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== General questions to ask oneself about practices in academia ==


== Problem definition ==
* What academic practices could/should have a reduction of impact?
What academic practices could/should have a reduction of impact?
* What matters to people? What matters to linguists? What are the interests of all parties? (How) is it possible to combine all of these?
* Who has expertise? on what? How can we combine the expertise of different people to have a positive impact together?
* Who decides on the topics that are researched on? Who <u>should</u> take these decisions?


sustainability of linguistics (academic practices, flying, topics chosen by linguists, collabs, etc) vs. linguistics of sustainability (the way we talk about sust topics). --> definition of sustling.
== On the impact of linguistics on the environment and society ==
 
== Impact ==
Do we want to reduce negative impacts, or to increase positive impacts?
Do we want to reduce negative impacts, or to increase positive impacts?


=== Reduce negative impacts ===
=== Reduce negative impacts ===
* Working proposal on sustainable linguistics by Rodriguez Louro et al. (2019)<ref>Rodriguez Louro, C., M. Ponsonnet, M.-E. Ritz, and L. Miceli (2019).


Sustainable linguistics: A working proposal. Draft, version 3.</ref>
* [[Working proposal on sustainable linguistics]]
** reduce flights (e.g. [[Conferencing|conferences]])
** develop remote participation in conferences and reduce other academic travel
** encourage more sustainable ways of traveling and compensate the emission with carbon offset
** reduce unnecessary merchandising
** environmentally friendly catering
** stop investing in fossil fuels and everything that is not sustainable
* use of open source programs
* disciplinarity (vs. inter- or multidisciplinarity. compartementalization of academia)


*[[Human ethics proposal]]
*[[Conferencing#Reasons%20why%20conferences%20nowadays%20are%20often%20not%20sustainable|Reasons why conferences nowadays are often not sustainable]]
*[[Sustainability in linguistics]]
=== Increase positive impacts ===
=== Increase positive impacts ===
If we want to increase positive impacts, this can be done by including more diversity in the origin, medium and structure of the '''sources''' used in academic research. <HC: add a few terms and sources of IND-311, e.g. pluralism> frameworks, theories, interdisciplinarity, representativity, inclusivity of people and views, collaborative work. the solutions are not waiting on a university desk. acknowledge one's own background
Probably the most important way to increase the positive impacts of linguistic work - and academic work in general - is to use [[Sustainability in linguistics#Interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and linguistics|interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methods]]. Another very important point is the [[representativity and inclusivity]] of people and opinions.
 
==== Interdisciplinarity and representativity ====
The positive impact of linguistic fieldwork can be increased by using interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methods.
 
* Interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and linguistics
*
 
==== Representativity ====
* Other people outside of traditional "Western" linguistics have points of view and methods of research that are also valuable to the research of language - i.e. linguistics.
* e.g. considering nature and society as two different things (which the SDG do) is a eurocentric thought.
* increase representativity and inclusivity of perspectives > more internal "interdisciplinarity"
* in order to really understand language endangerment (as well as language in general), we need more views about it.
** e.g. about division of nature/culture made in Western societies, which "does often not correspond to the way in which many Indigenous cultures view this relation, which affects their views on language" (lecture on ecolinguistics, week 3, slide 46)
** e.g. TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) (see also slides Wk6_EcolingII)
*> Western bias
 
==== Other ====
* impact on prestige of minority languages and attitudes towards them
 
See also the [[Curated theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: collaborating within and beyond disciplines.|Curated theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: collaborating within and beyond disciplines]]
 
Four arguments for language maintenance
 
* social justice, political reasons to stop speaking a language.
* epistemic sustainability: "A dying language is a burning library of knowledge"
* indigenous wellbeing / wellbeing of minorities (not only language minorities but minorities in general)
** spiritual, land-based, cultural identity, emotional health, physical health, educational, economic, restorative<ref>Angelo et al. 2019: 12. Dimensions of the WILE framework. // Angelo, D., C. O’Shannessy, J. Simpson, I. Kral, H. Smith, and E. Browne (2019). Well-being and indigenous language ecologies (wile): a strengths-based approach: Literature review, national indigenous languages report, pillar 2</ref>
* linguistic diversity
 
