Language is embedded in our bodies, circulating and skeletal; at the same time, language(s) enter us from the outside constantly. The languages we speak determine our access and participation across every facet of social life, often in ways fraught with hierarchies of privilege and disempowerment.  Language Justice offers a radically different vision, proposing to democratize language, create multi-lingual political and public spaces, and use linguistic diversity as an organizing tool.  What kinds of conceptual and practical strategies can we use to resist English-language dominance and create spaces where everyone present can express ourselves fully in the language in which we feel most comfortable?  How might cross-language practice become a model for encountering difference in a wide range of contexts, and an invitation to open up radical listening as artistic and political process?  This workshop offers an introduction to the concepts and techniques of Language Justice and the creation of bilingual or multilingual spaces. 

Learn more about the Antena Brown Bag Workshop:

http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/4639?eventId=33238692&calMin=201609&cal=20160923&skinId=10050 

Co-sponsored by IPRH and the Krannert Art Museum. 

Thanks to the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for this information item.

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