Event

Project DigiFam : Final conference

  • Location

    Maison des Sciences Humaines

    L-4365, Esch sur alzette, Luxembourg

  • Topic(s)
    Humanities
  • Type(s)
    In-person event

Programme

  • 09.00 : Registration & coffee
  • 09.15 : Welcome. Claudine Kirsch & Maria Obojska, University of Luxembourg
  • 09.30 : Digital Media as Language and Literacy Learning Spaces in Multilingual Families in Luxembourg – project results. Maria Obojska, University of Luxembourg
  • 10.15 : Coffee break
  • 10.30 : Theme: Multiliteracies at home and educational institutions

Keynotes: Toddlers, tech and heritage language learning at home: emergent findings from the Toddlers, Tech and Talk project. Rosie Flewitt, University of Manchester

  • 11.00 : Children’s experiences with multiliteracies in crèches and at home. Claudine Kirsch, University of Luxembourg
  • 11.30 : Break
  • 11.45 : Home literacy environment and family language policy of multilingual families in Luxembourg. Gabrijela Aleksic, University of Luxembourg
  • 12:05 : Family language policy embedded in the homescape in Franco-Chinese transnational families: initiating children’s Chinese literacy.
    Nanfei Wang, ILEPS Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)
  • 12.25 : Lunch break
  • 13.30 : Theme: Ethical and methodological considerations in researching multilingualism and multiliteracies online

Keynotes: Collaborative approaches in the study of multilingual digital interaction. Kristin Vold Lexander, Innland Norway University of Applied Sciences

  • 14.00 : Ethical and moral dilemmas in digital family data collection. Åsa Palviainen, University of Jyväskylä
  • 14.30 : Break
  • 14.45 : Investigating linguistic repertoires with digital language journal: ethical and methodological reflections. Rafael Lomeu Gomes, Arctic University of Norway
  • 15.05 : Researching family multiliteracies using multimedia diaries with parents and children. Yin Yu , University of Göttingen
  • 15.25 : Coffee break
  • 15.40 : Panel discussion: Future Directions in the Study of Multilingualism and Multiliteracies Online
  • 16.10 : Closing

Contact

To register for the event, please send an e-mail to:

Deadline for registration: March 27nd

The event is financed by Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg