The Linguistics Society of America presents a webinar on Making the Connections Between Human Rights and Linguistics. Topics include:
- 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
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
Date and Time: March 20, 2015 at 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
Language Opportunity 