After two previous events at the University of Louvain, the Berliner conference of the CLAre aims to promote the institutionalization of exchange between the participating disciplines and countries. The focus of the conference is on projects and research questions taking their point of departure in empirical approaches and the use of innovative methods to gather and analyze authentic material and samples of language data from older adults. [Read more ...]
Tuesday March 7, 17 h: Round Table Healthcare: Experts from research & practitioners, Input: S. Sachweh (TalkCare, Bochum): As good as it (probably) gets – how living in a dementia housing project engenders animation and interactivity; Chair & Discussants: P. Backhaus (Tokyo); N. Sari (Interkulturelle BrückenbauerInnen, Berlin); Frau Silke Migala (PALQUALSUM); J. Svennevig (Oslo)
CLARe2: International Workshop December 7–9, 2015 Language Use in Later Life, University of Louvain (Belgium)
With the participation of leading experts in the field, the workshop aims to focus on the theoretical implications of empirical work as conducted by CLARe's projects, in order to develop the outlines of future collaboration in this young but cutting-edge domain of research in linguistics and aging. [Read more ...]
The Corpora for Language and Aging Research initiative (CLARe) aims at exploring language in later life through the glasses of linguists working on authentic language data.
Prize attributed to Dr. C. T. Bolly for research into ageing and quality of life of elderly people (King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium, 25,000€). Host institution for the Prize: Université catholique de Louvain.