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The Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Author(s) -
Christopher Stroud
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
multilingual margins
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-4848
pISSN - 2221-4216
DOI - 10.14426/mm.v1i1.25
Subject(s) - multilingualism , context (archaeology) , disadvantage , agency (philosophy) , diversity (politics) , poverty , sociology , cape , gender studies , ethnology , geography , political science , anthropology , social science , pedagogy , archaeology , law
There is an urgency in theorising howdiversity is negotiated, communicated,and disputed as a matter of everydayordinariness that is compounded by theclear linkages between diversity, transformation,voice, agency, poverty andhealth. The way in which difference iscategorised, semiotised and reconfiguredin multiple languages across quotidianencounters and in public and media forumsis a central dynamic in how povertyand disadvantage are distributed and reproducedacross social and racial categorisations.In the South African context,finding ways of productively harnessingdiversity in the building of a better societymust be a priority.

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