Oct. 23, 2024 - Oct. 25, 2024
https://grafematik2024.sciencesconf.org/
G21C (Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, also called /gʁafematik/) is a biennial conference bringing together disciplines concerned with grapholinguistics and more generally the study of writing systems and their representation in written communication. The conference aims to reflect on the current state of research in the area, and on the role that writing and writing systems play in neighboring disciplines like computer science and information technology, communication, typography, psychology, and pedagogy. In particular it aims to study the effect of the growing importance of Unicode with regard to the future of reading and writing in human societies. Reflecting the richness of perspectives on writing systems, G21C is actively interdisciplinary, and welcomes proposals from researchers from the fields of computer science and information technology, linguistics, communication, pedagogy, psychology, history, and the social sciences.
G21C aims to create a space for the discussion of the range of approaches to writing systems, and specifically to bridge approaches in linguistics, informatics, and other fields. It will provide a forum for explorations in terminology, methodology, and theoretical approaches relating to the delineation of an emerging interdisciplinary area of research that intersects with intense activity in practical implementations of writing systems.
Submission instructions:
To submit a presentation proposal, please connect to https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/G21C/ and provide an extended anonymous abstract of at least 500 and at most 1,000 words, followed by at least 10 (ten) bibliographical references in a PDF file.
Submissions open: Feb. 28, 2024 - June 1, 2024
Abstract review period: Feb. 28, 2024 - June 30, 2024