{"id":14440,"date":"2021-11-08T06:07:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=14440"},"modified":"2021-11-07T22:54:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T03:54:52","slug":"linguistics-and-social-justice-seminar-11-9-annauk-olin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2021\/11\/08\/linguistics-and-social-justice-seminar-11-9-annauk-olin\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguistics and Social Justice Seminar 11\/9 - Annauk Olin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You are invited to participate in our discussion this week, Tuesday, November 9, 2-5pm ET, on \u0093Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education & Human Rights\u0094 \u00a0(MIT Linguistics, Graduate Seminar, 24.S96). \u00a0Please contact Michel <degraff@mit.edu<\/a>> for information about Zoom link and readings. \u00a0NB: We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment in our seminar. If you need assistance for accommodations or accessibility in order to fully participate, please\u00a0email degraff@MIT.EDU<\/a>\u00a0so that we can work out adequate arrangements.<\/div>\n
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This Tuesday, November 9,\u00a0Annauk Olin<\/a>\u00a0will introduce us to her work revitalizing I\u00f1upiaq \u00a0through innovative practices in language-learning curricula:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Decolonizing I\u00f1upiaq Curricula<\/span><\/p>\n

Annauk Olin<\/a>

\nNovember 9, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Annauk will share examples of curricula for revitalizing and teaching I\u00f1upiaq at home and in the classroom. Annauk is a language consultant for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District and the King Island Native Community. In this capacity, she writes children\u0092s book for a King Island I\u00f1upiaq immersion kindergarten and first-grade classroom. She also writes curricula based on I\u00f1upiaq life cycles and seasons for I\u00f1upiaq language teachers in the Northwest Arctic Borough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her presentation for this seminar on “Linguistics and social justice,” Annauk will primarily draw from her Master\u0092s thesis In?upiatun In?ugug?lavut Miq?iqtuvut, <\/i>which is a language learning guide dedicated to reclaiming the In?upiaq language. Linguists usually create records primarily for scientific purposes and secondarily for language learning needs. Exceedingly often, linguists write descriptions that are \u00a0inaccessible to those who need them most. A decolonial approach to language pedagogy that intertwines peoplehood, language, and cultural context is critical for effective language revitalization. This curriculum will focus on encouraging and teaching parents how to speak In?upiaq to their children by coupling In?upiaq child raising practices and \u0093Minimal Course\u0094 methodology.<\/p>\n

Minimal Course is a methodology specifically designed to help learners face the added challenges of becoming a proficient speaker of a language that is threatened by colonial systems. Minimal Course features a non-technical (yet linguistically informed) presentation of the language’s everyday usage and conversation-building patterns in a series of short lessons. The lessons are also taught relationally, where each part reinforces at least one other related part. In the same way, the Minimal Course methodology intends to rebuild whole speech communities versus lone individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diverging from Minimal Course, there is an optional In?upiatun Uqautchim Irrusia<\/i> (In?upiaq Grammar) section for those who wish to understand better how parts of each unit in a word or sentence combine. Given that the curriculum is built around the development of infants and toddlers, songs and hands-on activities are central for families to learn the In?upiaq language.<\/p>\n

The In?upiaq language is our birthright.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uqautchiq Inupiatun ki?uvaanaktaaksrautikput.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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