Developing a materialist anti-racist approach to language activism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11294089
AutoresNelson Flores (0000-0003-3864-7806, University of Pennsylvania, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume36
Fascículo5
Data de publicação2017-01-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMultilingua (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0167-8507 • E-ISSN: 1613-3684
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/multi-2017-3045
OpenAlexW2756036874
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas11

The aim of this paper is to propose a materialist anti-racist approach to language activism. This approach combines Joshua Fishman’s pioneering work on language activism with critical race theory and the recent materialist turn in applied linguistics. A materialist anti-racist approach to language activism, positions language policy within broader efforts to dismantle racial and economic inequities. Using the case study of bilingual education programs in the United States, this paper points to the importance of accounting for the various non-linguistic factors that play a role both in terms of access to education as well as the experiences of students. It is noted that a failure to account for these non-linguistics factors, may lead bilingual education programs to inadvertently contribute to the marginalization of minoritized communities

Bilingual education · Critical race theory · Critical theory · Epistemology · Linguistics · Materialism · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Social activism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching