Second and Final Call - (SCOPUS / ISI) SOAS GLOCAL African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology 2024
Pretoria, South Africa
4 - 7 December 2024
Nhan Huynh
anthropology, interdisciplinary studies, language, linguistics, literature, multidisciplinary studies, social science, african studies, higher education, undefined,
https://glocal.soas.ac.uk/afala2024/
Second and Final Call For Abstracts - The SOAS GLOCAL AFALA 2024 (the GLOCAL African Assembly on Linguistic Anthropology) (SCOPUS / ISI (AHCI / SSCI / CPCI) indexed) Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics "Code and Commodification, as the New Decolonization" The (SCOPUS/ISI) GLOCAL AFALA 2024, December 4-7, 2024, University of South Africa Call Deadline: 21-October-2024 Abstract submissions: https://glocal.soas.ac.uk/afala2024/submit Contact Person: Nhan Huynh Meeting Email: glocal@soas.ac.uk Web Site: https://glocal.soas.ac.uk/afala2024/ Main Hosts University of South Africa, and the GLOCAL, SOAS, University of London Purpose and Structure Over 400 scholars globally will present papers and engage in progressive discussion on the Linguistic Anthropology, Language and Society, and Sociolinguistics (and related fields) of Africa. The SOAS GLOCAL is a fully Non-Profit unit. Chronotope The University of South Africa, Pretoria, December 4-7, 2024 Theme The GLOCAL AFALA 2024 theme, Code and Commodification, as the New Decolonization, Ikhodi kanye Nokuthengisa njenge decolonization Entsha, describes a process deeply connected to the commodification of language and cultural identities throughout African regions, as fertile climates for Linguistic Anthropological attention. The GLOCAL AFALA 2024 invites work that addresses the decolonization of African contexts through the complex appropriation of language and cultural code. The conference committee invites abstracts and proposals addressing the contribution of cultural and linguistic mixing to the decolonization of Africa, and the pinpointing of truths on identity, ethnicity, and nation, in a culturally complex Africa.