Dallas International Academic Forum, Thursday, April 7, 2016 12:20 – 1:15 Mahler 5/7. Ken Olson, PhD Despite having an established orthography for 20 years, the Ngbugu people of Central African Republic reported significant reading difficulties. To address this, an assessment of the Ngbugu phonological system and extant orthography was carried out during a workshop in…
The Sociolinguistics of an Emerging Deaf Community Dallas International Academic Forum, Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:20 – 1:15 Mahler 5/7. Beth Gray This presentation will focus on the emergence of a new signed language among Deaf people in Nicaragua, highlighting the sociolinguistic factors that impact language genesis, shift, and use.
Dallas International ACADEMIC FORUM Thursday, Febrary 25, 12:20-1:15, “Brown Bag Lunch” Mahler 7, Pete Unseth The Kickapoo living in northern Mexico have claimed to use the Cherokee syllabary created by Sequoyah. The presentation will present evidence showing that it is actually an obscure script known as the “Great Lakes Algonquian Syllabary”. This evidence is then…
Dallas International ACADEMIC FORUM Thursday, February 11, 12:20-1:15, “Brown Bag Lunch” Mahler 7 Mary Saurman and Liz Braun Foerster, Mainland Southeast Asia “Helping Communities Incorporate Their Own Language, Culture, Art Forms and Values into Relevant Teaching Materials” This is based on a case study of the Lahusi community in Northern Thailand, one of many communities…
Dallas International ACADEMIC FORUM Thursday, January 28, 12:20-1:15 “Brown Bag Lunch” Mahler 7 Adam Walker will present on “The Nelc Dance of Nedr Island” Some Initial Thoughts on the Dance, Its Cultural Import, and Spiritual Significance Dance is an art form which, like any other, can be used to glorify God or for less noble…
The final Dallas International Academic Forum of the fall semester will be presented by Kim Beebe Wells on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 12:20 in Mahler 5/7. Kim accompanied Brenda Boerger to the Solomon Islands on a trip to do language and culture documentation. Her presentation is on the resurrection of the art of Banana Fiber Weaving, a…
Dr. Brian Schrag and Dr. Neil R. Coulter, of the Center for Excellence in World Arts, will each be chairing panel sessions at the upcoming Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), held in Austin, Texas. Schrag chairs a panel titled “Repossessing Practices: Heritage, Nation, Worship,” and Coulter chairs the panel “Crossing Identities: Indigeneity…
Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Cameroon, Pius W Akumbu, will give a lecture on Babanki Literacy Classes and Community-Based Language Research. Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Time: 12:20-1:15 PM, Place: Mahler Building, Room 5/7, 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. Dr. Pius W. Akumbu teaches in the Department of Linguistics, University of Buea and is currently a visiting…