I use the term plurilingualism to account for linguistic diversity in this context, following Suresh Canagarajah and Indika Liyanage’s argument that this notion “allows for the interaction and mutual interaction of the languages in a more dynamic way” than multilingualism, which “keeps languages...
Every time I prayed during his first term, I literally thanked God for Trump’s incompetence in his quest to do harm. Trump’s not one to admit mistakes, but it’s hard to imagine he hasn’t been exploring what he could have done differently. His evidently diminishing capacity gives littl...
Phew. I say all of that because it is necessary context to understand the purpose of this post. This most recent time I taught the course, I had 4 students drop the class. Now, two of them dropped for medical reasons and went home for the remainder of the term. One dropped one third...
According to the narrative offered inThe Spectator, academic decolonisation is part of a larger problem within ‘Western’ societies of there being too much ‘wokeness’ or ‘wokeism’ (Delingpole2018; Liddle2020,2022b). Wokeness is a term that has gained widespread currency in recent years and,...
These nanoformulations have the potential to improve the efficacy and safety of anthracyclines for cancer treatment. However, more research is needed to optimize these formulations and to determine their long-term safety (for a review, see D’Angelo et al., 2022; El-Say and El-Sawy, 2017; ...
Soon, there was even a slang term in Moroccan Arabic for these migrants—harragas, meaning ‘those who burn.’ Whether they were burning their papers, their lives, or their futures, I couldn’t tell. I wondered what could compel people to pay large sums of money in order to risk their...
I can hardly believe the Democrats knew Joe Biden was mentally over the hill from thefirst dayof his administration. And yet after four years, they were willing to run him out there for a second term, when everybody knew he could scarcely tell up from down. ...
Consequently, young people tend to lack agency in this space; many are silenced and their life experiences are invisible (Shay et al., 2022). In reflecting on a YPAR approach (Cammarota & Fine, 2008; Desai, 2019; Luguetti et al., 2017), we present a more empowering perspective ...
I’d like to thank you all for inviting me here and especiallyTempest Bradfordfor taking such good care of me and being such a good friend. I’m honoured to be GoH along sideSofia Samatarand Nalo Hopkinson. Especially Nalo, who has been a long-term mentor of mine, even if she didn...
coNclusioNs– the iNFiNitely other143In America, scholars often use the term ‘radical’ for some extremists, which is almost a compliment. At its heart is the constant threat of the ‘other’. There is also a complexity concerning the relationship with the establishment. Whether you are a whi...