Multilingualism and Minoritized Languages in Education

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ImageFrom upper left: Patrick Trägårdh , Pexels. From lower left: Hanna Outakoski, Unsplash.

Date

9–10 September, 2024

Place

Sirius, Galaxen in Universum

Keynote speakers

• Prof. Patricia Baquedano-Lopez, University of California Berkeley
• Prof. Adrian Blackledge, University of Stirling
• Prof. Angela Creese, University of Stirling
• Prof. Kenneth Hyltenstam, Stockholm University

Programme

9 September

09:00–09:15 Welcome
Hanna-Máret Outakoski, Daniel Andersson, Carla Jonsson & Annika Norlund Shaswar

09:15–10:15 Keynote lecture: Mother tongue instruction in Sweden – vulnerability, resilience, endurance
Kenneth Hyltenstam

10:15–10:35 Fika (Break)

10:35–11:00 Invisibility and revitalization of meänkieli: analyzing young tornedalians experiences of being a minority
Constanze Ackermann-Boström, Pär Poromaa Isling & Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi

11:00–11:25 Shaping Sámi language policy: experiences and understandings of influence and participation in educational work
Lieuwe Jan Hettema

11:25–11:50 Navigating historical silence within emerging multilingual family spaces: analysing dimensions of affectivity among parents reclaiming Meänkieli for their children
Janica Jokela

11:50–12:15 Mother tongue teaching and sustainable development
Felizitas Messinger

12:15–13:30 Lunch Restaurant Hjortron, Universum Building

13:30–14:30 Keynote lecture:Researching translanguaging: Knowing, unknowing and nonknowing
Angela Creese & Adrian Blackledge

14:30–14:50 Fika (Break)

14:50–15:30 NätMin.
Minoritized languages in education: investigating the role of national minority languages and heritage languages in educational settings and exploring language revitilization efforts within schools

Jarmo Lainio & Tom Moring

15:30–15:55 Should we care about linguistic diversity?
Ethan Nowak

15:55–16:30 Southernizing Language Policy and Planning
Christine Severo

18:30 Dinner at local restaurant

10 September

09:00–10:00 Keynote lecture: Language Policy in Europe and the Erasure of Migrants
Adrian Blackledge & Angela Creese

10:00–10:25 The Slowness of language, the speed of capital: conflicting temporalities of the “green transition” in the Swedish North
Andreas Nuottaniemi

10:25–10:45 Fika (Break)

10:45–11:10 Language goals, collaboration and micro language planning in a Master-Apprenctive Program for two Sámi languages
Anna Terra Veloso Mendes

11:10–11:35 Discourses on multilingualism in curricula for Sámi language education in Sweden and Norway
Paulette van der Voet

11:35–12:00 Action research that aims at supporting heritage languages in preschool
Hanna-Máret Outakoski

12:00–13:15 Lunch
Restaurant Hjortron, Universum Building

13:15–14:15 Keynote lecture: Disentangling “minoritized language” from language education: Critical perspectives on language and social justice
Patricia Baquedano-López

14:35–14:55 Mother tongue teacher’s agency: Experiences and aspirations
Annika Norlund Shaswar & Carla Jonsson

14:55–15:35 Panel – Central themes and future visions
Angela Creese, Patricia Baquedano-López, Adrian Blackledge, David Kroik, Carla Jonsson & Annika Norlund Shaswar

15:35–16:15 Round table discussions about future publication
Carla Jonsson & Annika Norlund Shaswar

11 September

A cultural activity will be organised for those who are in Umeå.

10:00–12:00 Västerbottens museum

12:00–13:00 Lunch

Key topics

• Minoritized languages in education: Investigating the role of national minority languages and heritage languages in educational settings and exploring language revitalization efforts within schools.
• Language policy and family language practices: Analyzing language policies’ impact on classroom practices and family language use.
• Language reclamation and language revitalization.
• Language ideologies and power.
• Social justice and linguistic (in)equity: Examining the intersection of language, power, and social justice in educational contexts.
• Multilingualism and multilingual/translingual perspectives on language use and literacies.
• The dynamics between majority languages and minoritized languages in education.

Join us to engage in thought-provoking discussions and to contribute to advancing inclusive language education.

Keywords: Multilingual education, language policy, minoritized languages, social justice, linguistic equity, translingual practices, interdisciplinary perspectives.

We invite more established researchers as well as younger researchers and PhD students who we believe can contribute with interesting perspectives and discussions. We plan for a Special Issue based on the presentations and discussions, and possibly the establishment of a network.

The program starts 9 September at approximately 9 am and ends 10 September at around 3 pm. In the evening, 9 September, we plan to invite all invited participants for dinner at a local restaurant.