EUNoM
The Queen’s Universityof Belfast is organising a EUNoM (European Universities Network on Multilingualism) symposium on:
“Multilingualism in the knowledge economy: labour markets revisited, and corporate social responsibility”
This symposium has the following rationale:
Production in the industrial society relied on Taylorism and kept workers separate from one another, but the knowledge economy (KE) is structured round the centrality of communication, thanks to which knowledge is generated. Consequently, this topic will focus on the key relationship between learning and the demands of an economy in which language is a central feature. The KE rests firmly on the development of communities of practice, where shared meaning is central to knowledge generation. There are also arguments about how working across languages and cultures is conducive to the promotion of reflexive learning associated with integrating symbolic features of linguistic diversity and how it relates to shared meaning. The role of the universities in the operationalisation of Triple Helix-type partnerships in the emerging economy will be discussed, given the varied experiences brought together.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at this conference please contact:
Dr Eugene McKendry - e.mckendry@qub.ac.uk