Language Activism : Imaginaries and Strategies of Minority Language Equality / Haley De Korne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Korne, Haley, Author.

Contributor:

The Research Council of Norway, Funder.

Series:

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 114

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

While top-down policies and declarations have yet to establish equal status and opportunities for speakers of all languages in practice, activists and advocates at local levels are playing an increasingly significant role in the creation of new social imaginaries and practices in multilingual contexts. This volume describes how social actors across multiple domains contribute to the elusive goal of linguistic equality or justice through their language activism practices. Through an ethnographic account of Indigenous Isthmus Zapotec language activism in Oaxaca, Mexico, this study illuminates the (sometimes conflicting) imaginaries of what positive social change is and how it should be achieved, and the repertoire of strategies through which these imaginaries are being pursued. Ethnographic and action research conducted from 2013-2018 in the multilingual Isthmus of Tehuantepec brings to light the experiences of educators, students, writers, scholars and diverse cultural activists whose aspirations and strategies of social change are significant in shaping the future language ecology. Their repertoire of strategies may inform and encourage language activists, scholars, and educators working for change in other contexts of linguistic diversity and inequality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Chapter 1 Advocating for linguistic equality

Chapter 2 The moving target of activism: Changing language ecologies in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Chapter 3 Creating knowledge and resources: Strategies in scholarship

Chapter 4 Connecting community and school spaces: Strategies in primary and secondary education

Chapter 5 Representing legitimate languages and identities: Strategies in higher education

Chapter 6 Imagining convivial multilingual literacies: Strategies in community-based education

Chapter 7 Imagining future traditions: Strategies in popular culture spaces

Chapter 8 Developing a repertoire of activism strategies

Appendix A: Language activism strategy framework

Appendix B: Transcription conventions

Appendix C: Glossary of common abbreviations, Diidxazá, and Spanish terms

References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501511561

1501511564

OCLC:

1262307350