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Linguistic Reparative Justice for indigenous peoples: The case of language policy in Colombia ...
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Abstract:
Indigenous societies in the Americas and Australasia experienced many transformations following European colonisation, one of which has been a widespread shift from ancestral languages to the coloniser's languages. Factors contributing to such change in linguistic practices have ranged from the violence’s of conquest, through classroom prohibitions on native tongues as part of assimilatory efforts in new nation-states, to modern-day social and economic forces that privilege the dominant language. Based on the premise that extinction of a community's traditional language represents a significant cultural loss, this thesis proposes a concept of linguistic reparative justice (LRJ). LRJ would require states to undertake reparative measures aimed at redressing the loss or decline of indigenous languages. By exploring state practice in providing reparations to victims of wrongful acts in the recent past, and the debate among legal and political theorists regarding redress to indigenous peoples for the wide range ...
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Colombia; Cultural rights; Endangered languages; Indigenous languages; Indigenous rights; Language policy; Language rights; Reparative justice
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/2848
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/55147
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