The politics and ideologies of multilingual writing

This workshop series, funded by NOS-HS, brings together researchers working in linguistics, literary studies, and education to explore the question of how multilingual writing is ideologically legitimized in different individual and institutional settings.

 Three thematic workshops include presentations of ongoing work by network members as well as talks by invited local and international guest speakers. Workshop presentations and discussions are organized around three themes.   

Workshop 1 - Writing, translocality and translingualism

Stockholm (online), May 27-28 2021

The goal of the first workshop is to delve into translocalities and translingualisms of writing:

  • What does translocality imply for writing that has traditionally been based on localized institutions such as universities, publishing houses or print media?
  • How are our localised writing practises now challenged by translocal and translingual practises?
  • What are the implications of translocal and translingual writing to legitimacies of writers and publishers in different individual and institutional settings?

Thematic discussions and presentations from workshop 1 were published open access in a special issue of Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies in December 2022: https://apples.journal.fi/issue/view/8905

Workshop 2 - Belonging and identity in multilingual writing

Jyväskylä, December 7-8 2022

The goal of the second workshop is to continue from the translingual and translocal thematic and focus on questions of belonging and identity in writing:

  • Who has access to the “writers”?
  • What is a “language identity” of a (multilingual) writer?
  • What does belonging and identity imply to writing and publishing?

Workshop 3 - Language and commodification of writing and publishing

Copenhagen, August 28-29 2023

The goal of the third workshop is to analyse markets and economics of multilingual writing from a legitimacy viewpoint.

  • What markets (financial and other) are there for multilingual writing?
  • What affects the writers’ access to publishing contracts?
  • What are the market and commodification implications of multilingual writing?
  • What are the implications of new development within AI for multilingual writing and publishing?

Participants

Finland (University of Jyväskylä)

Sweden (University of Stockholm)

Denmark (University of Copenhagen)