Language, Land and Labour / 10th Madagascar Workshop
21 May 2015 / Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill University
Call for Papers
The Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill will be hosting the 10th Madagascar Workshop on 21 May 2015 on the theme “Language, Land and Labour.” This interdisciplinary workshop brings together anthropologists, historians and other scholars who share an interest in Madagascar and its diaspora. The keynote speech will coincide with the opening presentation, on Madagascar, of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association Conference (AFLA) which runs from 21-24 May 2015.
Among the themes that might be considered are (but not excluded to):
- Language, power and ideology in (pre-)colonial Madagascar
- Discourses of land tenure, land degradation and forest use
- Language of Slavery
- Language of Religion / Spirit possession
- Language and identity (gender/ age / ethnicity… )
- Language and Colonialism
- Language of Fady / Taboo in Labour and Land relations
- Non-Austronesian influences on language in Madagascar
- Labour regimes and land
- Health, medicine and forest use
- Power relations and language / land / labour
Those interested in participating should send a title and one-page abstract to the IOWC (iowc@mcgill.ca ) by 1 March 2015.
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