Season 03 Ep 06: Ammaarah

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Season 03 Ep 06: Ammaarah
Description
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"....
show moreWith 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. MAHROOF
- How a unique Tamil dialect survived among a fishing community in Sri Lanka, Ajay Kamalakaran
- Coloniality and the ‘aid bubble’: Can language be a driver for change?, Carla Vitantonio
- Deconstructing Decolonization: The Case of Language, Ammaarah Nilafdeen
- The relationship between Language and Neocolonialism - Carla Vitantonio
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Author | Carla Vitantonio |
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