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Translanguaging as Embodied Language Policy in Critical Inquiries about Linguistic Justice Across Generations and Contexts
Sun, April 12, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (9:45 to 11:15am PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 308ASession Type: Symposium
Abstract
This symposium shares the stories and impacts of five critical inquiries where translanguaging as embodied language policy advanced goals towards linguistic justice. We explore how stakeholders in diverse contexts engage as language policymakers in implicit and explicit ways through translanguaging: elementary children in Florida, high school newcomer youth in Colorado, Zapotec-speaking young adults in México, bilingual educators in two different US contexts, and BIPOC community members in the midwestern US. Our discussion centers the complex ways in which implicit language policy interacts with explicit language policy for participants in diverse positions in educational decision and policymaking. We hope to begin conceptualizing how translanguaging as embodied language policy can be a tool for linguistic justice and liberatory organizing.
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Chairs
Daniel Garzon, California State University - Los Angeles
Laura Meinzen, University of Colorado - Boulder
Papers
Children as Language Policymakers through their Translanguaging Practices in a Dual Language School - Daniel Garzon, California State University - Los Angeles
High School Newcomer Youth as Language Policymakers: Translanguaging in a Multilingual Student Advisory Council - Adria Padilla-Chavez, University of Colorado - Boulder; Laura Meinzen, University of Colorado - Boulder; Deborah K. Palmer, University of Colorado - Boulder; Michelle Renée Valladares, University of Colorado - Boulder
Translanguaging with Heritage Zapotec Speakers in a Community-Based Language Revitalization Study Abroad - Laura Meinzen, University of Colorado - Boulder; Raichle Farrelly, University of Colorado - Boulder; Ambrocio Gutiérrez Lorenzo, University of Colorado - Boulder
Teacher Inquiry: Educators Path to Policymaking and Advocacy for Bilingual Learners - Teresa Bruno Warkentin, University of Colorado - Boulder; Deborah K. Palmer, University of Colorado - Boulder
Translanguaging as a Tool for Liberatory Organizing - Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater; Natalia Benjamin, Rochester Public Schools