[Lgpolicy] VIDEO: Soler & Rozenvalde on "Linguistic Domination or Discrimination?"

[F. Contesi via Lgpolicy]

Dear all

Accessible here, for those who could not take part live, is
the video recording of today’s Linguistic Justice Society Webinar:

https://youtu.be/LgdjjaJJOVs?si=7kkUT6UUTPgAQzwL

Please feel free to distribute as you see fit.

Yours
The LJS Webinar Convenors

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Date:    Wed, 5 Jun 2024 18:25:41 +0300
From:    çağla çimendereli <caglacimendereli at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Webinar Reminder - "LINGUISTIC DOMINATION OR DISCRIMINATION?
LINGUISTIC JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY"

Dear all,

This is a reminder for the upcoming Linguistic Justice Society webinar next
Wednesday, June 12th. Please see below for details. To receive the weblink
for the talk, please fill out this form (if possible, using your
institutional academic email address): https://forms.gle/z6Bcmq98ZLR9eU9PA

Yours,

The LJS Webinar convenors: Yael Peled (Max Planck Institute for the Study
of Religious and Ethnic Diversity), Çağla Çimendereli (Syracuse
University), Sergi Morales-Gálvez (Universitat de València) & Filippo
Contesi (Universities of Milan and Barcelona)

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*"LINGUISTIC DOMINATION OR DISCRIMINATION? LINGUISTIC JUSTICE IN
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY"*
Josep Soler Carbonell (Stockholm) & Kerttu Rozenvalde (Tartu)
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 10:00 EDT // 16:00 CEST // 19:30 IST

Abstract - In this presentation, we discuss some of the linguistic tensions
derived from international academic mobility in English-medium instruction
multilingual university contexts, focusing on local and international
academic staff’s interests from a linguistic justice viewpoint. Firstly, we
develop a normative argument to explore whether international academic
mobility and increased use of English can become a source of linguistic
domination for local staff, or if suggested countermeasures, such as
requiring international scholars to learn the local language, might lead to
linguistic discrimination against the latter group. Secondly, via a
qualitative analysis of survey data, we ask local and international
scholars at the University of Tartu about their views on the language
policy regime at the university. Protective language policies that
encourage locals to use Estonian more and require internationals to learn
some Estonian could help enhance linguistic justice, according to local
staff. However, international scholars may perceive such requests as
discriminatory. Linguistic domination and discrimination play a key role in
the clashing interests of stakeholders, creating tension. The study
highlights the complexity of the dilemmas faced by many university
officials today in their attempt to balance institutional goals with
on-the-ground realities. The presentation is based on our recently
published article on the topic, which can be read in open access here:
https://www-jbe-platform-com.ezp.sub.su.se/content/journals/10.1075/jemi.22016.sol#abstract_content



*Josep Soler is Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of
English, Stockholm University. His main research areas include: university
language policy, English-medium instruction, and linguistic justice. He is
the author of Language policy and the internationalization of universities
(Mouton, 2019), and "Linguistic injustice in academic publishing in
English: Limitations and ways forward in the debate" (Journal of English
for Research Publication Purposes, 2021).Kerttu Rozenvalde is Research
Fellow in Language Policy at the Institute of Estonian and General
Linguistics, University of Tartu. Her main research areas include language
policies, language ideologies, and Estonian as second language. She is
currently conducting research on the language policies implemented at the
University of Tartu and the language experiences of its academic staff and
students.*

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To catch up on previous talks in the series, please visit the LJS YouTube
channel: http://youtube.com/@linguisticjusticesociety

For more details about, and to subscribe to, the LJS, please visit:
https://hiw.kuleuven.be/ripple/research/linguisticjusticesociety

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