[Linganth] 'Language Activism' book open access

[Haley De Korne]

*apologies for cross posting*


Dear colleagues,


I’m happy to share that the ethnographic study Language activism: Imaginaries and strategies of minority language equality is now available open access (free PDF or EPub download) in the Contributions to the Sociology of Language Series, De Gruyter Mouton.


This month marks the 500th anniversary of the Spanish invasion of Tenochtitlan, what is now Mexico City. It also marks over 500 years of Indigenous resistance and activism in Mexico, the Americas, and elsewhere around the world. This book is a small tribute to the resilience and endless creativity of language activists in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, and a fist bump of solidarity to language activists everywhere.


Download:

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781501511561/html


Description:

While top-down policies have yet to establish equality for speakers of minoritized languages, activists and advocates at local levels play a significant role in the pursuit of social change. Through an ethnographic account of Diidxazá (Isthmus Zapotec) language activism in Oaxaca, Mexico, this volume examines language activism as a social project with a moving target and illustrates a flexible repertoire of activism strategies. An exploration of the strategies of educators, students, writers, scholars, artists, and others illuminates both shared and conflicting imaginaries of what positive social change is and how it should be achieved. Diverse actors and imaginaries all contribute to a broad repertoire of strategies that may inform and encourage language activists working to bring linguistic equality closer to reality in other contexts.


Best regards,

Haley




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Haley De Korne<http://www.hf.uio.no/multiling/english/people/postdoc-fellows/haleyjd/index.html>
PhD Educational Linguistics
MultiLing Center - University of Oslo


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