#translingualism — Public Fediverse posts

#CfP for the conference "A New Babel: #Multilingualism, #Translingualism, and #Translation in Contemporary #Literature", which will take place at the University of Verona on May 26 and 27, 2025.

🗓️Deadline for abstracts: January 28, 2025

📌More information: https://www.avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/a-new-babel-multilingualism-translingualism-and-translation-in-contemporary-literature-verona/ #LiteratureTranslation #LiteratureMultilingualism @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #fidavlnews

Update. "We first introduce #translingualism and #ELF [English as a lingua franca] as equally legitimate multilingual theories. Next, we identify [their similarities and differences]…Finally, we lay out a vision for how this transdisciplinary, collaborative dialogue can help realize more equitable #multilingualism."
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/eduling-2023-0012/html

#MultilingualResearch

Today also made me reflect on our article, the 'limits of #translingualism':

https://apples.journal.fi/article/view/114738

I attended a UK academic webinar on 'decolonising the university and linguistic diversity' and couldn't help feeling how introspective and conservative it was - no mention of deep colonial structures (such as capitalism), powers (eg prejudice), political mechanisms (eg visas, brexit, fees), agencies (the choices we make) or how change is actioned beyond being 'reflexive'

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#CriticalRealism

Noticing v. anecdotally - in #academia - how quickly 'n often monoligual speakers of English in my #UK context go on the defensive (in their tone of voice - a mix of sarcasm/affront) when presented with non-English sources and references: eg. 'would be nice to have an English plug-in for that!' or 'not all of us are multilingual' and 'I don't feel this is a very inclusive space'.

#MonoLingualism #MultiLingualism
#TransLingualism
#LinguisticImperialism #PunchingUp
#PunchingDown
#HigherEducation

Can we decolonise our doctoral training (https://wonkhe.com/blogs/can-we-decolonise-our-doctoral-training/ as well as the comments)?

"When we teach mentoring and coaching skills, we may tell participants to *adopt a paused speech pattern for effective listening*. However, for some cultural backgrounds and ethnicities, reflective pauses in conversation can be perceived as uncertainty, hostility or even rudeness."

Thinking of this also in relation to #MultiLingualism #TransLingualism in #AcWri practices #DoctoralWriting

Should we?

For anyone interested in Writing Studies, the latest #WRAB2023 programme has been uploaded (February 2023 in Trondheim, Norway).

Anyone else o #AcademicMastodon who's going?

#AcWri #WritingAcrossBorders #HigherEducation #WritingStudies #WritingForPublication #TransLingualism #WritingAssessment
https://www.ntnu.edu/wrab23/program