An Introduction to Language and Social Justice

This innovative, interdisciplinary course textbook is designed to provide the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the intersections of language, inequality, and social justice in North America, using the applied linguistic anthropology (ALA) framework.

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Netta Avineri is a Professor of Language Teacher Education and Intercultural Communication at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, where she also serves as the Intercultural Competence Committee Chair and Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Graduate Education Pillar Lead.

Patricia Baquedano-López is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Linguistics. She is co-founding and core faculty of the doctoral Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization.

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Preface

Chapter 1: Applied Linguistic Anthropology and Social Justice

Chapter 2: Centering Language: A Lexicon for Language and Social Justice Issues (LSJIs)

Chapter 3: What Is: Applied Linguistic Anthropological Methods for LSJI Inquiry

Chapter 4: What Has Been: Deepening the Connections between Past and Present

Chapter 5: What Could Be: Relationships, Aspirations, and Actions

Chapter 6: Now What

Index