[Lgpolicy] VIDEO: Kubeka on “Linguistic Justice as an Epistemic Reparation"

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 Dear all

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

https://youtu.be/2tPtrHfU5nM?si=fWHccn8q3yuetTKB

Please feel free to distribute as you see fit.

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Date:    Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:16:33 -0500
From:    çağla çimendereli <caglacimendereli at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: LJS Webinar Tomorrow - “LINGUISTIC JUSTICE AS AN EPISTEMIC
REPARATION" Nomaswazi Zanele Kubeka (University of Johannesburg)

Dear all,

This is the last reminder for the next Linguistic Justice Society Webinar.
Nomaswazi Zanele Kubeka (University of Johannesburg) will present a paper
titled “LINGUISTIC JUSTICE AS AN EPISTEMIC REPARATION" on Tuesday, November
26th. Details are below.

Also, here is a list of the upcoming talks:
• January 2025: Kristin Snoddon (Toronto Metropolitan University), title TBD
• March 2025: Sergi Morales-Gálvez (University of Valencia), Núria
Franco-Guillén (Aberystwyth University), Toni Rodon (Pompeu Fabra
University), Bernat Puertas (Pompeu Fabra University) and Avel·lí Flors
(University of Barcelona), “Language and Political Trust in Multilingual
Settings”
• May 2025: Anna Drożdżowicz (Inland Norway University), title TBD

Best,
Cagla, Filippo, Yael, Sergi, and Seunghyun

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Nomaswazi Zanele Kubeka (University of Johannesburg)
"LINGUISTIC JUSTICE AS AN EPISTEMIC REPARATION"
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, at 9:00 EST // 15:00 CET // 19:30 IST //
Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 1:00 AEDT

Please fill out this form to receive the webinar link:
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Abstract
Often, cases of linguistic injustice are riddled with epistemic injustices,
and thus such cases not only require linguistic justice but also epistemic
forms of redress. In my view, these types of instances cannot solely be
addressed through standard methods for linguistic justice but also require
epistemic reparations. Therefore, in this talk, I argue for two points:
first, that this is because part of what is unjust in these cases is that
there is linguicism and epistemic harms that take place (or linguistic
epistemic injustice, Catala 2022). Second, that in such cases of injustice,
epistemic redress is necessary. To do this, I apply the epistemic injustice
framework to three cases of linguistic injustice in South Africa to capture
what is unjust and further problematize standard methods for linguistic
justice. Although I appeal to illustrations from South Africa for this
talk, the developments here have promising insights beyond the continent.
This research takes into account the interests of scholars across
disciplines concerned with linguistic (in)justice, language loss,
indigenous language preservation, and epistemic injustice. It also
contributes to recent work on epistemic reparations by Jennifer Lackey
(2022) and the growing scholarship on this topic. I will proceed as follows
in this talk: I begin by defining linguistic injustice and introducing key
concepts from epistemic injustice. Thereafter, I illustrate three cases of
linguistic injustice in South Africa, and based on these cases, I pin down
the linguistic problem and the epistemic harm in each case. Following this
discussion, I introduce and critique the extant approach from standard
theories of linguistic justice. Finally, I argue that epistemic forms of
redress may better help address issues of linguistic injustice where there
are epistemic harms identified and use the epistemic reparations approach
for each case.

Short Bio
Nomaswazi Kubeka is a doctoral candidate at the University of
Johannesburg’s (UJ) Philosophy Department, recipient of the ACEPS PhD
research scholarship, and previous recipient of the Indigenous Languages in
Philosophy MA scholarship (2020-2021). She holds a BA in Politics,
Philosophy, and Economics from UJ where she also obtained her Honours and
Master’s qualifications. Her Honours research focused on the Metaethics of
Ubuntu and her Master’s (which she obtained with distinction) on African
Indigenous Languages and Epistemic Oppression. Her PhD research is titled
“Linguistic Justice and Epistemic Redress”. It is an interdisciplinary
study that draws on three different branches of philosophy, namely the
philosophy of language, epistemic (in)justice and epistemic oppression, and
African philosophy. This research aims to bring to light the value and
importance of linguistic redress for indigenous languages, indigenous
knowledge systems, and groups.
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