Jessica Birnie‐smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 158644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Birnie‐smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Birnie‐smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1586-5635 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Doing multilingualism through transnational linguistic landscaping: The MultiDiv experience
Linguistic Landscape (LL) is a valuable pedagogical approach and tool. • LL allows students to link political and social processes with language use. • LL can usefully link project-based learning and students’ linguistic repertoires. • Student autonomy and student-led learning needs to be scaffolded properly. • LL can lead to student agency and empowerment. This paper explores Linguistic Landscape (LL) as a pedagogical approach that fosters stude…
Sign language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program
Around the globe, beginner sign language programs have seen surging enrolments in recent years. Yet relatively few learners progress to higher‐level sign language study. In this article, we explore factors shaping retention and attrition among a cohort of 70 beginner Australian Sign Language (Auslan) students studying in a vocational education context. We explore the influence of both demographic variables and measures of study approach via a que…
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization
This article advocates for a 'sociolinguistics of deglobalization' that focuses on the sociolinguistic impacts of major shifts in the world system that have taken place since 2008 and have become particularly salient amidst the covid pandemic. Drawing on case studies of China, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, we describe the period after 2008 as an emerging post-neoliberal epoch characterized by the intensifying of state power, constrained resis…
Framing shared knowledge: The chronotopic organisation of meaning
Invigorating Indonesian studies in Australia through collaborative, online education practices
From Star Trek to The Hunger Games: Emblem gestures in science fiction and their uptake in popular culture
Research on emblems to date has not drawn on corpus methods that use public data. In this paper, we use corpus methods to explore the use of original fictional gestures in the real world. We look at two examples from popular science fiction, the Vulcan salute from Star Trek and the three-finger salute from The Hunger Games . First, a Twitter corpus of the Vulcan salute emoji shows that it is used to represent Star Trek fandom and wider nerd cultu…
An annotated interview with Beastwars: Language, identity and place in New Zealand metal
In 2021, we interviewed Matt Hyde of Wellington’s Beastwars for our ethnographic podcast Lingua Brutallica as part of a project exploring language in metal scenes outside of America and Europe. In this annotated interview, we edit, discuss and frame the content of the interview in relation to how Hyde’s comments shed light on important conflicts between personal, local and global understandings of what makes ‘metal’ lyrics and music. The intervie…
The politics of fear and the suppression of Indigenous language activism in Asia: Prospects for the United Nations’ Decade of Indigenous Languages
This article discusses how state suppression of human rights activism and restrictions on civil society are likely to impact the implementation of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032, hereafter “the Decade”). We focus on China, India, and Indonesia, the three most populous and linguistically diverse countries in Asia. Drawing on a range of reports from human rights organizations and materials from academic …
Framing variation and intersectional identities within Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority
Variationist researchers are increasingly adopting intersectionality approaches to analyse identity-linked practice. However, the field of sociolinguistic variation is yet to embrace the full ramifications of intersectionality as an analytical framework. The current paper offers a new method for integrating intersectional approaches into variationist studies by operationalising Blommaert, Jan & Anna De Fina. 2017. Chronotopic identities: On the t…
Investigating Structure and Agency in Chinese Indonesians' Identity Work
Research shows that structure and agency are components of both micro and macro articulations of identity (Bucholtz and Hall, 2005). However, some scholars (e.g., Block 2013, 2015; Sealey and Carter 2004; Gao 2017) argue that structure and agency often receive unequal attention, with many studies focusing more on agency when examining identity work. This paper attempts to rectify this imbalance by adopting a chronotopic approach to examine quanti…
Superdiversity and translocal brutality in Asian extreme metal lyrics
The impact of language and phenotype in classifications of ethnicity
This paper examines how ethnic Chinese Indonesian college students from West Kalimantan classified others’ ethnic identity by drawing on perceptions of language and phenotype. Several studies have demonstrated the undeniable effect of phenotype on an individual’s perception of their own and others’ ethnic identit(ies). Additionally, numerous studies have highlighted the role of language in constructing and interpreting ethnic identity. However, u…
Ethnic identity and language choice across online forums
This paper examines the language choice and ethnic identity construction online of four young Chinese Indonesians from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The study draws on a combination of Social Identity model of De-individuation Effects (SIDE) theory and audience design theory to formulate a hypothesis about participants' linguistic behaviour within different social circumstances online. Broadly, the hypothesis stated that participants would adjust t…
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization
This article advocates for a 'sociolinguistics of deglobalization' that focuses on the sociolinguistic impacts of major shifts in the world system that have taken place since 2008 and have become particularly salient amidst the covid pandemic. Drawing on case studies of China, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, we describe the period after 2008 as an emerging post-neoliberal epoch characterized by the intensifying of state power, constrained resis…
The politics of fear and the suppression of Indigenous language activism in Asia: Prospects for the United Nations’ Decade of Indigenous Languages
This article discusses how state suppression of human rights activism and restrictions on civil society are likely to impact the implementation of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032, hereafter “the Decade”). We focus on China, India, and Indonesia, the three most populous and linguistically diverse countries in Asia. Drawing on a range of reports from human rights organizations and materials from academic …
