Decolonizing Danish: Unmaking the Linguistic Epistemologies of Eurocolonial Orders

Levisen, C. (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution

Description

Period	31 Mar 2025
Event title	Towards Re-forging the Praxis of Decolonialisation: Perspectives from the Global South
Event type	Workshop
Location	Aarhus, DenmarkShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

decolonial linguistics
Danish studies
metalanguage
Anglocentrism
Eurocolonial orders
linguistic epistemologies
multipolar metalinguistics

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The workshop aims to probe the complexities embedded in the processes of ‘decolonisation’. The term could be loosely defined as the end of rule by a colonial power and the formation of sovereign nation states (in most cases) based on a transfer of power. However, this definition could be limited in terms of assessing the long-term implications of colonialism for ordinary people. In most cases, such transfers of power do not really alter the hierarchical contexts of their lives. Even as they become citizens of a ‘new’ nation state, they continue to struggle against the upper caste/class, majoritarian, racial, ethnic and patriarchal biases embedded in the institutions of these states.