College Composition and Communication Dec 2022

Translingual Praxis: From Theorizing Language to Antiracist and Decolonial Pedagogy

Rachael Shapiro ; Missy Watson

Abstract

In this article, we call for translingual praxis—an antiracist and decolonial pedagogy that interrogates, with students, language ideologies and their political histories. Amplifying the voices of scholars of color, we provide a rationale for and illustrate four strategies for delinking our language work from the legacies of racism and colonization.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2022-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202232276
Open Access
Closed
Topics
race and writing translingualism voice and style

Citation Context

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