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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?


==== Impact ====
== On the impact of linguistics on the environment and society ==
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).
* [[Working proposal on sustainable linguistics]]


Sustainable linguistics: A working proposal. Draft, version 3.</ref>
*[[Human ethics proposal]]
** reduce flights (e.g. [[Conferencing|conferences]])
*[[Conferencing#Reasons%20why%20conferences%20nowadays%20are%20often%20not%20sustainable|Reasons why conferences nowadays are often not sustainable]]
** develop remote participation in conferences and reduce other academic travel
*[[Sustainability in linguistics]]
** encourage more sustainable ways of traveling and compensate the emission with carbon offset
=== Increase positive impacts ===
** reduce unnecessary merchandising
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.
** 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)


====== increase positive impacts ======
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]]
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


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.
See also the [[Curated Theme: Making academic practices in linguistics more sustainable: practical examples of sustainable practices in linguistics]]
=== Impact on society ===
* 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


e.g. considering nature and society as two different things (which the SDG do) is a eurocentric thought. 
=== Impact on environment ===
* [[conferencing]]
* [[publishing]]
* [[archiving and data access]]
* [[research tools]]


impact on prestige of minority languages and attitudes towards them
[[Sustainability in linguistics]]
 
[[Category:Collaborative approach]]
The positive impact of linguistic fieldwork can be increased by collaboration with the speaker community and their decisions about what shall be the results of of the work of a linguist in their community. For example, this can take the form of the creation of educational material in their language.
[[Category:Fieldwork ethics]]
 
[[Category:Inclusion]]
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]]
[[Category:Traditional knowledge]]
 
[[Category:SDG]]
* social justice, political reasons to stop speaking a language.
[[Category:Environment]]
* epistemic sustainability: "A dying language is a burning library of knowledge"
* indigenous wellbeing / wellbeing of minorities (not only language minorities but minorities in general)
* 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?
 
====== Impact on society ======
 
* fieldwork ethics
* find the relevance of linguistics through what it brings to people and society.
 
====== Impact on environment: ======
 
*
 
== Concrete solutions ==
 
== Possible pages and categories to link ==
specific SDG's

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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