Serija predavanj: Jezik in dobrobit na Japonskem

Oddelek za azijske študije Filozofske fakultete vabi na štiri predavanja na temo Jezik in dobrobit na Japonskem / Language and Wellbeing in Japan, ki jih bo izvedel prof. dr. Patrick Heinrich z Univerze Ca’ Foscari v Benetkah od 19. do 22. maja 2025. Predavanja bodo v angleščini.

1) Ponedeljek, 19. maja 2025, od 14.40 do 16.10 v predavalnici 01 Jezik in dobrobit med Ainuji in Rjukjujci / Language and well-being among Ainu and Ryukyuans;

2) Torek, 20. maja 2025, od 11.20 do 12.50 v predavalnici 01 Jezikovno načrtovanje in jezikovna politika za rjukjujske in ainujske jezike / Language planning and policy for Ryukyuan and Ainu;

3) Sreda, 21. maja 2025, od 9.40 do 11.10 v predavalnici 4-rim. Toponimsko čiščenje in spremembe na Hokkaidu in na rjukjujskem otočju / Toponymic cleansing and change in Hokkaido and the Ryukyus;

4) Četrtek, 22. maja 2025, od 13.50 do 15.20 v predavalnici 030 Jezikovna krajina Tokia, Sappora in Nahe / The linguistic landscape of Tokyo, Sapporo and Naha. 

Povzetek (v angleškem jeziku)

Sociolinguistics looks at social phenomena interrelated with questions of language. We address two overarching questions in this course: “What is language doing to people?” “What are people doing to language?” This course examines topics such as the equality-inequality continuum or the urban-rural divide from the perspective of language and well-being. Language can be a tool for or an obstacle to well-being. Likewise, Japan’s current language regime has empowering and oppressive aspects. With the ongoing transition to late modernity, the oppressive aspects are particularly relevant. Oppression manifests, among other things, in linguistic discrimination and language endangerment. By discussing these issues, students will learn to distinguish between language ideology and ecology and understand how language regimes change. This also allows us to make predictions about language and society in Japan in the future.