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oa Decolonial perspectives on indigenous language practices
Stretching the limits of academia and knowledge validity
- Source: Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, Volume 21, Issue 2, Jun 2018, p. 171 - 192
Abstract
Abstract
This article embraces an expanded notion of ‘revitalisation’ that goes beyond linguistics and challenges colonial epistemic violence. It acknowledges the poetical, ethical, and political dimensions of indigenous languages practices and their deep articulation with the recreation of community filiations. Finally, it discusses how decolonial perspectives must not only expand the understandings of indigenous languages and revitalisation, but also stretch the limits of Academia and knowledge validity.
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