Call for Workshop Proposals

Deadline for submission: July 31, 2023 August 18, 2023

Proposals should be submitted as a PDF to colang2024@gmail.com with the subject line “CoLang 2024 Workshop Proposal”. Successful proposals will be selected by the CoLang 2024 LOC, and in consultation with the CoLang Advisory Circle and the American Indian Languages Development Institute.

Successful proposals announced on or before: September 1, 2023

The CoLang 2024 Local Organizing Committee (LOC) seeks proposals for workshops. The theme of CoLang 2024 is Creating Partnerships, Honoring Neighbors, Building Capacity. We invite proposals for new workshops as well as those already listed in the tentative list of workshops planned for CoLang 2024. In developing your proposal, it may be useful to visit the permanent home of CoLang at  www.colanginstitute.org. Here you can find detailed descriptions of past workshops. 

Who should apply?

The ideal applicants are those who:

• practice or have practiced collaborative, community-based research,

• are or have been involved in language reclamation, maintenance, and documentation,

• have attended and taken workshops or courses from previous CoLang/InField Institutes or other training venues supportive of Indigenous languages

Applicants must be available June 3-14, 2024.

Indigenous community language scholars are especially encouraged to submit a workshop proposal. 

About CoLang Workshops

• CoLang workshops provide hands-on language work experience

• CoLang workshops should equip the learner with practical tools and skills they can take home and apply in their work

• CoLang workshops do not include homework assignments

• CoLang workshops must be consistent with the theme and goals of CoLang

• CoLang workshops must be prepared to meet the needs of participants from diverse backgrounds and levels of experience in language work

• CoLang workshops meet for 90 minutes per day for four days

• CoLang workshop class size may vary from roughly 15 to 35 participants

Proposal Requirements

Proposals should be a maximum of 2 single-spaced pages, in size 11 or larger Times New Roman, and include:

1. A working title

2. A one-sentence description of topic

3. A detailed description of proposed workshop content, including:

   • A general lesson plan for each day

   • Time allocated for each activity

4. How your workshop will benefit its audience

5. Required materials:

   • For participants to bring (e.g. notebook, laptop, etc.)

   • For CoLang 2024 LOC to prepare (e.g. computer lab, construction paper, markers, etc.)

6. A description of immediately useful skills the participants will obtain (i.e. objectives - what will they be able to do when they get home?)

7. Your qualifications for offering this workshop (i.e. previous courses taught with similar content, previous InField/CoLang participation, Natives4Linguistics, AILDI, Community-Based Research, etc.)

CoLang workshop materials are archived and shared: please familiarize yourself with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All workshop materials will fall under this license, which means that they will be archived with CoLang and made available to Institute participants in perpetuity. Specific guidelines on copyright and intellectual property will be made available to accepted applicants prior to the development of workshop materials. However, we understand that workshop materials may include culturally sensitive or otherwise private information not suitable for archiving and sharing. Please make a note of this in your proposal. We are happy to work with you to determine the appropriate access. 

Proposals should be submitted as a PDF to colang2024@gmail.com with the subject line “CoLang 2024 Workshop Proposal”. Successful proposals will be selected by the CoLang 2024 LOC, and in consultation with the CoLang Advisory Circle and the American Indian Languages Development Institute.

For one facilitator per successful workshop proposal, CoLang 2024 will cover travel expenses, lodging, and weekday on-campus meals during the week of the workshop. Questions should be directed to colang2024@gmail.com.