Jillian Cavanaugh’s linguistic anthropological and ethnographic research in the town and province of Bergamo (since 1999) has been organized into 2 main projects, the first centered on language shift and language ideologies, and the second on heritage food production and cultural values. Both projects have focused on the role and meaning of language—especially Bergamasco and Italian—across contexts of use, as well as the value of the past in contemporary life. Through an overview of both projects, this seminar will afford the opportunity to engage in scholarly conversation and collaboration around enduring questions of cultural and linguistic heritage, everyday linguistic and cultural practices, and the ways in which the past is made relevant in the present in Bergamo.

Jillian Cavanaugh teaches linguistic and cultural anthropology at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center CUNY in New York City. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from New York University. She has done ethnographic and linguistic anthropological research in Bergamo, Italy, focusing on language shift, language ideologies, language and gender, heritage food, and social change. She is professor of anthropology.

E' possibile seguire la conferenza anche tramite Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/tnk-spxd-miu