14.11.2019 - 14.11.2019
IYIL 2019 Symposium at University of Edinburgh
Europe and North America / / Edinburgh
Seminar room 5, Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh
In honor of International Year of Indigenous Language 2019,
the School of Social and Political Science at the University
of Edinburgh will be holding a 2-part Symposium focusing on
the role of indigenous languages in "standard-settings".
This symposium will explore the importance that indigenous
languages have had in the work of our speakers from varying
professional and geographic backgrounds and show how
language-based capacity building empowers indigenous people.
Speakers and Topics: Dr. Azra and Peter Meadows, University
of Glasgow: Indigenous Languages: a Research Experience in
Pakistan Dr. Magnus Course, UoE: Speaking Mapudungun in
Southern Chile Dr. Charlotte Gleghorn, UoE: Indigenous
Filmmaking and Audiovisual Translation in Latin America
Juan-José (JJ) Miranda, ClickMaths: Translation of
Educational Resources: an in-practice perspective from
ClickMaths