{"id":1641,"date":"2021-07-02T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T08:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-fr\/events\/dtu-calidie-lecture-in-multilingualism-and-learning-decolonizing-sociolinguistics-project-and-or-provocation\/"},"modified":"2021-07-02T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T08:13:31","slug":"dtu-calidie-lecture-in-multilingualism-and-learning-decolonizing-sociolinguistics-project-and-or-provocation","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-fr\/events\/dtu-calidie-lecture-in-multilingualism-and-learning-decolonizing-sociolinguistics-project-and-or-provocation\/","title":{"rendered":"DTU CALIDIE Lecture in Multilingualism and Learning: Decolonizing Sociolinguistics &#8211; Project and\/or Provocation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>Online lecture: <a href=\"https:\/\/unilu.webex.com\/webappng\/sites\/unilu\/meeting\/info\/b29cbafe582647639dfbe47bc2e741fc?siteurl=unilu&#038;MTID=m689e57c9fbc541957807b35d43a53999&#038;meetingAuthToken=QUhTSwAAAAV8vl8%2Bul4cJOrb0iTWtDn94tYyv4U77%2Bb0rl2QogroWSASpI%2F8oaGbXfsWyyD1hiPuCmSTu9BaWvQnBfc4M2tTxjcy0peUS2i4bGOVqiBj9UpynyhtthfvFGo0PLYnQlw9QrXo6Ro3M7%2FgIqnMoKd%2FYHRIUB85oWEXIKsTIWDu5GyESPQXVlhettbIi4Wmld10PasytJidp13bCxwgi9KJTm1GIg42KaAWdEx29M%2F4yA%3D%3D\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">WebEx link<\/a><\/p><p>At first glance sociolinguistics might seem an unlikely candidate for decolonization. Yet, as Monica Heller and Bonnie McElhinney (2017) have shown in Language, Capitalism, Colonialism, the genealogy of sociolinguistics is entangled with coloniality and neocolonialism. I will expand on their argument and show how, for example, Franz Boas\u2019 work cannot be understood outside of the \u2018mind blindness\u2019 and \u2018other blindness\u2019 (Long 2021) that defines coloniality and imperialism. I will argue that decolonization is not just an act of uncovering, deconstructing and unlearning, it is also an act of building new worlds. It is equally about \u2018dismantling the master\u2019s house\u2019 (Audre Lorde) as it is about building new intellectual homes (Sara Ahmed). In my talk I will sketch a possible vision for a \u2018decolonized sociolinguistics\u2019 that recognizes (i) the persistence of coloniality as an oppressive force, (ii) recognizes the importance of ante- and anti-colonial practices and ontologies of language, and (iii) reflects on ethics and politics as core dimensions of future sociolinguistic work.<\/p><p>Ana Deumert is Professor at the University of Cape Town. Her research program is located within the broad field of sociolinguistics and has a strong transdisciplinary focus. Her current work explores the use of language in global political movements as well as the contributions decolonial thought can make to sociolinguistic theory.<\/p><p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong><\/p><p>cyril.wealer@uni.lu<\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1642,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"event_start_date":"2021-07-06 16:00:00","event_end_date":"2021-07-06 17:30:00","event_speaker_name":"Ana Deumert, University of Cape Town","event_speaker_link":"","event_is_online":false,"event_location":"Online lecture ","event_street":"","event_location_link":"","event_zip_code":"","event_city":"","event_country":"LU"},"events-topic":[305],"events-type":[],"organisation":[170,146],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DTU CALIDIE Lecture in Multilingualism and Learning: Decolonizing Sociolinguistics - Project and\/or Provocation? - FHSE I Uni.lu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Online lecture: WebEx linkAt first glance sociolinguistics might seem an unlikely candidate for decolonization. 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