Beyond Babel : Scholarly Organizations and the Study of Languages and Literatures

• Autore: Clark Tom
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2022; ©2022
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 pages)
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetto topico: Philology - Study and teaching; Learned institutions and societies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Conference papers and proceedings.
• Altri autori: GordonPaddy
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Beyond Babel -- Editorial page -- Advisory Board -- Table of contents -- Author biographies -- Foreword -- Tom ClarkVictoria University -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. History and prophecyA Janus-faced account of FILLM from 1990 to 2050 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Chapter 2. Gender in the structure and intellectual fields of three professional associations -- English institute -- Modern Language Association -- ICLA committee on gender studies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Towards the development of linguistics in West AfricaThe contributions of the West African linguistic society -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Organization of West African Linguistic Society (WALS) -- 2.1The goals of the founding fathers and mothers of WALS -- 2.2Administration of WALS -- 2.3West African Languages Congress -- 3.Contributions of WALS -- 3.1The collection of word lists and other basic materials -- 3.2Multilingual region -- 3.3Sustenance of West African Languages Congresses -- 3.4The Journal of West African languages -- 3.5Collaboration and capacity-building -- 4.Challenges of WALS -- 4.1Funding -- 4.2Developments in contemporary linguistic theories -- 4.3Political instability in the sub-region -- 5.Prospects in the study of African languages -- 6.Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Associations and academiesTheir roles in the contemporary world -- The "Humanist" (and) other(s) -- "Think globally, act locally": The case of the agder academy of sciences and letters (Poznań chapter) -- "Think locally, act globally": IAUPE -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Horizontal + VerticalMy activities in two learned societies -- Man-to-Man and Man-to-God -- Absolute vs. relative -- Modernization and holiness -- Meaningless dance of pitiable sheep -- Beyond the self-evident -- A wanderer in heterogeneity -- Three dimensional eye-sight -- Christ's ladder from heaven to Earth. ; Fascination along an imaginary line -- Resurrection through printed letters -- Estrangement between deeds and poisonous words -- Metaphors to compose ideas -- A weathercock in an ivory tower -- Chapter 7. Academics, politics and learned societies in contemporary China -- Introduction -- The birth at the dawn of reform and opening-up -- Self and other: The case of CASFL -- In synchrony with reform and opening-up: The case of CASAL -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Learned societies and challenges for humanities research in China -- Historical pathway -- Background -- The first major change: 1919 -- The second major change: 1949 -- The third major change: 1979 -- Current status -- Chinese learned societies: The official front -- Unofficial extra-statal learned societies in China -- The humanities in China and in the West -- Humanities in crisis -- Concluding thoughts and a modest proposal -- Chapter 9. Thinking about the future of the Humanities -- 1.The bitter lesson -- 2.The challenge: Facing complexity -- 3.The general structure of the humanities -- 4.The new agenda: Examples -- 4.1Linguistics and literary studies -- 4.2Linguistics and cultural studies -- 4.3Linguistics and ethics -- 4.4Linguistics and rhetoric -- 4.5Linguistics and applied linguistics: Theory and practice -- 5.To sum up: From the humanities to the human sciences -- Chapter 10. Learned societies and the new mediaA survey -- Introduction -- Definitions and material -- A.What is a learned society -- B.The societies -- C.New media -- Learned societies online: A survey -- A.Websites -- B.Social media -- Learned societies online: An assessment -- A.Layout and design -- B.Content -- Social media challenges -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1.Websites overview -- Appendix 2.Social media overview. ; Chapter 11. Education leads us up and outHow might scholarly organizations sharpen their focus on learning? -- Introduction -- Heuristics -- An argument that learning is the main value of language and literature studies -- An argument that academic practice reifies research, not teaching -- An argument that scholarly organizations can play a leading role to transform this reification -- What then is to be done? -- Afterword -- Consolidated bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The chapters in this volume range from the Old Testament to Facebook and from East Asia to West Africa via Australia, the Americas, and Europe. The scholarly strength forged across that range speaks to similar strengths that so many scholarly organizations devoted to studies in languages and literatures have cultivated and maintained.
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond Babel
• ISBN: 9789027256997; 9027256993
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910984631203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures