LANGUAGE POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE HIMALAYAS
Panel A
Session #2 | 1:30pm - 3pm | Saturday, Sept 2 | HUMN 145
Marielle Butters, University of Colorado Boulder
The Sino-Tibetan family: Power and Scholarship in China
Selma Sonntag, University of Colorado Boulder
What happened to the Ahom language? Language politics in Assam
Peng Ruijie, University of Texas at Austin
Nathaniel Sims, UC Santa Barbara
A sociocultural-linguistic investigation into the use of Wechat by Qiang speakers for language maintenance and cultural preservation
Panel B
Session #3 | 3:30pm - 5pm | Saturday, Sept 2 | HUMN 145
Bendi Tso, University of British Columbia
The Dual linguistic hegemonies of Chinese and Amdo Tibetan and their impact on Chone Tibetan and its speakers
Maya Daurio, Independent Scholar
The Place-Based Experience of Language Transmission and Social-Ecological Knowledge
Luke Lindemann, Yale University
The Nepali Royal Language
Organizer: Selma K. Sonntag, University of Colorado Boulder
Discussant: Mark Turin, University of British Columbia