Decolonizing applied linguistics in Africa and its diasporas: disrupting the center

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/15427587.2023.2255324?src=getftr" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/15427587.2023.2255324?src=getftr</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15427587.2023.2255324" target="_blank" >10.1080/15427587.2023.2255324</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Decolonizing applied linguistics in Africa and its diasporas: disrupting the center

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The decolonization of applied linguistics is a critique of applied linguistics (see Phillipson, 1999; Phipps, 2018 and Pennycook &amp; Makoni, 2020). We argue for a shift toward the Global South, in particular Africa, and for the importance of paying attention to ‘race’ as a significant category of analysis in applied linguistics in Africa. Three points require attention in a decolonized applied linguistics: 1) The identification of northern sociolinguistic theories masked as universal and a shift toward Southern frameworks, 2) The acknowledgment of ‘white privilege’ and ‘white fragility’ in language studies, more generally, and the inclusion of ‘race’ as a category of analysis among authors, and 3) The under-representation of female African scholars. The challenges transcend an agenda that redresses exclusions, and the colonial past of linguistics and location in neoliberal times. We question principles underlying applied linguistics in the Global North, often based on patriarchal and capitalist impositions, and epistemological racism in applied linguistics. We argue for a decolonized applied linguistics which draws from indigenous cosmovisions. These cosmovisions sidestep the dualism that is typical of Global North scholarship: individual/collective, body/mind. We show that Euro-American applied linguistics is evolving toward Africa in particular fields

Název v anglickém jazyce

Decolonizing applied linguistics in Africa and its diasporas: disrupting the center

Popis výsledku anglicky

The decolonization of applied linguistics is a critique of applied linguistics (see Phillipson, 1999; Phipps, 2018 and Pennycook &amp; Makoni, 2020). We argue for a shift toward the Global South, in particular Africa, and for the importance of paying attention to ‘race’ as a significant category of analysis in applied linguistics in Africa. Three points require attention in a decolonized applied linguistics: 1) The identification of northern sociolinguistic theories masked as universal and a shift toward Southern frameworks, 2) The acknowledgment of ‘white privilege’ and ‘white fragility’ in language studies, more generally, and the inclusion of ‘race’ as a category of analysis among authors, and 3) The under-representation of female African scholars. The challenges transcend an agenda that redresses exclusions, and the colonial past of linguistics and location in neoliberal times. We question principles underlying applied linguistics in the Global North, often based on patriarchal and capitalist impositions, and epistemological racism in applied linguistics. We argue for a decolonized applied linguistics which draws from indigenous cosmovisions. These cosmovisions sidestep the dualism that is typical of Global North scholarship: individual/collective, body/mind. We show that Euro-American applied linguistics is evolving toward Africa in particular fields

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-19820S" target="_blank" >GA22-19820S: Jazykové a ‚rasové‘ identity Afričanů a Afro-Čechů v České republice</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Critical Inquiry in Language Studies

ISSN

1542-7587

e-ISSN

1542-7595

Svazek periodika

21

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

285-306

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85169897630