Revolutionary Possibilities in Black World Languaging

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“I saw myself in this book—not only in its critique of how language is used to discipline and dismember Black life, but in Dr. Tasha Austin’s insistence that Black people's ways of knowing and speaking have always contributed to world-making.” —Mildred Boveda, Penn State University, USA “Black World Languaging is all around us. It is an opportunity for all of us, collectively, to create a more equitable and humanizing language education. An essential read, this work challenges us to reimagine language education and to take up our role in transforming it.” —Melissa Baralt, Florida International University, USA “Through a thoughtful and reflective narrative that bridges theory and practice, this book challenges the field to confront its silences and reimagine its commitments. Austin’s concept of Black World Languaging opens a space of possibility—“the opportunity to create the world we want to live in through our languaging.” Essential reading for educators, scholars, and practitioners committed to transforming World Languages.” —Eva Michelle Wheeler, Providence College, USA This book traces the existence and potential of two concepts rarely considered together: Blackness and World Languages. Each chapter begins with a vignette illustrating how the phenomenon of Black World Languaging has manifested in the author's life. Layering on fresh data to existing research, Austin unpacks the ways that World Languages constructs barriers both to humanizing and Black language practices, or Black World Languaging, despite the latter’s alignment with what is called for by national ‘foreign’ language standards. Each chapter then concludes with reflection questions for various stakeholders across language education. The book will be relevant to language teachers and learners, as well as students and researchers in fields including teacher education, language education, world languages, language policy, and sociolinguistics. Tasha Austin is an associate professor of teacher education, language education and multilingualism in the Graduate School of Education at SUNY Buffalo, USA. Her research explores Blackness and language education particularly in the US context with a focus on the underexplored linguistic brilliance of Black language learners.

This book traces the existence and potential of two concepts rarely considered together: Blackness and World Languages. Each chapter begins with a vignette illustrating how the phenomenon of Black World Languaging has manifested in the author's life. Layering on fresh data to existing research, Austin unpacks the ways that World Languages constructs barriers both to humanizing and Black language practices, or Black World Languaging, despite the latter’s alignment with what is called for by national ‘foreign’ language standards. Each chapter then concludes with reflection questions for various stakeholders across language education. The book will be relevant to language teachers and learners, as well as students and researchers in fields including teacher education, language education, world languages, language policy, and sociolinguistics.

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“I saw myself in this book—not only in its critique of how language is used to discipline and dismember Black life, but in Dr. Tasha Austin’s insistence that Black people's ways of knowing and speaking have always contributed to world-making. Today, as I increasingly engage with Indigenous and Afro-diasporic ways of knowing and being—especially through collaborations across the Global South—I am  moved by Dr. Austin’s concept of “Black world languaging.” Her work challenges the idea that learning is separate from the body, history, or the systems of power that shape and constrain us. Instead, she invites us to see language as something we actively use to imagine and create our futurity. Revolutionary Possibilities stands as an example of this vision: a text for those who are not only committed to critiquing oppressive systems, but also to transforming them through collective care and shared humanity.” (Mildred Boveda, Penn State University, USA)

“Drawing on Black feminist praxis, Austin helps us to understand language as lived, as embodied, and as inseparable from history and sociopolitics. Her work reminds us that classrooms are not neutral spaces. They are also sites of incredible potential transformation. This book is a gift to the field of world language education. It compels us to interrogate our assumptions, to reconsider what and who we value, and to imagine new futures for our language classrooms. Austin shows us that language learning, when rooted in history, identity, and community, can become a practice of self-determination and cultural restoration. Black World Languaging is all around us. It is an opportunity for all of us, collectively, to create a more equitable and humanizing language education. An essential read, this work challenges us to reimagine language education and to take up our role in transforming it.” (Melissa Baralt, Florida International University, USA)

“In Revolutionary Possibilities in Black World Languaging, Dr. Tasha Austin offers a timely and necessary intervention in World Languages, urging practitioners to reckon with the role of race across language practices, policy, pedagogy, and ideology. Centering Black experiences, humanity, and languaging, Austin demonstrates how Blackness and language are co-constructed—and how Blackness is too often excluded from courses and programs that claim to engage language critically. Through a thoughtful and reflective narrative that bridges theory and practice, this book challenges the field to confront its silences and reimagine its commitments. Austin’s concept of Black World Languaging opens a space of possibility—“the opportunity to create the world we want to live in through our languaging.” Essential reading for educators, scholars, and practitioners committed to transforming World Languages.” (Eva Michelle Wheeler, Providence College, USA)

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