Disrupting, Decentring and Diversifying Languages and Cultures in Australian Universities
Edited by: Adriana Díaz
, Barbara E. Hanna , Samantha Disbray , Anna Mikhaylova , Grace Yue Qi Please read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
How can languages and cultures in Australian higher education be disrupted, decentred and diversified? Contributors to this volume advance theoretical, critical (self-)reflections and position papers, pedagogical explorations of classroom practice as well as data-driven empirical investigations to challenge, resist and stretch how languages and cultures are both taught and imagined in research.
From metaphorical conceptualisations of knowledge production, discussions of virtual reality, and innovation and creativity viewed through the lens of Indigenous epistemologies, to language learning curricula designed to challenge heteronormativity and cisgenderism, and a reconceptualisation of the role of language educators as designers, each chapter emphasises the vital role of innovation as the driving force of positive disruption.
What emerges here is the resilience and adaptability demanded of languages and cultures researchers and educators as they navigate an ever-shifting educational landscape. Taken as a whole, this volume serves as a testament to these scholars’ collective capacity to adapt, evolve, embrace and actively drive change, fostering a more diverse, equitable and inclusive future for their field.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781760467074
- ISBN (online):
- 9781760467081
- Publication date:
- Nov 2025
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/DDDLCAU.2025
- Series:
- LCNAU Studies in Languages and Cultures
- Disciplines:
- Arts & Humanities: Modern Languages; Social Sciences: Education & Training
- Countries:
- Australia
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- Acronyms (PDF, 64 KB)
- Editors and contributors (PDF, 99 KB)
- Disrupting, decentring and diversifying languages and cultures in Australian higher education (PDF, 263 KB) – Adriana Díaz, Barbara E. Hanna, Samantha Disbray, Anna Mikhaylova and Grace Yue Qi doi
- Slipping and sliding: Knowledge production, innovation and creativity from an Indigenous educational perspective (PDF, 166 KB) – Robyn Ober doi
- Falling between the cracks: Learning and teaching Aboriginal languages in the adult education sector in South Australia (PDF, 190 KB) – Mary-Anne Gale and Rob Amery doi
- Disrupting idealisations of communication in language learning pedagogy: Digital possibilities (PDF, 267 KB) – Levi Durbidge doi
- In step: SOGIESC and language teaching, and learning and the linguistic diversification of gender justice (PDF, 240 KB) – Birgit Lang and Claire Maree doi
- Diversifying language and culture through real-world connections: Virtual exchanges during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 690 KB) – Matt Absalom and Roberta Trapè doi
- Designing for adult language learning in a robot-assisted language learning context (PDF, 1.3 MB) – Grace Yue Qi, Yuping Wang and Nian-Shing Chen doi
- ‘It wasn’t like getting up in front of the class to speak’: Promoting L2 motivation and reducing L2 speaking anxiety through a podcasting project (PDF, 284 KB) – Riccardo Amorati, Elisabetta Ferrari and John Hajek doi
- No tickets required! Interactive virtual tours and virtual environments in the study of Italian language and culture (PDF, 757 KB) – Elisabetta Ferrari and Mitch Buzza doi
- Loosening the reins of teacher control: Empowering student writers through web-based tools (PDF, 233 KB) – Ana Maria Ducasse doi
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