Description
What happens when we ask critical questions about take-for-granted uses of language? Pronouns in English, for example, serve as mere pawns in a larger system we call grammar. But language is bound by human issues of identity and power, and pronouns can have power to either change or propagate a cis-normative, Anglo-normative English language. I invite the audience to join me in exploring the role pronouns hold in politics, exploring concepts such as inclusivity, Western societal norms and their function to grant power to (a)gender diverse people.| Period | 7 Jan 2023 |
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| Held at | Strathclyde Students' Union, United Kingdom |
| Degree of Recognition | Local |
Keywords
- queer critical literacies
- LGBTQI+
- LGBT History Month
- Decoloniality
- pronouns
- (a)gender & (a)sexual diversity
Documents & Links
Related content
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Research output
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Queer critical literacies
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Queer activism in South African education: a book review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RePresent Strathclyde: Decolonising the Humanities & Social Science Curriculum
Research output: Digital or non-textual outputs › Digital or Visual Products
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Gender Diversity and Sexuality in English Language Education: New Transnational Voices
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Activities
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We are all semioticians (Keynote)
Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk
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UKLA National Conference 2024
Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in conference
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Lifecourses and (Critically) Literate Lives
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
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Queering the Politics of Pronouns
Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation
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Impacts
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UKLA position statement: Critical Literacy
Impact: Education, Public understanding, information and debate
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The Anti-Racist Educator: Mission statement
Impact: Public understanding, information and debate
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Projects
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Critical Literacies & the Decolonial Turn
Project: Non-funded project
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Queer Critical Literacies
Project: Non-funded project