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Albury, Nathan John; Carter, Lyn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Naming places is theorised as an activity in heritage whereby a name will index a people's narrative and history. In postcolonial societies where the colonised and the colonisers share spaces, individual locations can host different sides of history and different cultural significance. To this end, the New Zealand government has pursued bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Planning, Biculturalism, English
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Kubota, Ryuko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Issues of race constitute an emerging area of inquiry in language education. Yet, race, racialisation and racism are still stigmatised topics of discussion in everyday and professional contexts in multiracial and multiethnic countries. Canada is especially an interesting context in this regard due to its official policy of multiculturalism that…
Descriptors: Race, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Ethics
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Abdelhay, Ashraf Kamal – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
Linguistics is implicated in the colonial project of the invention of "self-contained" "racial" and "tribal units" in the Sudan. This paper has two objectives. First, to historicise the notions of "language" in the postcolonial discourse of language planning in the Sudan by reviewing one of the significant…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Ideology, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Panayi, Panikos – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
This paper is an introductory survey of the evolution of multiculturalism in Britain and Germany over the past two centuries. The historical approach argues that the main determinants of difference between these nation states lie in their long-term traditional attitudes towards immigrants and ethnic minorities. It focuses upon the patterns of…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups