Language revitalization through a media practice

Faroese Language Revitalization and Its Support for Nationhood

i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It is with great appreciation that I thank a number of individuals for the kindness and encouragement that they bestowed upon me as I wrote the following research paper. First, I would like to thank Dr. C. Andrew Hofling, who introduced me to the field of anthropological linguistics and was instrumental in helping me write this paper. He is an excellent teacher and advisor. I ...

Race and Community Revitalization: Communication Theory and Practice

The words community and communications are both derived from the Latin word for common. According to John Dewey, people "live in a community by virtue of the things they have in common; and communication is the way in which they come to possess things in common" (1915: 4). Dewey’s point — that communities can not exist without communications — leads to a corollary: that the nature and health of...

Changing Pronunciation of the Māori Language Implications for Revitalization

Over the last century, the pronunciation of the Māori language has changed. An analysis of these changes indicates that the phonology of the dialect of English spoken in New Zealand is having a far-reaching impact on a number of aspects of Māori phonology. Implications of these changes for Māori language revitalization and the revitalization of other languages are discussed and preliminary deve...

Revitalization of regional languages in France through immersion

Entanglements in Practice: Performing Anonymity Through Social Media

Information systems researchers have shown an increasing interest in the notion of sociomateriality. In this paper, we continue this exploration by focusing specifically on entanglement: the inseparability of meaning and matter. Our particular approach is differentiated by its grounding in a relational and performative ontology, and its use of agential realism. We explore some of the key ideas ...