Save the Dates: Looking in the Mirror

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:57:46 -0400

The Looking in the Mirror Series is presented by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Please see the full flyer attached.

What is Linguistic Diversity?

Friday, September 23rd, 12PM-1PM

Link to join online: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m61634c93ab398e0a43a5470fc589d67c

How can we strive to make our campus a more inclusive place for users of different languages and varieties? This session will focus on the centrality of language to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. We will cover challenges such as linguistic bias, linguistic racism and discrimination, and linguistic microaggressions as well as discuss strategies for actively creating linguistic inclusion, access and equity across our campus community and beyond.

Speaker: Christine Mallinson, Director, Center for Social Science Scholarship Professor, Language, Literacy & Culture (LLC) Program

Featuring LLC Ph.D. Students: Kara Seidel, Lavon Davis, and James Wright

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Moving from Statement to Action: Land Acknowledgments in Practice

Friday, October 21st, 12PM-1PM

Link to join online: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m7d30f81327176cd9edf6a3e4a7d8ae2c

What does it mean for our UMBC community to have a Land Acknowledgement? This session will first offer a review of the recent history behind institutional land acknowledgements, including often-voiced critiques of them. We will then discuss the steps we have taken thus far tied specifically to UMBC's Land Acknowledgement, and converse about ways in which UMBC can more actively engage Indigenous peoples in our community and in our work.

Speaker: Maggie Holland, Associate Professor & Undergrad Program Director, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Systems

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Disagreeing in Public

Friday, November 18th, 12PM-1PM

Link to join online: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m69fb51d0a020c8cb5e1956dbebda44df

How can we engage in meaningful debates in online spaces such as Twitter and offline spaces such as the classroom without inflicting emotional and physical harm on ourselves and others? This conversation will draw lessons from the historical development of modern technologies (from radio and television to the internet) to critically reflect on contemporary dynamics of disagreeing in public. By centering the long-standing hierarchies of who gets to speak, when, and where, we will also shed light on the shifting discourse of "cancel culture."

Recommended pre-workshop screening: Fifteen Minutes of Shame

Speakers: Jason Loviglio, Associate Professor, Dept. of Media and Communication Studies, and Liz Patton, Associate Professor, Dept. of Media and Communication Studies

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Looking in the Mirror is sponsored by College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS)

Questions? Please contact Fan Yang, Associate Professor, Dept. of Media and Communication Studies, at fanyang@umbc.edu.