Sustainable Pluralism: Linguistic and Cultural Resilience in Multiethnic Societies
Turning away from policy discourses of preservation, protection, and heritage, we look at the grassroots strategies by which minority languages and cultural practices are sustained in plural societies. Weak actors defend themselves and pursue their goals through the arts of accommodation, avoidance,...
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ftohiostateu:oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/69747 2023-05-15T16:28:34+02:00 Sustainable Pluralism: Linguistic and Cultural Resilience in Multiethnic Societies Noyes, Dorothy Joseph, Brian Miller, DeAnna 2014-09-04 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1811/69747 en_US eng Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies Mershon Center for International Security Studies. Conference http://hdl.handle.net/1811/69747 Minorities multiethnic societies cultural practices Presentation Other 2014 ftohiostateu 2020-08-22T19:24:41Z Turning away from policy discourses of preservation, protection, and heritage, we look at the grassroots strategies by which minority languages and cultural practices are sustained in plural societies. Weak actors defend themselves and pursue their goals through the arts of accommodation, avoidance, and nichemaking. But cultural flourishing is not identical with human flourishing. How do the two intersect and diverge over time? Our international case studies come from Tibet, New Orleans, Mongolia, the Philippines, Greenland, Jewish Krakow, Russian Alaska, indigenous Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, the Lake Michigan Potawatomi, the Senegambian borderland, western China, and beyond. Ohio State University Mershon Center for International Security Studies Center for Folklore Studies Department of Linguistics Department of Comparative Studies Event Web page Conference Object Greenland Alaska Ohio State University (OSU): Knowledge Bank Greenland Orleans ENVELOPE(-60.667,-60.667,-63.950,-63.950) |
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Turning away from policy discourses of preservation, protection, and heritage, we look at the grassroots strategies by which minority languages and cultural practices are sustained in plural societies. Weak actors defend themselves and pursue their goals through the arts of accommodation, avoidance, and nichemaking. But cultural flourishing is not identical with human flourishing. How do the two intersect and diverge over time? Our international case studies come from Tibet, New Orleans, Mongolia, the Philippines, Greenland, Jewish Krakow, Russian Alaska, indigenous Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, the Lake Michigan Potawatomi, the Senegambian borderland, western China, and beyond. Ohio State University Mershon Center for International Security Studies Center for Folklore Studies Department of Linguistics Department of Comparative Studies Event Web page |
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Sustainable Pluralism: Linguistic and Cultural Resilience in Multiethnic Societies |
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Sustainable Pluralism: Linguistic and Cultural Resilience in Multiethnic Societies |
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