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From https://en.unesco.org/feedback/call-research-papers-within-context-2019-international-year-indigenous-languages

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages, setting its priority to encourage urgent action to preserve, revitalize and promote indigenous languages. 

UNESCO is calling for the joint action of researchers and practitioners in order to put its message across and have an impact on the way in which indigenous languages are conceived, and their value appreciated by multiple stakeholders – governments, broader civil society, academia, the private sector and other actors. Making available these publications to the wider public through Open Access under the Creative Commons or any other open licensing system is intended to facilitate the promotion of indigenous languages globally.

Preserving, revitalizing and promoting indigenous languages at the national, regional and international level is a broad and long-term objective that involves different key areas of intervention:

1. Humanitarian affairs, peace-building and national development plans (e.g. during and post-conflict period, radicalization and other; assimilation, mapping and revitalization policies related to languages);
2. Indigenous education and life-long learning;
3. Indigenous knowledge in science and health (including interventions for epidemic or pandemic diseases; activism for climate change; water, bioethics and other);
4. Gender equality (e.g. reproductive health education policies, role of indigenous women in intergenerational transmission);
5. Social inclusion and urbanization, ethics and civic engagement (e.g. recognition of sign languages, youth engagement, open solutions and other issues);
6. Cultural heritage and diplomacy (concept of equality of languages, cultural identity imbued in languages);
7. Technology, digital activism, and artificial intelligence (e.g. language technology);

The goal for researchers and practitioners participating to IYIL2019 through their submissions is to cover at least one of these key areas, identifying gaps in existing research, gathering qualitative and statistical data, and putting together a set of conclusions and recommendations in order to raise awareness on the importance and impact of indigenous languages.

Important Dates
Call for submissions: 20 December 2018 – 1 March 2019
Peer Review Process: March – May 2019
Publication Dates: September – October 2019

The authors of selected papers will be invited to present at relevant international events and to submit full versions of their papers for publication in Peer Review Journals. In addition, selected research contributions will be selected in June 2019 for publication on the World Report of Languages 2019.

View the full call for research papers at https://en.unesco.org/feedback/call-research-papers-within-context-2019-international-year-indigenous-languages