An Introduction to Language and Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9780367725310 / Twarda / 2024 / 184 str.

Patricia Baquedano-Lopez

Opis

This innovative, interdisciplinary course textbook is designed to provide the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the intersections of language, inequality, and social justice in North America, using the applied linguistic anthropology (ALA) framework.

Recenzje

"Rooted in a profound commitment to engaged scholarship, Avineri and Baquedano-López’s An Introduction to Language and Social Justice is a pathbreaking contribution which powerfully synthesizes diverse insights and generously offers multiple entry points for dynamic praxis linking communication to the creation of more just societies."

Jonathan Rosa, Stanford University, USA

"As a comprehensive review of the tenets of language and social justice research, An Introduction to Language and Social Justice adeptly synthesizes a heretofore heterogeneous collection of scholarship into one unified text. The book is expertly designed as a pedagogical tool with social justice principles at its base."

Robin Conley Riner, Marshall University, USA

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Preface

Chapter 1: Applied Linguistic Anthropology and Social Justice

Chapter 2: Centering Language: A Lexicon for Language and Social Justice Issues (LSJIs)

Chapter 3: What Is: Applied Linguistic Anthropological Methods for LSJI Inquiry

Chapter 4: What Has Been: Deepening the Connections between Past and Present

Chapter 5: What Could Be: Relationships, Aspirations, and Actions

Chapter 6: Now What

Index

O autorze

Netta Avineri is a Professor of Language Teacher Education and Intercultural Communication at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, where she also serves as the Intercultural Competence Committee Chair and Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Graduate Education Pillar Lead.

Patricia Baquedano-López is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Linguistics. She is co-founding and core faculty of the doctoral Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization.