Beatriz Lorente

Sociolinguist | Lecturer, University of Bern | Author, Scripts of Servitude: Language, Labor Migration and Transnational Domestic Work

[Beatriz Lorente @BeaLorenteP]

@Jomercoe @Jomercoe I just read this (have been away from Twitter). Thank you.

[Beatriz Lorente @BeaLorenteP]

#Istoryahanay3 N’gugi wa Thiong’o: Languages can grow, but only on the graveyard of others.

[Language in Society @Language_In_Soc]

NEW FROM ISSUE 50(3)

"Jan Blommaert and the use of sociolinguistics: Critical, political, personal" by Ben Rampton

https://t.co/7by1S5sNiQ

[Beatriz Lorente @BeaLorenteP]

@jecondraysbak @mksgallego Thank YOU. Alisto kay amin ngamin. Sabi ko kay @TupasRuanni: parang talakayan sa AM radio. I loved it.

[Beatriz Lorente @BeaLorenteP]

Paraphrasing @mksgallego: Linguistic justice is inseparable from social justice. Looking forward to more conversations in this Twitter Space: #istoryahanay

[Beatriz Lorente @BeaLorenteP]

@nashtysmans I avoid using Global South/Global North too. I choose to use “Third World” even if it’s problematic too. “Third World” was adopted at the Bandung Conference - I think that’s a genealogy I can invoke/align with.

[Beatriz Lorente @BeaLorenteP]

@vpajaro Geez! I just saw this today! Still finding my way around.

[Jonathan Rosa @DrJonathanRosa]

Now that aspiring anti-racist academics are learning they should cite BIPOC scholars, especially women, please note it’s not just WHO you cite but HOW you cite—are BIPOC authors regarded as theorists or just case studies demonstrating the validity of white theorists’ concepts?

[victoria ogoegbunam okoye @_ogoegbunam_]

Seems that lots of the “decolonizing” that folks say they’re doing in academia is likely, upon critical reflection, mostly superficial, and probably a lot more like re-colonizing. Am I alone in thinking this? Becoming skeptical + ready to drop this key word from my approach...