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7 - Academia and Advocacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2024

Yaron Matras
Affiliation:
Aston University and the University of Haifa
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Academia can instigate policy debates. Data collection instruments like the Census are framed in a monolingual mindset that makes it difficult to obtain a full picture of language diversity, while the smart city concept can be applied to language to capture a wider range of data. In using language to determine origin and entitlement to refugee status, we interrogated prevailing concepts and enriched judicial procedures by offering new methods of analysis and interpretation, helping to ensure a more just consideration of claims. The chapter also describes the managerial culture of control over the public narrative around the value of modern languages that aimed essentially at protecting the sector and existing ontologies. The chapter concludes with a consideration of locality studies as a new, alternative framework through which to engage in the study of local languages and forge international connections.

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Speech and the City
Multilingualism, Decoloniality and the Civic University
, pp. 118 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Academia and Advocacy
  • Yaron Matras, Aston University and the University of Haifa
  • Book: Speech and the City
  • Online publication: 23 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108757959.008
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  • Academia and Advocacy
  • Yaron Matras, Aston University and the University of Haifa
  • Book: Speech and the City
  • Online publication: 23 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108757959.008
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  • Academia and Advocacy
  • Yaron Matras, Aston University and the University of Haifa
  • Book: Speech and the City
  • Online publication: 23 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108757959.008
Available formats
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