Symposium on Teaching and Learning
Indigenous Languages of Latin America
October 30 - November 2, 2011
The 2011 Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (STLILLA 2011) will bring together instructors, practitioners, activists, indigenous leaders, scholars and learners of indigenous languages. The symposium will focus on research and pedagogy related to the diverse languages and cultures of indigenous populations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This second symposium will build on the accomplishments of the 2008 Symposium on Teaching Indigenous Languages of Latin America (STILLA), the first initiative of this scope in the world, which resulted in the formation of the Association for Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (ATLILLA).
Our distinguished keynote speakers are: Demetrio Cojtí Cuxil, Alan Durston, Graciela Huinao, Bruce Mannheim, Camilla Townsend and Sebastián van Doesburg.
These symposia aim to engage participants in a hemispheric dialogue and also to serve as a forum for networking and exchanging ideas, experiences and research on pedagogical, methodological, and practical issues from cross-disciplinary perspectives. Active listening and discussion enable professionals from around the world to interact with leading experts in the fields of education, language policy and planning, theoretical linguistics, Latin American studies, applied linguistics, anthropology, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and informatics. Through multiple venues such as keynotes addresses, special panels, interactive workshops, round table discussions, poster sessions, and technological tools showcases, the symposia contribute to the teaching, learning, dissemination, maintenance, and revitalization of indigenous languages and cultures of the region.
STLILLA 2011 will be hosted by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame in collaboration with the partner institutions listed below. The first symposium was hosted by the Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Program (MLCP) and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Indiana University. It is hoped that STLILLA will become a regularly occurring event moving among its partner institutions.
Partners
National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program
Ford Foundation-Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Special Projects
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Indiana University:
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, School of Education
The Ohio State University, Center for Latin American Studies
San Diego State University, Center for Latin American Studies
Tulane University, Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies
University of Chicago, Center for Latin American Studies
University of Florida, Center for Latin American Studies
University of Notre Dame:
Center for the Study of Languages and
Cultures
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Institute for Latino Studies
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA)
Office of Research
Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Internationalization
The Worldview Initiative, Office of the President, University of Notre Dame
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Latin American Studies
University of Wisconsin, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
