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Selected Presentations

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  • Farr, M. April, 2008. Literacy Ideologies: Local Practices and Cultural Definitions, invited presentation at Latin American Literacy Studies Seminar, Crefal, Pátzcuaro, Mexico.
  • Farr, M. March, 2008. Urban Multilingualism: Language Practices and Language Policy in Chicago, invited presentation at University of Antwerp Workshop on Workshop on Urban Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication.
  • Farr, M. Jan., 2008. Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Studies of Language in the City’s Neighborhoods, presentation at the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences, Chicago.
  • Farr, M. Sept., 2007. Rancheros in Chicagoacán: Daily Talk and Identity. Invited presentation at Northeastern Illinois University.
  • Farr, M. June, 2007. Book presentation at Casa Michoacán (community organization), Chicago, IL. Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Latin American and Latino Studies Program.
  • Farr, M. Nov, 2006. “Binacionalidad en la región: Visión general, (Binationality in the region: A General View),�? presentation at Seminario Internacional: La construcción de una agenda ciudadana binacional en América del Norte (International Seminar: The construction of an agenda for binational citizenship in North America), Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. Supported by the Governor of Michoacán.
  • Farr, M. April 21, 2006. “Speech Play and Verbal Art: Feminist Rhetoric in a Mexican Transnational Community,”? one of three invited presentations for a Symposium on Gender and Latina Discourse: Vernacular Rhetorics, Language, and Expressive Culture. Texas A & M University, Department of English, Discourse Studies Program.
  • Farr, M. June, 2006. Mexican Language Socialization in Chicago. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Montreal.
  • Farr, M. July, 2005. Language Ideologies and Identity among Mexican Families in Chicago. Paper presented at International Association of Applied Linguistics Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Farr, M. April, 2005. Franqueza and the individualist ideology of progress among Mexican rancheros. Invited presentation at Department of Sociology’s Culture Workshop, Northwestern University.
  • Farr, M. March, 2005. Mexican Language Socialization in Chicago. Paper presented at Fifth International Conference on Bilingualism, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Farr, Marcia. September, 2004. Language and Race in Transnational Space: Shifting identities. Language Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Farr, Marcia. April, 2004. Language and Race in Transnational Space: Rethinking Mestizaje, Ethnic Studies Dept., University of California at San Diego.
  • Farr, Marcia. October, 2003. Speech Play and Verbal Art: New Perspectives on Feminist Rhetorics, Plenary address at The Fourth Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
  • Farr, Marcia. September, 2003. Respeto and Relajo: Language and Identity Among Transnational Mexican Rancheros, paper presented at Language and (IM)Migration in France, Latin America, and the United States: Sociolinguistic perspectives, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
  • Farr, Marcia. April, 2002. Respeto and Relajo: Language and Gender among Transnational Mexican Rancheros, presentation at EPICS I Symposium, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
  • Farr, Marcia. 2000. Language in ethnographies of communication, paper presented at annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco.
  • Farr, Marcia. 2000. Border Crossings and Identity Maintenance: The Case of Mexican Rancheros, invited paper presented at Conference on Globalization and Civic Education, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
  • Farr, Marcia. Invited participant. 1999. Gender, language, and transnationalism, presentation at Feminismos, Luso-Hispanic Feminisms Conference, Urbana, IL, Nov.
  • Farr, Marcia. Invited Speaker, Representing Others, Representing Ourselves, Business Meeting of Writing Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 26, 1997.
  • Farr, Marcia. 1997. Language, culture, and literacy in a transnational community: Old traditions in new settings, invited presentation at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago.
  • Farr, Marcia. Honor and shame in la sociedad ranchera: Ideology and religious literacy in Chicago and Michoacán, paper presented at American Anthropological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, Nov., 1996.
  • Farr, Marcia. El relajo como microfiesta, presentation at annual colloquium, El Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, October, 1996.
  • Farr, Marcia. Being a woman, or a man: Speaking in the gendered space of the home, presentation at Latin American Studies Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C., Sept., 1995.
  • Farr, Marcia. Countering violence with the Word: The uses of literacy by a Catholic charismatic woman, presentation at American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, Nov., 1994.
  • Farr, Marcia. Literacy and religion: Practices among Mexican women in Chicago. Catholic Student Center, UIC, October 13, 1993. (Also presented at NCTE Assembly on Research in Chicago, February 12, 1994.)
  • Farr, Marcia. 1991. Spanish literacy in the religious domain: An analysis of two events, presentation at Espanol en Los Estados Unidos conference, University of Southern California.
  • Farr, Marcia. 1990. Essayist literacy and `other’ genres of argument, presentation at the Modern Language Association meeting, Chicago.
  • Farr, Marcia. 1990. Joking performances among Mexican women in Chicago, presentation at American Anthropological Association meeting, New Orleans.
  • Farr, Marcia. 1990. Census-taking in Mexican neighborhoods: Reasons for the Undercount, presentation at American Anthropological Association meeting, New Orleans.
  • Farr, Marcia. 1989. Learning literacy lyrically: Informal education among Chicago mexicanos. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Farr, Marcia. 1989. Empowerment, orality, and literacy: Mexicano spontaneous speeches. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication annual meeting, Seattle.
  • Farr, Marcia and Lucía Elías-Olivares. 1987. Mexican American language use in Chicago: Persuasive talk and literacy. Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Chicago.
  • Language diversity and writing instruction, presentation at International Reading Association, Anaheim, CA, May 5, 1987.
  • Cultural differences in writing, presentation at UIC/CCC Conference on Cultural and Cognitive Approaches to Teaching Writing and Mathematics to Undergraduates, April 24, 1987.
  • Keynote speaker, Maryland Composition Conference. Writing research: What we know and need to know. April, 1982.
  • Invited paper, Models for educational research: The case for interdisciplinary work on writing, American Association for Applied Linguistics, San Antonio, 1981.
  • Dialect influence in writing: Black and white, International Reading Association (IRA) Pre-convention Institute on Writing, St. Louis, April 1980.
  • CBS‑TV Appearance on Sunday Morning, discussing Vernacular Black English and education in light of the Ann Arbor decision, December 30, 1979.

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