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The Right to Education and Linguistic Justice in Indigenous Communities
Education and linguistic justice are two fundamental human rights for any social group and, above all, for members of the world’s indigenous groups, most of whom have faced colonization and linguicide (linguistic extermination) since the implementation of…
Lorena Córdova-Hernández
Sobre Lorena
Lorena Córdova-Hernández is a professor and researcher in the School of Languages at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (Mexico). She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-CDMX) and a specialization in Cultural Policy and Management from the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM-Xochimilco). Her research interests focus on cultural and linguistic policies, linguistic landscape, literacy, and social semiotics. In addition, she has conducted community-based research on language documentation and revitalization in Maya communities along the Mexico-Guatemala border and with speakers of languages at risk of extinction in Oaxaca (Mexico).
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