
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920;
cgonzal@unm.edu
Oct. 12, 2006
The University of New Mexico Sabine Ulibarrí Spanish as a Heritage Language Program of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese hosts “The Politics of Language, the Invisible Majority of the Southwest,” a cross-disciplinary symposium, October 19-21 in UNM Student Union Building. All events are free and open to the public.
The conference focuses on themes related to the use of Spanish in various institutions, i.e. legal, medical, educational and cultural.
Keynote speakers include linguist Otto Santa Ana, University of California Los Angeles, who will present “English and the Discourse of Fear, America and a Discourse of Challenge” on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 11:20 a.m. in SUB Lobo rooms A&B.
New Mexican author Erlinda Gonzales-Berry , Oregon State University, presents “Nuestra Herencia, Nuestro Tesoro: Salvaging the Cultural Self Through Heritage Language Programs,” on Friday, Oct. 20 in SUB Ballroom A.
In addition to these speakers, academic presentations, panel discussions and workshops on teaching heritage language, the effects of language denial and repression, and the history of the pedagogy of heritage languages will take place during the three-day conference. Faculty, students, teachers and community members are welcome to attend.
For further information, visit http://www.nm-hlc.com/ or call 277-4310.
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