Decolonizing Linguistics

Anne H. Charity Hudley is Associate Dean of Educational Affairs, Stanford Graduate School of Education, the Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education and Professor of African and African American Studies & Linguistics, by courtesy. She is also director of the Stanford Black Academic Development Lab. Christine Mallinson is the 2023-24 Lipitz Distinguished Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program, and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, where she is also Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship and Special Assistant for Research & Creative Achievement in the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Mary Bucholtz is Professor in Department of Linguistics and Director of the Center for California Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she is also affiliated with the Departments of Anthropology, Education, Feminist Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese as well as the Programs in Latin American and Iberian Studies and in Comparative Literature.

Preface

Introduction: Decolonizing Linguistics

Anne H. Charity Hudley, Ignacio L. Montoya, Christine Mallinson, and Mary Bucholtz

Part 1: Decolonizing Linguistics and the Academy

1. Manifestations of Colonialism in Linguistics and Opportunities for Decolonization Through Refusal

Ignacio L. Montoya

2. Racialization, Language Science, and Nineteenth-Century Anthropometrics

Margaret Thomas

3. The Colonial Geography of Linguistics: A View from the Caribbean

Ben Braithwaite and Kristian Ali

4. We Like the Idea of You But Not the Reality of You: The Whole Scholar as Disruptor of Default Colonial Practices in Linguistics

Nicté Fuller Medina

5. Apolitical Linguistics Doesn>'t Exist, and It Shouldn>'t: Developing a Black Feminist Praxis Toward Political Transparency

Aris Moreno Clemons

6. Unpacking Experiences of Racism in European Applied Linguistics

Kamran Khan

7. Centering Race and Multilingualism in French Linguistics

Maya Angela Smith

8. Decolonizing (Psycho)linguistics Means Dropping the Language Gap Rhetoric

Megan Figueroa

Part 2: Decolonizing Methods of Teaching and Research

9. From Gatekeeping to Inclusion in the Introductory Linguistics Curriculum: Decolonizing Our Teaching, Our Psyches, Our Institutions, and Our Field

Lynnette Arnold

10. Decolonizing Historical Linguistics in the Classroom and Beyond

Claire Bowern and Rikker Dockum

11. Towards a Decolonial Syntax: Research, Teaching, Publishing

Hannah Gibson, Kyle Jerro, Savithry Namboodiripad, and Kristina Riedel

12. Decolonising Methodologies Through Collaboration: Reflections on Partnerships and Funding Flows from Working Between the South and the North

Rajendra Chetty, Hannah Gibson, and Colin Reilly

13. Open Methods: Decolonizing (or Not) Research Methods in Linguistics

Dan Villarreal and Lauren Collister

14. Revitalizing Attitudes Toward Creole Languages

Ariana Bancu, Joy P. G. Peltier, Felicia Bisnath, Danielle Burgess, Sophia Eakins, Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales, Moira Saltzman, Yourdanis Sedarous, Alicia Stevers, and Marlyse Baptista

Part 3: Decolonizing Research by Centering Community and Activism

15. Solidarity and Collectivity in Decolonizing Linguistics: A Black Diasporic Perspective

Anne H. Charity Hudley, Christine Mallinson, Kahdeidra Monét Martin, Aris Moreno Clemons, L. J. Randolph Jr., Mary Bucholtz, Kendra Calhoun, Shenika Hankerson, Joy P. G. Peltier, Jamie A. Thomas, Deana Lacy McQuitty, and Kara Seidel

16. Growing a Bigger Linguistics Through a Zapotec Agenda: The Ticha Project

May Helena Plumb, Alejandra Dubcovsky, Moisés García Guzmán, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, and Felipe H. Lopez

17. Decolonizing Creolistics Through Popular Culture: The Case of Dancehall

Rashana Vikara Lydner
18. Prioritizing Community Partners>' Goals in Projects to Support Indigenous Language Revitalization

Katherine J. Riestenberg, Ally Freemond, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, and Jonathan N. Washington

19. Promoting Decolonized Classrooms Through an Introductory Linguistics Course for Future Teachers in Alaska

Ève Ryan, Matt Ford, and Giovanna Wilde

20. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Language Activism from Community Colleges: Linguistics Meets Communication Studies

Carlos de Cuba, Poppy Slocum, and Laura Spinu

Conclusion: Decolonizing Linguistics

Anne H. Charity Hudley, Ignacio L. Montoya, Christine Mallinson, and Mary Bucholtz