LSA Webinar on Linguistics and Human Rights
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Please join us for a presentation and discussion on the intersection between Language, Linguistics, Science and Human Rights. All who are interested are invited to attend.
Theme: Making the Connections Between Human Rights and Linguistics
- Advancing the Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress
- Assisting Linguists Whose Human Rights Have Been Violated
- Ensure the respect of the linguistic rights of all communities that speak local languages
- Ethical Linguistic Practices in the Context of Field Research
- Case Studies of Human Rights Advocacy in the Linguistic Sphere
- Work so that more speakers of local languages can have access to quality education in their native languages
Date and Time:
March 20, 2015 at 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Co-Facilitators:
- Jessica M Wyndham, Associate Director, Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Michel DeGraff, Professor of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Host Organizations:
The Linguistic Society of America and the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
Background Information
AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
- LSA Representatives: Michel DeGraff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Alyson Reed, LSA Secretariat
LSA News Items Relating to Human Rights
- Uyghur linguist Abduweli Ayup freed after 15 months of Chinese detention
- Uyghur linguist sentenced to 18-month prison term in China
- Linguists Inform AAAS Report to the UN on Science and Human Rights
- LSA Adopts Statement Endorsing US Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- LSA Member Spotlight: Michel DeGraff
External News Stories Relating to Linguistics and Human Rights
LSA Activities Relating to Human Rights
- Focus Group at 2011 Linguistic Institute
- Workshop at 2011 LSA Annual Meeting
- LSA Statement on Disability and Human Rights