====== Human ethics proposal<ref>https://services.anu.edu.au/research-support/ethics-integrity/key-ethical-concerns</ref> ======


* Minimising risks of harm
See also the [[Curated theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: collaborating within and beyond disciplines.|Curated theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: collaborating within and beyond disciplines]]
* Confidentiality and privacy
* Ethical data management
* Informed consent
* Recruiting research participants
* Remuneration for participants
* Feedback to participants<br />
* what matters to people? what matters to linguists? is it possible to combine both? what are the interests of all parties?
* Who has expertise? on what? How can we combine the expertise of different people to have a positive impact together?


See also the [[Curated Theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: practical examples of sustainable practices in linguistics]]
=== Impact on society ===
=== Impact on society ===
* fieldwork ethics
* Fieldwork ethics
* find the relevance of linguistics through what it brings to people and society.
* Find the relevance of linguistics for people // What does society gain from our linguistic research?
 
* [[Language Revitalization]] can also have a positive impact on the prestige of minority languages and attitudes towards them.
=== Impact on environment: ===
* others relevant issues relate to:
 
** the choice of research topics,
 
** the points of view that we include in the research and publications,
Infrastructure
** the funding opportunities
 
* conferencing (carbon footprint of e.g. travel, merchandising, catering, as well as (financial) barriers for participation)
** carbon-neutral travel and catering
** remote accessibility
* publishing & data access
** open access (HAL, Zenodo)
* tools: dependence on tools by capitalistic companies such as Microsoft, Google, Zoom, Twitter etc.
** open source softwares
* others
** The choice of research topics is relevant (also the points of view that we include in the research and publications)
** funding
** power & hierarchies
** power & hierarchies
** pressure to publish
** pressure to publish


Sustainable academia (quotes from Wk4 slide 27)
=== Impact on environment ===
 
* [[conferencing]]
* Sustainable academic practices: Having a shared set of values around ‘how to do things’ that promote inclusivity, understanding and maximising long-term continuation without causing harm.
* [[publishing]]
* Sustainable academic infrastructures: Having institutional and long-term support to maintain sustainable practices.
* [[archiving and data access]]
 
* [[research tools]]
== Concrete solutions ==
 
== Possible pages and categories to link ==
specific SDG's.


[[Sustainability in linguistics]]
[[Sustainability in linguistics]]
[[Category:Collaborative approach]]
[[Category:Fieldwork ethics]]
[[Category:Inclusion]]
[[Category:Traditional knowledge]]
[[Category:SDG]]
[[Category:Environment]]

Latest revision as of 04:40, 25 January 2023

General questions to ask oneself about practices in academia[edit | edit source]

  • What academic practices could/should have a reduction of impact?
  • What matters to people? What matters to linguists? What are the interests of all parties? (How) is it possible to combine all of these?
  • Who has expertise? on what? How can we combine the expertise of different people to have a positive impact together?
  • Who decides on the topics that are researched on? Who should take these decisions?

On the impact of linguistics on the environment and society[edit | edit source]

Do we want to reduce negative impacts, or to increase positive impacts?

Reduce negative impacts[edit | edit source]

Increase positive impacts[edit | edit source]

Probably the most important way to increase the positive impacts of linguistic work - and academic work in general - is to use interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methods. Another very important point is the representativity and inclusivity of people and opinions.

See also the Curated theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: collaborating within and beyond disciplines

See also the Curated Theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: practical examples of sustainable practices in linguistics

Impact on society[edit | edit source]

  • Fieldwork ethics
  • Find the relevance of linguistics for people // What does society gain from our linguistic research?
  • Language Revitalization can also have a positive impact on the prestige of minority languages and attitudes towards them.
  • others relevant issues relate to:
    • the choice of research topics,
    • the points of view that we include in the research and publications,
    • the funding opportunities
    • power & hierarchies
    • pressure to publish

Impact on environment[edit | edit source]

Sustainability in linguistics

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