3-0450 FROM T-SHIRTS TO POLITICAL SPEECHES: EXPLORING THE SEMIOTICS OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE USE AND REVITALIZATION

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Thursday, November 17, 2011: 10:15-12:00

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Those involved in mentoring activities, Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Jenny L Davis (University of Colorado)

Chairs: Jenny L Davis (University of Colorado)

Discussants: Anthony K Webster (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)

10:15

“Co-Officialization”, Symbolic Valorization, and the Invisibility of Indigenous Languages In São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

Sarah Shulist (University of Western Ontario)

10:30

A Recognized but Still Unequal Language: Semiotic Ideologies and the Unequal Incorporation of Warao In Political Speeches

Juan Luis Rodriguez (Saint Louis University)

10:45

“Where did you get that shirt?”: Chickasaw language revitalization and the semiotics of community membership

Jenny L Davis (University of Colorado)

11:00

The Representation of Indigenous Lifeways In Grassroots Political Discourse

Christina Leza (Colorado College)

11:15

Endangered Native California Languages: Semiotic Resources In the Performance of Identity

Jocelyn C. Ahlers (California State University San Marcos)

11:30

Discussant

Anthony K Webster (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)

11:45

Discussion

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