Social inclusion – Language on the Move

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Whiteness, Accents, and Children’s Media

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and…

Brynn QuickDecember 24, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and globalization

Migration, constraints, and suffering

Supermarket in Naples (Image credit: Marco Santello) A key part of the experience of migration is not being in full control of one’s circumstances and doings. In this episode, Ingrid…

Ingrid PillerOctober 14, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Language policy at an abortion clinic

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Ella van Hest (Ghent University, Belgium) about her ethnographic research related to language diversity at an…

Brynn QuickJuly 5, 2024

Language and law

No Justice Without Language Rights

Editor's note: In this conversation with Irene Gotera, Founder of Linguistic Justice®, she discusses her work, her global advocacy for language rights, and her overarching perspective for creating language justice:…

Language on the MoveJune 5, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Between Deaf and hearing cultures

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with writer and researcher Jessica Kirkness about her 2023 memoir, The House With All The Lights…

Emily PachecoJune 1, 2024

Intercultural communication

I’m Dying to Speak to You

Flag for autism rights (Image credit: Deviantart) In this post written for autism acceptance month, autistic anthropologist Gerald Roche discusses connections between the communication styles and life expectancy of autistic…

Gerald RocheApril 17, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Covid-19

Reducing Barriers to Language Assistance in Hospital

Hospital corridor, by Sadami Konchi © In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Erin Mulpur about how hospitals can provide linguistic minority…

Brynn QuickMarch 26, 2024

Language and migration Language in Australia

How language and race mediate migrant inclusion

Video available at Faculti: https://faculti.net/like-the-fish-not-in-water/ Editor's note: Despite its diversity, Australia continues to be imagined as a White nation. In this post, which is also available as a 20-minute video,…

Donna ButoracFebruary 20, 2024

Next Gen Literacies

Legacies of the Next Generation Literacies Network

The Next Generation Literacies Network is hosting its network conference devoted to “Social Participation in Linguistically Diverse Societies” at Hamburg University this week. I take this opportunity to share my…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 10, 2024

Next Gen Literacies

Auslan in Australia: Fighting for a Voice

Auslan interpreter Stephen Nicholson gained prominence in Tasmania during Covid (Image credit: The Advocate) When you think about Australia’s linguistic diversity, which languages come to mind? Based on the nation’s…

Natalie DavisDecember 13, 2023

News

Linguistic Inclusion Today

***This page was updated on Dec 05, 2023. Presentation abstracts are now available at the bottom of this page.*** Join us on Thursday, December 14, at Macquarie University for a…

Language on the MoveNovember 24, 2023

News

CfP: Conceptual and methodological challenges in linguistic inclusion

We are looking for contributors to a workshop about “Conceptual and methodological challenges in linguistic inclusion.” When: Thursday, December 14, 2023, full day Where: Macquarie University Keynote speakers: Dr Alexandra…

Language on the MoveOctober 30, 2023

Next Gen Literacies

The Complexities of Simplifying Language

Nagoya City poster titled “Pleasant Communication with Simple Japanese”. Note the play on words for “Nagoya” and “pleasant” (nagoyaka) “Cheers, mate.” It’s a cold January night in Hokkaido, Japan, the…

Emily BaileyOctober 23, 2023

Language and migration Next Gen Literacies

Meet the people behind “Life in a new language”

Extract from cover of "Life in a new Language" by Sadami Konchi (©Sadami Konchi) Are you excitedly waiting for the publication of Life in a new language? Life in a…

Ingrid PillerSeptember 6, 2023

Language and law Next Gen Literacies

Linguistic Inclusion in Public Health Communications

The Linguistic Justice Society has kindly recorded and uploaded my webinar from July 2023, ‘Linguistic Inclusion and Good Governance in Multilingual Australia'. The webinar draws together three studies, two with…

Alexandra GreySeptember 1, 2023

News Next Gen Literacies

Curing confusion: Brynn Quick wins 3MT competition award

Congratulations to Brynn Quick, whose entry into the 3-minute-thesis competition won the Macquarie University Department of Linguistics People's Choice Award yesterday! Brynn's research examines what happens when people go to…

Language on the MoveAugust 9, 2023

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