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WP307 Decolonising language in the city: Multilingual repertoires, institutional practice and civic engagement in a UK urban setting
2023
In this paper I examine how multilingual spaces emerge within institutions across a number of sectors in the city. Drawing on their repertoires of linguistic resources actors (institutional agents and clients) assume agency to change practice and …
Key words: civic engagement, decolonisation, higher education, language policy, multilingualism
WP259 Decolonising linguistics: A southern African textbook project
2019
This paper uses a decolonial lens to explore the development of a southern African Linguistics textbook. Working with Santos's sociology of emergences, it argues that the project created a participatory space which enabled emerging academics to …
Key words: decolonisation, textbooks