University of Michigan &
University of Chicago
Second
Annual Graduate Student Conference in Linguistic Anthropology
Anthropologies and Histories of Language
Keynote
Speaker: Michael Warner
April 14-15, 2000
Franke Institute, University of Chicago
Program
(Click on
author names or session
titles for abstracts)
Friday April 14th: Afternoon Session
Panel 1: epistemologies
& Publics
Mawyer, Alexander Between
the Real and the Unreal: Bounties and Beaches.
Scott, Stephen Kingsley Politicking in Terminator
Technology: Constructed Dialogue and the Responsibility for Knowledg.
Skjon, E. Lee The
Pragmatics of Language and Violence in Mozambique’s War of Counter-State
Terror, 1975-1992.
Keane, Webb Public
Speaking: Indonesian as a language of modernity.
Discussant: John
Lucy
Panel 2: Identities
& SUBJECTIVITies
Miller, W. Flagg Styles
of Tribalism in Highlands Yemen.
Smith, Ben Culture,
Conversation Style, and Carl Rogers: the healing force of speech.
Berry, Nicole The pragmatics of inequality: A model for research.
Handman, Courtney Pronominal
Shift and the Discourse of Individualism in Sermons of the Min Region of Papua
New Guinea.
Discussant: Michael Silverstein
Keynote Address: Michael Warner
Saturday April
15th: morning session
Panel 3: Sub-state Linguistic nationalisms
Frekko, Susan E. In Search of Symmetry: Language Choice and
Language Policy in Catalonia.
Hastings, Adi The
"Revival" of Sanskrit in Modern India.
Poos, Deanna The Textual Production of the Sorbian Nation.
Suslak, Daniel F. Pure
Mixe, mangled Spanish and incipient bilingualism in retrospect.
Discussant: Anthony Berkeley
Panel 4: Linguistic
NATIONALISMS & Intellectuals
Graan, Andrew Language,
Nation, Albania: Toward a Historical Rapprochement.
Hibbard, Stephen Archaism
and Authenticity: Polish Linguistics and the Tatra Highlanders.
Larson, Jonathan Who’s
the father? Of legitimacy and origin myths in the standardization of Slovak.
Manning, H. Paul Peasant
in form and Gentry in content: The representation and rhetoric of
'Terek-drinker' dialect in a Nineteenth century Georgian Gentry nationalist
political manifesto.
Discussant: Susan Gal
Saturday April
15th: Afternoon session
Panel 5: Categories & Ideologies
Bechter, Frank ASL
"textual phonology" and the social fact of language.
Corcoran, Chris Creoles
and the Creation Myth: The relationship between the myth of standard English
and the linguistic use of 'creole'.
Eisenlohr, Patrick Indigenizing
Hindi in Mauritius: Register Levels of Ethnonational Purity.
Discussant: Judith Irvine
Panel 6: Narratives
Dickinson, J. A. Laughter
in the Pursuit of Ethnic Hierarchy:Reinterpreting Soviet 'Equality' in the
Post-Soviet Performance of a Soccer Game Narrative.
Moodie, Ellen Fear,
Faith and Fault: Shifting Responsibility in Postwar Crime Narratives.
Ozyurek, Esra Entangled
Stories: Life History Narratives of the Elderly Turkish Republicans.
Discussant: Bruce Mannheim
Panel 7: MONEY, VALUE, & COMMODITIES
Hamrick, Robert Sociolectal
Difference and Livelihood in Santa Catarina Palopo, Guatemala.
McGill, Kenny Talking
to the Homeless: Money as Sign and Social Knowledge.
Rizzo,
James N. Paradoxical Indexes (and Interests) in Nevada
Casino Games.
Discussant: Webb Keane