WBAI-NYC Upcoming Program

WBAI-FM Upcoming Program

Niteshift

Mon, Jun 28, 2021 10:00 PM

THEME:

Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Conceptions About Race

SPECIAL GUEST:

Kelly E. Wright Wright's research in Sociophonetics, Neurolinguistics, and Historical Sociolinguistcs focuses on the link between Linguistic Production and Perception. She applies mixed methodologies including machine learning; massive corpora studies; perceptual and cognitive experimentation; and quantitative phonetic and qualitative sociolinguistic analyses.

GUEST HOSTS

SHAWN RICHARDZ & LEIGHANN LORD

The five key components of a raciolinguistic perspective:

(i) historical and contemporary colonial co-naturalizations of race and language;
(ii) perceptions of racial and linguistic difference;
(iii) regimentations of racial and linguistic categories;
(iv) racial and linguistic intersections and assemblages;
(v) contestations of racial and linguistic power formations.