Length: Please limit your proposal to 400 words, not including references.
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
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.
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.
Biography: Please include a 100-word biography describing the qualifications of each presenter.