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, Oct. 19-21 in UNM Student Union Building. The keynote presentations are free and open to the public, however attendees are requested to stop at registration in the Luminaria Room and fill out a registration form, regardless of who they are and what session they plan to attend.
The cost of the conference is $75 for professors and professionals, $35 for teachers, $15 for community members and free for students and New Mexico teachers.
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 Heritage Language Conference or call 277-4310.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at October 12, 2006 11:32 AM