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140360 SE VM1 - VM4 - Language Policy and Policy on Language (2015S)

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Fr 20.02.2015 10:00 to Fr 27.02.2015 10:00
Registration is open from Sa 28.02.2015 10:00 to Mo 02.03.2015 10:00
Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2015 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Wolfram Schaffar

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 10.03. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 24.03. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 21.04. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 05.05. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 19.05. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 02.06. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 16.06. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
Tuesday 30.06. 15:00 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Language is so ubiquitous that we tend to consider it as given. However, language planning and language policy have always played a central role in development strategies and development imaginaries.

Especially in countries which emerged from colonies, language planning was and is a highly contested issue. Should the newly independent nation use a native language spoken within its borders as its official language? Should education in the language of the former colonial power be continued for the sake of international integration?

Many central questions of language planning, though, are not confined to countries and societies in the South. Worldwide and historically, mono-lingualism has always been the exception rather than the rule. What if there are many languages spoken inside a community/society/country? How can linguistic pluralism be organised? What is it good for? What does it cost?
How is linguistic competence / language choice connected to inequality? And what can language planning contribute to overcome inequality?

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation in class and term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the seminar is to look at key questions of language planning and language policy through the lens of development studies and political science. We will draw on examples from Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore where language policy played a crucial role for independence movements and for organising a post-colonial plural society - oftentimes as part of authoritarian policies. Further, we will take examples from Africa and Latin America and discuss the concept of indigenous language rights and language policy in various pluri-national states.

Examination topics

Discussion of readings, presentations in class, group discussions

Reading list

Association in the course directory

VM1, VM4

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