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Language, Land and Labour / 10th Madagascar Workshop21 May 2015 / Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill UniversityCall for PapersThe Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill will be hosting the 10th Madagascar Workshop on 21 May 2015 on the theme “Language, Land and Labour.” This interdisciplinary workshop brings together anthropologists, historians and other scholars who share an interest in Madagascar and its diaspora. The keynote speech will coincide with the opening presentation, on Madagascar, of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association Conference (AFLA) which runs from 21-24 May 2015.Among the themes that might be considered are (but not excluded to):Language, power and ideology in (pre-)colonial MadagascarDiscourses of land tenure, land degradation and forest useLanguage of SlaveryLanguage of Religion / Spirit possessionLanguage and identity (gender/ age / ethnicity… )Language and ColonialismLanguage of Fady / Taboo in Labour and Land relationsNon-Austronesian influences on language in MadagascarLabour regimes and landHealth, medicine and forest usePower relations and language / land / labourThose interested in participating should send a title and one-page abstract to the IOWC (iowc@mcgill.ca ) by 1 March 2015.