Authorities at Play in Indigenous Language Reclamation: Tensions and Possibilities in the Yucatan Peninsula

Autor/inn/en	Anzures, Aldo; Kvietok, Frances
Titel	Authorities at Play in Indigenous Language Reclamation: Tensions and Possibilities in the Yucatan Peninsula
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 42 (2023) 5, S.621-648 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Anzures, Aldo) ORCID (Kvietok, Frances)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2022-0091
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; American Indian Languages; Ethnography; War; Museums; American Indians; Bilingualism; Cartoons; Native Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Cultural Maintenance; Researchers; Language Research; Summer Programs; Teaching Methods; Self Esteem; Self Concept; History; Spanish; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Ethnografie; Krieg; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; American Indian; Indianer; Bilingualismus; Zeichentrickfilm; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Researcher; Forscher; Sprachforschung; Sommerkurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Selbstkonzept; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Mexiko
Abstract	Language revitalization efforts have been critiqued for creating and reproducing linguistic, epistemological, and pedagogical hierarchies that might run counter to a community's needs and interests. Drawing on a seven-year ethnographic and collaborative research with the Maya cultural promoters of the Caste War Museum in Tihosuco, Mexico, we describe the dynamics of our Maya language reclamation partnership focusing on the creation of bilingual comic books and summer workshops for children. These experiences show a slow but steady language reclamation approach based on the concern for younger generations to feel comfortable to claim their right to speak and learn Maya and on their fondness for Maya language and culture. We argue that the construction, negotiation, and assertion of linguistic and pedagogical authority among all participating actors is central to reclamation projects, and that these processes are impacted by outsider researchers-collaborators in ways that can support but also potentially harm these language efforts. This paper sheds light on the various tensions lived in long-term language reclamation projects, recognizing the need for outsider researchers to turn our reflexive gaze inwards and consider how we can bring to the fore practices we can celebrate as well as address and transform those that cause discomfort and uncertainty. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01