BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19084-279eabf31da32ddb070a5ccbce7c2246@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260904T064406Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T110000 SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem ologies—Sonia Martin DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract:\n\nIn this presentation\, Sonia Martin shares th e story of her transdisciplinary research in which she considers the con nections between water\, language\, and international education. Sonia d escribes how she came to the water-language connection accidentally whil e critiquing colonial language policies in Canada that uphold linguistic racism\, and how the water-language connection led to a partnership wit h a local Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk language) teacher and cultural consultant\ , Kristi Talbot. Together they facilitated an international education in tervention at a Lake Ontario beach for a diverse group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The intervention included a water-based Kanyen'k éha lesson and relational languaging activities with the beach. Informed by a transgressive framework that includes Haudenosaunee teachings and critical multilingual language awareness theory\, this research responds to the question of what might happen when the water-language connection is prioritized in international education. Sonia shares findings from t he research that include possibilities for relationship-building between peoples and between humans and other natural beings. She also discusses tensions and transgressions to consider when engaging non-Indigenous pe ople in Indigenous language learning. Sonia concludes with an invitation to think with water for understanding language practices in unique cont exts.\n\nBio:\n\nSonia Martin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Edu cation at York University and a descendent of white European settlers to Canada. Sonia prioritizes embodied\, collaborative\, and creative metho ds in research and teaching that support unlearning coloniality and noti cing points of connection within linguistically and culturally diverse g roups in adult and post-secondary education. Sonia's work has been publi shed in Language and Literacy\, Journal of Comparative and International Education\, and the UnLeading Project. Sonia spends her free time in an d around the Great Lakes\, most often the one she lives closest to\, Ony atarí:yo.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-globa l-virtual-forum-sonia-martin/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:
In this presentation, Sonia Martin shares the story of her transdiscipli nary research in which she considers the connections between water, lang uage, and international education. Sonia describes how she came to the w ater-language connection accidentally while critiquing colonial language policies in Canada that uphold linguistic racism, and how the water-lan guage connection led to a partnership with a local Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk l anguage) teacher and cultural consultant, Kristi Talbot. Together they f acilitated an international education intervention at a Lake Ontario bea ch for a diverse group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The inte rvention included a water-based Kanyen'kéha lesson and relational langua ging activities with the beach. Informed by a transgressive framework th at includes Haudenosaunee teachings and critical multilingual language a wareness theory, this research responds to the question of what might ha ppen when the water-language connection is prioritized in international education. Sonia shares findings from the research that include possibil ities for relationship-building between peoples and between humans and o ther natural beings. She also discusses tensions and transgressions to c onsider when engaging non-Indigenous people in Indigenous language learn ing. Sonia concludes with an invitation to think with water for understa nding language practices in unique contexts.

Bio:
Sonia Marti n is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at York University an d a descendent of white European settlers to Canada. Sonia prioritizes e mbodied, collaborative, and creative methods in research and teaching th at support unlearning coloniality and noticing points of connection with in linguistically and culturally diverse groups in adult and post-second ary education. Sonia's work has been published in Language and Liter acy, Journal of Comparative and International Education, a nd the UnLeading Project. Sonia spends her free time in and around the G reat Lakes, most often the one she lives closest to, Onyatarí:yo.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-vi rtual-forum-sonia-martin/

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