[Ads-l] Register for Dr. Nandi Sims - 4/10 - This Friday!

[Kelly Wright]

Folks,


I hope everyone is doing most well :)

Dr. Nandi Sims is the 2026 speaker in my Linguistic Perception &
Documentation Lab speaker series, co-sponsored by the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute. You are all most welcome to join us
online, and please feel free to bring your colleagues and students. I've
included Dr. Sims abstract below. Here is a link to register:
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/3674Mxe5Tz-lnxun0CUB5g

Please feel free to contact me with questions. We look forward to seeing
you there!

***begin abstract***
Using ethnographic methods, this presentation shows how 6th graders at
South Florida middle school reproduce and reimagine racial hierarchy and
reinforce and reflect related raciolinguistic ideologies via their language
use and attitudes. A physical descriptor like *lightskinned* might be used
to describe someone pretty, regardless of whether that person is
objectively lighter phenotypically.

The students use words like *ghetto* to describe the speech of their peers
and *normal* to describe themselves, regardless of the specific linguistic
features used by either. In using racialized language to convey affective
stances on their peer’s perceived physical and behavioral attributes, they
are making raced and classed value judgements that reflect the social
system in place in greater society. They demonstrate a deep understanding
of the complex, rigid, imprecise racial categories imposed from above and
reimagine them to fit within their own lives.
***end abstract***


Yours,
K.

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