I propose and discuss decolonial language awareness (DLA) as a framework for understanding and countering the erasure of Indigenous languages in the context of textual modernity.
Decolonial language awareness: a land-centred lens for confronting Indigenous language erasure. With Yaakthung youth in Nepal, it shows how land-based learning helps reclaim knowledge, disrupt dominant ideologies, and make space for Indigenous ways of languaging. Abs.=Nepali
Decolonial language awareness: a land-centred lens for confronting Indigenous language erasure. With Yaakthung youth in Nepal, it shows how land-based learning helps reclaim knowledge, disrupt dominant ideologies, and make space for Indigenous ways of languaging. Abs.=Nepali
📖✨Join us for a hybrid book talk on Time in Education Policy Transfer by Gita Steiner-Khamsi.
🗓 15 Sept 2025 | 16:00–17:15 CEST (10:00–11:15 EST)
Organized by @NORRAG with @KIXEMAP, @TeachersCollege & @GVAGrad
🔗 Register: https://t.co/prvXlS8jNJ
I’ll be stepping into the role of Dean of International at the Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University. Always open to new partnerships - feel free to reach out! @CurtinH@CurtinUni
Leaning into more heritage language-learning opportunities would build international ties along with individuals’ connections to their families and communities! @sophiasgaler https://t.co/PrqwlOFCFH
📚New article in @CERJournal
“Public Schooling and Linguistic Diversity in Nepal” by Prem Phyak & Peshal Khanal. @premphyak
English-medium “model schools” may deepen inequalities and erase local languages.
@TeachersCollege
Read more: https://t.co/fUt1YxXloZ
#Nepal#education
Nice surprise today—received the proofs for my chapter, “Whatever you do, don't give up!”: A Scottish Gael’s Language Reclamation Journey, which will appear in Untold Autoethnographic Stories of (In)Justice, Teaching, and Scholarship, edited by Ari Sherris and Joy Peyton.
[please share] University College London is advertising a Lectureship in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Language Teaching and Technology. You can find more details about the role here:
https://t.co/WTfQU8byPI