Season 03 Ep 06: Ammaarah

In this episode with Ammaarah Nilafdeen, a social researcher from Colombo, Sri Lanka, we critically examine the coloniality of language and the concept of ‘local’ in the process of "localization".With a strong critique of colonial frameworks and the recognition that language carries meanings that reveal power differentials, Ammaarah's ideas aim to challenge entrenched narratives. The transcript is here.Sources:SPOKEN TAMIL DIALECTS OF THE MUSLIMS OF SRI LANKA: LANGUAGE AS IDENTITY-CLASSIFIER, M. M. M. MAHROOFHow a unique Tamil dialect survived among a fishing community in Sri Lanka, Ajay KamalakaranColoniality and the ‘aid bubble’: Can language be a driver for change?, Carla VitantonioDeconstructing Decolonization: The Case of Language, Ammaarah NilafdeenThe relationship between Language and Neocolonialism - Carla Vitantonio