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Dear all,<br>
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This is a reminder for the upcoming talk of the Linguistic Justice Society<br>
webinar series on May 29th, next week. Nicole Marinaro (Ulster University)<br>
& Cecilia Gialdini (University of Edinburgh) will present a paper titled<br>
"LINGUISTIC JUSTICE IN HEALTHCARE: MACRO AND MICRO PERSPECTIVES".<br>
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And there is another talk lined up for June 12th - Josep Soler Carbonell<br>
(Stockholm University) & Kerttu Rozenvalde (University of Tartu) will<br>
present a paper titled "LINGUISTIC DOMINATION OR DISCRIMINATION? LINGUISTIC<br>
JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY".<br>
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Please see below for details and registration links.<br>
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Yours,<br>
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The LJS Webinar convenors: Yael Peled (Max Planck Institute for the Study<br>
of Religious and Ethnic Diversity), Çağla Çimendereli (Syracuse<br>
University), Sergi Morales-Gálvez (Universitat de València) & Filippo<br>
Contesi (Universities of Milan and Barcelona)<br>
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*"LINGUISTIC JUSTICE IN HEALTHCARE: MACRO AND MICRO PERSPECTIVES"*<br>
Nicole Marinaro (Ulster) & Cecilia Gialdini (Edinburgh)<br>
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 09:00 EDT // 15:00 CEST // 18:30 IST<br>
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Abstract - Extensive medical research confirms the detrimental consequences<br>
of communication issues in healthcare contexts, supporting the employment<br>
of bilingual healthcare staff and/or the provision of professional<br>
translation and interpreting services. This presentation addresses<br>
linguistic justice in healthcare from a macro and micro point of view,<br>
adopting perspectives pertaining to the realms of social policy and<br>
sociolinguistics.<br>
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In social policy, linguistic justice is conceptualised as a parameter to<br>
measure the fairness of language policies. Cecilia presents an instrument<br>
to evaluate healthcare policies to address the state's performance.<br>
Inspired by the capability approach, access to healthcare is defined as a<br>
language-based capability and assessed through a synthetic indicator that<br>
allows cross-country comparison.<br>
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As regards the field of sociolinguistics, Nicole discusses the application<br>
to the medical domain of the concept of linguistic unease, “a situation in<br>
which speakers feel that their pragmatic linguistic competence is not<br>
fitting the communicative requirements of the linguistic act they are about<br>
to perform – or even that the symbolic value of their speech acts is<br>
perceived as misplaced” (Iannàccaro et al., 2018: 367). Examining the<br>
patterns of linguistic unease from a subject-centred perspective can allow<br>
us to identify and target issues related to sociolinguistic justice in<br>
relevant societies.<br>
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To conclude, we present potential recommendations and future research<br>
trajectories.<br>
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Iannàccaro, G., Dell’Aquila, V. & Gobbo, F. (2018), The Assessment of<br>
Sociolinguistic Justice: Parameters and Models of Analysis. In: Gazzola M.,<br>
Wickström, B.-A. & Templin, T. (eds.), Language Policy and Linguistic<br>
Justice: Economic, Philosophical and Sociolinguistic Approaches, 363-391.<br>
Berlin / New York: Springer.<br>
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*Nicole Marinaro is a PhD candidate at Ulster University. Her research<br>
focuses on the management of communication towards minority language<br>
speakers in the public healthcare sector, taking an interdisciplinary<br>
approach at the crossroad between public policy and<br>
sociolinguistics.Cecilia Gialdini is a postdoctoral fellow at the<br>
University of Edinburgh, collaborating on the project “TEAMS-Teaching that<br>
Matters for Migrant Students”, and a research associate at the Centre For<br>
Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. Her work focuses on<br>
language policies, intersectionality and social justice.*<br>
To receive the weblink for the talk, please fill out this form (if<br>
possible, using your institutional academic email address):<br>
<a href="https://forms.gle/QSNR2m3cyg2gp8fr5" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/QSNR2m3cyg2gp8fr5</a><br>
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*"LINGUISTIC DOMINATION OR DISCRIMINATION? LINGUISTIC JUSTICE IN<br>
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY"*<br>
Josep Soler Carbonell (Stockholm) & Kerttu Rozenvalde (Tartu)<br>
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 10:00 EDT // 16:00 CEST // 19:30 IST<br>
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Abstract - In this presentation, we discuss some of the linguistic tensions<br>
derived from international academic mobility in English-medium instruction<br>
multilingual university contexts, focusing on local and international<br>
academic staff’s interests from a linguistic justice viewpoint. Firstly, we<br>
develop a normative argument to explore whether international academic<br>
mobility and increased use of English can become a source of linguistic<br>
domination for local staff, or if suggested countermeasures, such as<br>
requiring international scholars to learn the local language, might lead to<br>
linguistic discrimination against the latter group. Secondly, via a<br>
qualitative analysis of survey data, we ask local and international<br>
scholars at the University of Tartu about their views on the language<br>
policy regime at the university. Protective language policies that<br>
encourage locals to use Estonian more and require internationals to learn<br>
some Estonian could help enhance linguistic justice, according to local<br>
staff. However, international scholars may perceive such requests as<br>
discriminatory. Linguistic domination and discrimination play a key role in<br>
the clashing interests of stakeholders, creating tension. The study<br>
highlights the complexity of the dilemmas faced by many university<br>
officials today in their attempt to balance institutional goals with<br>
on-the-ground realities. The presentation is based on our recently<br>
published article on the topic, which can be read in open access here:<br>
<a href="https://www-jbe-platform-com.ezp.sub.su.se/content/journals/10.1075/jemi.22016.sol#abstract_content" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www-jbe-platform-com.ezp.sub.su.se/content/journals/10.1075/jemi.22016.sol#abstract_content</a><br>
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*Josep Soler is Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of<br>
English, Stockholm University. His main research areas include: university<br>
language policy, English-medium instruction, and linguistic justice. He is<br>
the author of Language policy and the internationalization of universities<br>
(Mouton, 2019), and "Linguistic injustice in academic publishing in<br>
English: Limitations and ways forward in the debate" (Journal of English<br>
for Research Publication Purposes, 2021).Kerttu Rozenvalde is Research<br>
Fellow in Language Policy at the Institute of Estonian and General<br>
Linguistics, University of Tartu. Her main research areas include language<br>
policies, language ideologies, and Estonian as second language. She is<br>
currently conducting research on the language policies implemented at the<br>
University of Tartu and the language experiences of its academic staff and<br>
students.*<br>
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To receive the weblink for the talk, please fill out this form (if<br>
possible, using your institutional academic email address):<br>
<a href="https://forms.gle/z6Bcmq98ZLR9eU9PA" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/z6Bcmq98ZLR9eU9PA</a><br>
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