research sources: October 2005 Archives

Is this philosopher the same guy I've read about in group relations theory? If so, seems like it was quite an offshoot, although some of his work indicates a lean in that direction. For instance, "The Well-Informed Citizen", which is about knowledge as a function of practical experience, and other papers on issues of social justice, such as "Equality and the Meaning Structure of the Social World".

I'll have to do some hunting... I may be confusing him with William C. or some other Schutz. Here's a lead on group development theorizing from 2001.

A blog for IT and IP conferences. Probably a bit too tech-heavy for me, but I'm interested...

posted by Nancy to the AoIR listserv.

Wish I could go to this conference in Cologne, upcoming in November. It would help me with prep for the Turkish-German interpreting study. Maybe there will be Proceedings published at some point?

the next academic on my list... Peter Ives wrote a short summary for a presentation to "Multiple Diversities: European Experiences" held by the Consortium for European Studies.

(Can't say I'm too fond of the label, but it's statistically true. The "scientific objectivity" of quantification must be what makes it acceptable.)

Here's another site with good-looking offshoot links. I downloaded a couple of pdfs on Support for minority languages in Europe, "commissioned by the Language Policy Unit of the Directorate General for Education and Culture, is now available in its original English version. This study provides a thoroughgoing analysis of the issues surrounding the protection and promotion of regional and minority languages in the EU context." From the DG on Education and Training.

Then there's Euromosaic,

Here is site lists international instruments regarding national minorities. (Most links are dead.) :-(

for instance, the 1998 The Oslo Recommendations regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities.

The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life 1999

A list of all treaties entered into by the Council or Europe (a different entity, by the way, than the Council of the European Union).

Specific to EuroParl:

Kuijpers Resolution on the languages and cultures of regional and ethnic minorities in the European Community 30 October 1987

Killilea Resolution on linguistic and cultural minorities in the European Community 9 February 1994

Here's a more current report "with recommendations to the Commission on European regional and lesser-used languages – the languages of minorities in the EU – in the context of enlargement and cultural diversity (2003/2057(INI)) Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, Rapporteur: Michl Ebner".

Unesco has posted the text with a brief historical account.

the Preamble declares:

"[T]his Declaration takes language communities and not states as its point of departure and is to be viewed in the context of the reinforcement of international institutions capable of guaranteeing sustainable and equitable development for the whole of humanity. For these reasons also it aims to encourage the creation of a political framework for linguistic diversity based upon respect, harmonious coexistence and mutual benefit."

This article discusses linguicide as a parallel to genocide, using the example of Kurdish in Turkey. It also challenges the assumption of linguistics as a field of neutrality. The Politics of A-political Linguistics: Linguists and Linguicide

You need to have access to a university library to get the industry reports and other goodies available in the CQ Researcher, but wow - does it have some awesome stuff. Anyone into transnational flows ought to know about it! Also the Business and Company Resource Center.

If you ever wondered about rates of obesity in the U.S., Center for Disease Control lays it out in this map of obesity trends from 1985-2004 (download the powerpoint presentation and start at 1985 for maximum effect).

My BMI is normal (19.85).

Bunch of nutritionist recommended info (no Atkins! is available from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, especially Portion Distortion.