ICLEC 2026
Language, Ecology, and Culture: Intergenerational Pathways to Biocultural Futures
Sub themes include:
- Indigenous Languages and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Ecological knowledge embedded in language
- Ethnobiological classification systems
- Environmental knowledge and oral traditions
- Place names, landscapes, and cultural memory
- Language Endangerment and Biocultural Diversity
- Language loss and knowledge erosion
- Linguistic diversity and ecological resilience
- Documentation of endangered languages and knowledge systems
- Community responses to language shift
- Language Revitalization and Community Futures
- Community-based language revitalization
- Intergenerational language transmission
- Language policy and planning
- Language activism and advocacy
- Mother Tongue Education and Knowledge Transmission
- Mother tongue-based multilingual education
- Indigenous pedagogies
- Place-based and community-based learning
- Educational approaches to language maintenance
- Indian Knowledge Systems and Biocultural Heritage
- Indigenous and local knowledge traditions in India
- Traditional ecological and environmental knowledge
- Knowledge systems, language, culture, and place
- Indigenous systems of agriculture, health, food, and biodiversity
- Knowledge transmission across generations
- Indian knowledge traditions and contemporary challenges
- Community-led preservation, revitalization, and renewal of knowledge systems
- Ecolinguistics and Environmental Discourse
- Language and ecological perception
- Environmental narratives
- Ecological discourse analysis
- Language and environmental ethics
- Language, sustainability, and human–environment relationships
- Oral Traditions, Storytelling, and Cultural Memory
- Oral literature and ecological knowledge
- Folklore and environmental understanding
- Narrative traditions and cultural continuity
- Storytelling and intergenerational knowledge transmission
- Language Documentation and Community Archives
- Participatory documentation
- Digital archiving and language preservation
- Ethical issues in documentation
- Community ownership of knowledge
- Indigenous Worldviews, Spirituality, and Ecology
- Indigenous cosmologies
- Sacred landscapes
- Language and spiritual relationships with nature
- Cultural values and environmental stewardship
- Technology, AI, and Language Futures
- Digital tools for language revitalization
- AI and endangered languages
- Community technologies for knowledge preservation
- Opportunities and ethical concerns
- Digital transmission of linguistic, cultural, and ecological knowledge
Apart from the above themes, additional topics relevant to the conference are welcome.