I attended
the 8th Linguistic Landscapes International Workshop from 27 to 29 April
2016 at the University of Liverpool. The workshop was organized around the
keywords regeneration, revitalisation and
re-territorialisation. The event
included more than forty presentations so I decided not to report on all of
them. Rather I focus on issues that seem to be the most relevant to my own
research: agency in the linguistic landscape and methodological developments in
linguistic landscape studies. In brief, I am interested in what, who and how
contributes to the creation and interpretation of linguistic landscapes in
various societal settings, including research encounters and academic
discussions.
Liverpool's Albert Dock as seen from the Ferris wheel |