☕ Great article to prompt class discussion on generational social changes over time. 🏫 And linguistic Narrative! 🐢Chat, plastic straws are so 2017.
Jacqueline Messing
@jacqmessing.bsky.social
Linguistic anthropologist-U Maryland-College Park. Ethnography, multilingualism, identity, Ed; Mexico y los USA. Bienvenidos à l'univers #UMDLangIDRacism umcp.academia.edu/JacquelineMessing
New interview up on my blog with fellow anthropologist, Anand Pandian, about his brilliant new book, "Something between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life and how to Take Them down." The book is a must-read for every American. almagottlieb.com/.../courageo...
Courageous Ethnography
A conversation between cultural anthropologists Alma Gottlieb, Claudia Strauss, & Anand Pandian about Pandian's new book, "Something between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life and How to Take The...
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Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32, aka #LavLang32, starts tomorrow!!! Check out our 5 awesome keynotes: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=2 and 4 parallel sessions of talks: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=389 #linguistics #sociolinguistics #queer #queerstudies #academia #conferences #Edinburgh
LavLang32 - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32
2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging
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And from the Singaporean context, Velda Khoo looks at how pro-Singlish activists challenge characterisations of Singlish as a “deficient” English, asking how their reasoning can inadvertently reinforce linguistic hierarchies 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
“Singlish Has Grammar Too!”: Colonial Recursivity in the Construction of Multilingualism in Singapore
Stakeholders often conceptualize Singlish as emblematic of the hybrid Singaporean condition, deploying it as a subversive linguistic symbol against an English-speaking leadership. This discourse anal...
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#UMDLangIDRacism www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
What happens when we lose a language?
A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake
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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat happens when we lose a language is that people have their human rights violated and their self-determination denied. They experience in justice and are harmed in multiple ways. So much more is at stake than culture, tradition, and knowledge. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
📣 Earn 3 credits this summer ☑️ exst.umd.edu/current-inco...
Jacqueline Messing@jacqmessing.bsky.social · 6mo agoSummer Credit courses in ✴️Educational Anthropology and ✴️Language & Racism, University of Maryland-CP. Online available. #UMDLangIDRacism @univofmaryland.bsky.social @soclinganth.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @langscistation.bsky.social
Summer Credit courses in ✴️Educational Anthropology and ✴️Language & Racism, University of Maryland-CP. Online available. #UMDLangIDRacism @univofmaryland.bsky.social @soclinganth.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @langscistation.bsky.social
Jacqueline Messing@jacqmessing.bsky.social · last yr.📣Happy to announce I'm teaching my Language & Racism course again 💻online later this Summer @univofmaryland.bsky.social. Content is shaped by former students (undergrad/grad) & input from folks over on the other platform in past. @umd-arhu.bsky.social ✅ exst.umd.edu/current-inco... Please share 📣
Post-doctoral Fellowships open at the amazing Kluge Center for Scholars, Library of Congress in DC. This is a truly wonderful place! www.loc.gov/programs/joh...
Fellowships | Chairs & Fellowships | The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Programs | Library of Congress
The following four fellowship programs are currently accepting applications with a deadline of September 15, 2026: The Kluge Fellowship, Fellowship in Digital Studies, David B. Larson Fellowship in He...
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Christian Ilbury@christianilbury.bsky.social · 8mo agoSuper happy to see our paper (w/ @riannawalcott.bsky.social) in Journal of Sociolinguistics: "‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’ 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We’re excited to announce our newest publication, BLACK ATLANTIC WORLDS!
A 10/29 AAA panel on public engagement with anthropology, “strategies for connecting with audiences beyond academia, from museum exhibitions to national media.” I’ll be there with the terrific scholars Barbara King and Tracie Canada. Join us! americananthro.org/event/promot...
Promoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological Association
Join acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ...
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I'm excited to teach #UMDLangIDRacism for the first time with readings from the new volume and companion site.
anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · 2y agoGlad to see that this classic has been updated -- will have to check it out!
📣Happy to announce I'm teaching my Language & Racism course again 💻online later this Summer @univofmaryland.bsky.social. Content is shaped by former students (undergrad/grad) & input from folks over on the other platform in past. @umd-arhu.bsky.social ✅ exst.umd.edu/current-inco... Please share 📣
Good article w/link to Prof. Vanessa Diaz' Bad Bunny Syllabus for those interested in race, discourse, music, Puerto Rico, pop culture #UMDLangIDRacism2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...
Bad Bunny (the College Course) Heads to the Ivy League
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Add to summer course ✅ #UMDLangIDRacism2025 (HT @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social)
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · last yr.Half the Answer #9: Trent and Caitlin talk with Dr. Aris Clemons about the illusion of objectivity, the futility of being “apolitical” in a political institution, ethnography and lived experience, “other ways of knowing,” and other concepts that get weaponized in attacks on the academy.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
And for some good news from Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla over on LinkedIn and @amyfou.bsky.social
AmyFou@amyfou.bsky.social · 2y agoNew #OpenAccess #linguistics #languageRights #languagePolicy #IndigenousLanguages journal just dropped, and a team I get to work with has an article in Vol 1, Issue 1! Huzzah! nflrc.hawaii.edu/ilrr/
Amidst all the chaos and upheaval in the education policy world, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social will be hiring several senior research associates in the coming months. Hopefully this helps some of the stellar education policy people find their footing again!
Check out SLA's brand-new Starter Pack and join the conversation! go.bsky.app/66Z6QWb
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Hannah Lukow@hannahlukow.bsky.social · 2y agoAre you teaching undergraduate students in a language-related course this semester? Or, do you know some undergraduate students interested in language? If so, I'd appreciate you sharing some info about a study I'm doing on podcasting and critical language awareness! bit.ly/psuplp
Well it's too late for this timely workshop but back over on the other platform I had found these posts by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social to be inspirational.
Laura Portwood-Stacer@lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 2y agoThe conditions we’re dealing with are making it so hard to focus on writing & scholarship. If you’d feel supported by having a dedicated hour to reconnect with why you’re writing a scholarly book in the first place, my free workshop on March 5 is for you courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/book...
#AWP IS COMING SOON and I’m thrilled to be joining this panel called Beyond Tiger Moms and Model Minorities: Imagining the Asian American Family w/ @salesses.bsky.social @kirstinchen.bsky.social @kimlet.bsky.social @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social!! Come see us on Thursday afternoon, 3/27!😎
So I've been (continually) reading the news, the country & world are a %&*+ mess with more suffering than ever. I'm going to hide out, grateful for work & other sustenance, drink my petit café & read, write, and edit, edit, edit from this little corner of my sociolinguistics/anthropology universe🕊️
Several scholars of color and marginalized academics have said this several times on Twitter and here, but many people remain there because that’s where their communities reside and there are huge exit costs. Not everyone has the PRIVILEGE to leave a community behind.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2y agoI'm at a point where I'm honestly vaguely surprised that anyone who isn't an admitted fascist (or at least fascist-comfortable) and/or a corporate account is still actively on the former Twitter. The best time to have left is long gone, but the second-best time is now. www.pcmag.com/opinions/my-...
In the face of these assaults on education & civil rights, students & faculty nationwide are organizing in their communities. Join us. The way to confront those intent on dismantling our democracy is to join together in mass action. Full statement here: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr... 12/12
AAUP President: ED's Office of Civil Rights Has Declared War on American Civil Rights in Education
A new statement by AAUP President Todd Wolfson speaks out against the potential elimination of federal funding for schools that support and celebrate students from diverse backgrounds, the latest blat...
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NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
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