33.3846, FYI: Talk by Prof Nelya Koteyko

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-3846. Tue Dec 13 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.3846, FYI: Talk by Prof Nelya Koteyko

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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:42:52
From: Alessia Cogo [elt.journal.editor at gmail.com]
Subject: Talk by Prof Nelya Koteyko

 
SPEAKER: Prof Nelya Koteyko
TITLE: Stigma management strategies of autistic social media users
DAY/TIME: Zoom 14 Dec 2022, at 12:30 (GMT)

Autism is now commonly conceptualized as a form of neurodivergence, that is
“different, not less” (Fletcher-Watson and Happé, 2019: 23). The
neurodiversity movement has brought about new ethical and theoretical debates
by conceptualising autistic people as a minority group affected by a
stigmatised social status. This presentation considers how applied linguistics
can have a proactive engagement with these debates by contributing to the
understanding of stigma management on social media.

Drawing on social identity theory this seminar will distinguish between
individual (concealing minority group characteristics) and collective
(positively redeveloping the in-group) stigma management strategies. A
presentation of some of the results of the project
(https://autisticadultsonline.com) which focuses on the methodological
advantages and pitfalls of identifying stigma management strategies through a
corpus-assisted discourse analysis of Twitter and Facebook posts, and
semi-structured interviews with users.

The seminar, led by Professor Nelya Koteyko, will explore the appreciation for
the agency and creativity of autistic people; and shows how social stress and
past negative experiences of ‘offline’ social interactions continue to shape
autistic users’ linguistic choices on social media. Open to staff, students
and the public.

Please book a place through the Eventbrite link. 
https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=14082
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics





 



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