Workshop “Sustainability seen from a Multilingual Perspective”Saturday, May 14th 2016, 09:00-12:30
14 May 2016, by Sophie Palm
09:00-12:30; ESA Ost, Room 222
Organized by Claudia T. Schmitt & Jessica T. Müller
(The workshop is limited to a maximum number of 10 participants. Please register for this workshop via knu"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
This workshop invites participants to elaborate on the notion of sustainability from a multilingual perspective. As UNESCO’s Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) refer to the global community as a whole, the following questions are posed:
- Do we share a similar understanding of sustainability, Nachhaltigkeit, βιωσιμότητα, etc. when talking about global goals?
- Which different interpretations and associations can be found in analyzing the notion of sustainability from a multilingual perspective?
- How might interdisciplinary research on the intersection of multilingualism and sustainability contribute to social innovation processes towards achieving the SDGs in general?
Introducing a work in progress “language map of sustainability” and interactively discussing the questions mentioned above, the workshop aims to a) encourage reflection on the notion of sustainability and its connotations as seen in different languages and cultures and b) generate new ideas for innovative interdisciplinary research topics within the field of “social science for sustainable development”. The participants can share their personal position and their specialist expertise to approach a joint perspective on global sustainability. Creativity techniques are used as a working method for stimulating discussion.
This workshop is part of the COST-Symposium – The New Speakers Network 2nd Whole Action Conference – 12-14 May 2016 Universität Hamburg – for more information see www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/tagungen/new-speakers-2016