Superdiversity and translocal brutality in Asian extreme metal lyrics
Investigating Structure and Agency in Chinese Indonesians' Identity Work
Research shows that structure and agency are components of both micro and macro articulations of identity (Bucholtz and Hall, 2005). However, some scholars (e.g., Block 2013, 2015; Sealey and Carter 2004; Gao 2017) argue that structure and agency often receive unequal attention, with many studies focusing more on agency when examining identity work. This paper attempts to rectify this imbalance by adopting a chronotopic approach to examine quanti…
The impact of language and phenotype in classifications of ethnicity
This paper examines how ethnic Chinese Indonesian college students from West Kalimantan classified others’ ethnic identity by drawing on perceptions of language and phenotype. Several studies have demonstrated the undeniable effect of phenotype on an individual’s perception of their own and others’ ethnic identit(ies). Additionally, numerous studies have highlighted the role of language in constructing and interpreting ethnic identity. However, u…
Ethnic identity and language choice across online forums
This paper examines the language choice and ethnic identity construction online of four young Chinese Indonesians from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The study draws on a combination of Social Identity model of De-individuation Effects (SIDE) theory and audience design theory to formulate a hypothesis about participants' linguistic behaviour within different social circumstances online. Broadly, the hypothesis stated that participants would adjust t…
The impact of language and phenotype in classifications of ethnicity
This paper examines how ethnic Chinese Indonesian college students from West Kalimantan classified others’ ethnic identity by drawing on perceptions of language and phenotype. Several studies have demonstrated the undeniable effect of phenotype on an individual’s perception of their own and others’ ethnic identit(ies). Additionally, numerous studies have highlighted the role of language in constructing and interpreting ethnic identity. However, u…
Superdiversity and translocal brutality in Asian extreme metal lyrics
Investigating Structure and Agency in Chinese Indonesians' Identity Work
Research shows that structure and agency are components of both micro and macro articulations of identity (Bucholtz and Hall, 2005). However, some scholars (e.g., Block 2013, 2015; Sealey and Carter 2004; Gao 2017) argue that structure and agency often receive unequal attention, with many studies focusing more on agency when examining identity work. This paper attempts to rectify this imbalance by adopting a chronotopic approach to examine quanti…
Invigorating Indonesian studies in Australia through collaborative, online education practices
From Star Trek to The Hunger Games: Emblem gestures in science fiction and their uptake in popular culture
Research on emblems to date has not drawn on corpus methods that use public data. In this paper, we use corpus methods to explore the use of original fictional gestures in the real world. We look at two examples from popular science fiction, the Vulcan salute from Star Trek and the three-finger salute from The Hunger Games . First, a Twitter corpus of the Vulcan salute emoji shows that it is used to represent Star Trek fandom and wider nerd cultu…
An annotated interview with Beastwars: Language, identity and place in New Zealand metal
In 2021, we interviewed Matt Hyde of Wellington’s Beastwars for our ethnographic podcast Lingua Brutallica as part of a project exploring language in metal scenes outside of America and Europe. In this annotated interview, we edit, discuss and frame the content of the interview in relation to how Hyde’s comments shed light on important conflicts between personal, local and global understandings of what makes ‘metal’ lyrics and music. The intervie…
The politics of fear and the suppression of Indigenous language activism in Asia: Prospects for the United Nations’ Decade of Indigenous Languages
This article discusses how state suppression of human rights activism and restrictions on civil society are likely to impact the implementation of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032, hereafter “the Decade”). We focus on China, India, and Indonesia, the three most populous and linguistically diverse countries in Asia. Drawing on a range of reports from human rights organizations and materials from academic …
Framing variation and intersectional identities within Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority
Variationist researchers are increasingly adopting intersectionality approaches to analyse identity-linked practice. However, the field of sociolinguistic variation is yet to embrace the full ramifications of intersectionality as an analytical framework. The current paper offers a new method for integrating intersectional approaches into variationist studies by operationalising Blommaert, Jan & Anna De Fina. 2017. Chronotopic identities: On the t…
Framing shared knowledge: The chronotopic organisation of meaning
Doing multilingualism through transnational linguistic landscaping: The MultiDiv experience
Linguistic Landscape (LL) is a valuable pedagogical approach and tool. • LL allows students to link political and social processes with language use. • LL can usefully link project-based learning and students’ linguistic repertoires. • Student autonomy and student-led learning needs to be scaffolded properly. • LL can lead to student agency and empowerment. This paper explores Linguistic Landscape (LL) as a pedagogical approach that fosters stude…
Sign language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program
Around the globe, beginner sign language programs have seen surging enrolments in recent years. Yet relatively few learners progress to higher‐level sign language study. In this article, we explore factors shaping retention and attrition among a cohort of 70 beginner Australian Sign Language (Auslan) students studying in a vocational education context. We explore the influence of both demographic variables and measures of study approach via a que…
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization
This article advocates for a 'sociolinguistics of deglobalization' that focuses on the sociolinguistic impacts of major shifts in the world system that have taken place since 2008 and have become particularly salient amidst the covid pandemic. Drawing on case studies of China, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, we describe the period after 2008 as an emerging post-neoliberal epoch characterized by the intensifying of state power, constrained resis…
Sociology (11 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Indonesian (4 works)