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    Language Acts and Worldmaking

    Language Acts and Worldmaking is a flagship project funded by the AHRC Open World Research Initiative, which aims to regenerate and transform modern language learning by foregrounding language's power to shape how we live and make our worlds.

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    Worldmaking in Languages, Literatures and Cultures: Changing Minds and Challenging Perceptions

    15 May 2023

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  • Upcoming Event
    Debate 3: Precarious Voices in Language Studies

    King’s College London, Language Resources Centre, Room K-1.07.2, Level -1 (I.E. BASEMENT Level) King’s Building Strand London WC2R 2LS

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  • Latest Post
    In the Heart of Language: multilingual performance-practice with Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani

    3 May 2023 - by Debra Kelly

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    Languages Acts and Worldmaking Book Series

    Our words make worlds. The Language Acts and Worldmaking series was born from the Language Acts and Worldmaking flagship project, whose aim is to regenerate and transform modern language learning by foregrounding language’s power to shape how we live.

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Our Research Strands

  1. Travelling Concepts

    Words in action

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  2. Translation Acts

    Worldmaking on stage

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  3. Digital Mediations

    Mapping multilingualism and digital culture

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  4. Loaded Meanings

    New worlds for old words

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  5. Diasporic Identities

    Teaching languages, mediating cultures

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  6. Language Transitions

    Moving through languages

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