[Lgpolicy] REMINDER: Linguistic Justice Society Webinar May 29th Wednesday

Thu May 23 09:40:53 UTC 2024

 Dear all,

This is a reminder for the upcoming talk of the Linguistic Justice Society
webinar series on May 29th, next week. Nicole Marinaro (Ulster University)
& Cecilia Gialdini (University of Edinburgh) will present a paper titled
"LINGUISTIC JUSTICE IN HEALTHCARE: MACRO AND MICRO PERSPECTIVES".

And there is another talk lined up for June 12th - Josep Soler Carbonell
(Stockholm University) & Kerttu Rozenvalde (University of Tartu) will
present a paper titled "LINGUISTIC DOMINATION OR DISCRIMINATION? LINGUISTIC
JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY".

Please see below for details and registration links.

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 JUSTICE IN HEALTHCARE: MACRO AND MICRO PERSPECTIVES"*
Nicole Marinaro (Ulster) & Cecilia Gialdini (Edinburgh)
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 09:00 EDT // 15:00 CEST // 18:30 IST

Abstract - Extensive medical research confirms the detrimental consequences
of communication issues in healthcare contexts, supporting the employment
of bilingual healthcare staff and/or the provision of professional
translation and interpreting services. This presentation addresses
linguistic justice in healthcare from a macro and micro point of view,
adopting perspectives pertaining to the realms of social policy and
sociolinguistics.

In social policy, linguistic justice is conceptualised as a parameter to
measure the fairness of language policies. Cecilia presents an instrument
to evaluate healthcare policies to address the state's performance.
Inspired by the capability approach, access to healthcare is defined as a
language-based capability and assessed through a synthetic indicator that
allows cross-country comparison.

As regards the field of sociolinguistics, Nicole discusses the application
to the medical domain of the concept of linguistic unease, “a situation in
which speakers feel that their pragmatic linguistic competence is not
fitting the communicative requirements of the linguistic act they are about
to perform – or even that the symbolic value of their speech acts is
perceived as misplaced” (Iannàccaro et al., 2018: 367). Examining the
patterns of linguistic unease from a subject-centred perspective can allow
us to identify and target issues related to sociolinguistic justice in
relevant societies.

To conclude, we present potential recommendations and future research
trajectories.

Iannàccaro, G., Dell’Aquila, V. & Gobbo, F. (2018), The Assessment of
Sociolinguistic Justice: Parameters and Models of Analysis. In: Gazzola M.,
Wickström, B.-A. & Templin, T. (eds.), Language Policy and Linguistic
Justice: Economic, Philosophical and Sociolinguistic Approaches, 363-391.
Berlin / New York: Springer.

*Nicole Marinaro is a PhD candidate at Ulster University. Her research
focuses on the management of communication towards minority language
speakers in the public healthcare sector, taking an interdisciplinary
approach at the crossroad between public policy and
sociolinguistics.Cecilia Gialdini is a postdoctoral fellow at the
University of Edinburgh, collaborating on the project “TEAMS-Teaching that
Matters for Migrant Students”, and a research associate at the Centre For
Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. Her work focuses on
language policies, intersectionality and social justice.*
To receive the weblink for the talk, please fill out this form (if
possible, using your institutional academic email address):
https://forms.gle/QSNR2m3cyg2gp8fr5

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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.*

To receive the weblink for the talk, please fill out this form (if
possible, using your institutional academic email address):
https://forms.gle/z6Bcmq98ZLR9eU9PA

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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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