EPISODE · May 24, 2021 · 55 MIN
Language, Community, and Context - Ep 51
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Today’s podcast features Dr. Jenny Davis, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and an Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbaana-Champaign. She is the director of the American Indian Studies Program and the 2019-2023 Chancellor's Fellow of Indigenous Research & Ethics. We get in depth on language revitalization, including the importance of context, resources for people interested in language revitalization, the challenge of evaluating results, and how the way we frame discussions of language revitalizations matters. Finally, we talk about how language intersects first with gender and sexuality and also with NAGPRA and repatriation.Links Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Museums, Representation, and Intersectionality – Heritage Voices Episode 24 Meek, Barbra A. 2011. "Failing American Indian languages". American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 35 (2): 43-60. Failing American Indian Languages Collaborative Language (CoLANG) Institute Guest Contact [email protected] @ChickashaJenny Contact Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Today's podcast features Dr. Jenny Davis, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and an Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbaana-Champaign. She is the director of the American Indian Studies Program and the 2019-2023 Chancellor's Fellow of Indigenous Research & Ethics. We get in depth on language revitalization, including the importance of context, resources for people interested in language revitalization, the challenge of evaluating results, and how the way we frame discussions of language revitalizations matters. Finally, we talk about how language intersects first with gender and sexuality and also with NAGPRA and repatriation. Links * Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance [https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/talking-indian] * Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality [https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199937295.001.0001/acprof-9780199937295] * Museums, Representation, and Intersectionality – Heritage Voices Episode 24 [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/heritagevoices/24] * Meek, Barbra A. 2011. "Failing American Indian languages". American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 35 (2): 43-60. * Failing American Indian Languages [https://meridian.allenpress.com/aicrj/article-abstract/35/2/43/210846/Failing-American-Indian-Languages?redirectedFrom=PDF] * Collaborative Language (CoLANG) Institute [http://hs.umt.edu/colang/default.php] Guest Contact * [email protected] * @ChickashaJenny Contact * Jessica * [email protected] * @livingheritageA [http://www.twitter.com/livingheritageA] * @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil [http://www.twitter.com/LivingHeritageResearchCouncil] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]
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