Language and identity are inseparable. Changes in writing technology, on the one hand, and in power dynamics, on the other, shape communities and individual identities. This conference examines two intertwined themes: One, the impact of changes in the production and circulation of texts, over time and place, upon practices of writing, reading, and the transmission of knowledge. Two, the way in which power imbalances affect language use, community, and identity. As writing technologies emerge, decisions are made regarding which forms of social memory will be preserved and (re)produced or forgotten and lost. Changes in technologies of writing and access to their control have profound
effects on cultural survival and social change.

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Robert A. Jones '59 House
148 Hillcrest Road
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753
Link to event: http://www.middlebury.edu/international/rcga/international-conference/2017-annual-internatio[...]ons

Thursday, March 9
4:30–6:00 p.m. | Session I: Writing System in Deep Time

6:15 p.m. Dinner served in the RAJ House Conference Room

7:00–8:30 p.m. | Session II: Shifting Genealogies of Sacred Languages

Friday, March 10
12:15–2:00 p.m. | SESSION III: Orality, Literacy, New Media

2:30–4:00 p.m. | SESSION IV: Technologies of Writing and Imaginations of Community

4:30–5:45 p.m. | SESSION V: Medium, Mode, and the Work of Interpretation

Saturday, March 11
9:15–11:00 a.m. | SESSION VI: Writing and Mobile Identities

11:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Summary and Lunch

New Year's Eve Party at the Eagles Club

Dec 31, 2024, 8 PM to 1 AM, Jan 1, 2025

Queerly Beloved LGBTQIA+ Group

Jan 2, 2025, 6 to 7:30 PM

Community Yoga

Jan 4, 2025, 8 to 9 AM