Africa
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October 2024: A Global Platform for Promoting African Languages: the AFLC Story
This month’s commentary is contributed by Avishta Seeras. The African Languages Conference (AFLC) was born out of a shared passion for the promotion and preservation of Africa’s rich linguistic heritage. In a world where languages are increasingly endangered, AFLC emerged as a beacon of hope for the continent’s languages. Founded by myself and Ady Namaran…
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August 2024: The Bridge as a Cultural Confluence: Interpreting Language and Justice in Kakuma Refugee Camp
This month’s Spotlight was prepared by Ifigeneia Gianne, an undergraduate student at Bard College who is majoring in Anthropology and Theater. As an international student from Greece, Ifigeneia is no stranger to issues of language and culture. As part of her studies, she has had the opportunity to closely analyze a recent film that introduces…
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Leigh Swigart
Leigh Swigart, Ph.D. Language, Culture and Justice Hub Coordinator Fellow in Research and Practice – EHCN and CHRA Bard College/Open Society University Network [email protected] Read Leigh’s Spotlights on Language, Culture and Justice: October 2019, November 2019, December 2019, November 2021, December 2022, and February 2024. I have worked for many years in the field of international justice, but…
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Maya Angela Smith
Associate Professor of French University of Washington Seattle, Washington USA [email protected] Having received my PhD in romance languages and linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, I investigate identity formations among marginalized groups in the African diaspora, particularly in the postcolonial francophone world. Much of my work has been focused on Senegal and its diaspora.…
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Laurence Simon
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts, USA [email protected] I am a cultural geographer at the Heller School at Brandeis where I serve as the Professor of International Development and Director of the Center for Global Development and Sustainability. I’ve worked in many settings around the world including Central America, Southern…
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Anaïk Pian
Maître de conférences l’Université de Strasbourg (Laboratoire DynamE) Strasbourg, France [email protected] Je suis sociologue et mes recherches portent sur les migrations internationales, les frontières et l’interprétariat dans l’asile et dans le domaine de la santé. J’ai récemment mené un terrain ethnographique sur l’interprétariat à la Cour nationale du droit d’asile (article à paraître dans la…
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Laura Kunreuther
Associate Professor and Director of Anthropology Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York [email protected] Read Laura’s September 2021 Spotlight on Language, Culture and Justice. My research and teaching center on themes such as sound, voice, translation/interpretation, technology and media, social suffering, affect, cultural memory, and urban public culture. My first book, “Voicing Subjects: Public Intimacy and Mediation in…
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Jonneke Koomen
Associate Professor of Politics and Sociology Co-chair, Women’s and Gender Studies Willamette University Salem, Oregon [email protected] I am associate professor of politics, sociology, and women’s and gender studies. I received a PhD in political science from the University of Minnesota. I trained as a critical international relations scholar, though I draw on a broad range…
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Ahmed El Khamloussy
Translator, Course Director, Lecturer Court Interpreter International Criminal Court The Hague, Netherlands [email protected] My linguistic journey started in my native Morocco, where I obtained undergraduate degrees in English and American literature, and Arabic-English translation. For my Master of Arts in translation at the University of Ottawa, I wrote a thesis consisting of a commented translation…
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Michelle Auzanneau
Full Professor Population and Development Center Convergences Migration Institute University of Paris Paris, France [email protected] I am a sociolinguist whose work focuses on the variability of language practices in interaction with and in relation to global sociolinguistic dynamics (linked to urbanization, mobility, contacts, etc.). Whether in France or in Africa, I have worked on sociolinguistic…
