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Bridging the gap between reality and Japan’s Ainu Cultural Policy

  • Prof Jeffry Gayman & Saana Santalahti,

The indigenous Ainu people of Japan are trying to revitalise and reclaim their language, but they face major hurdles.

Challenges to preserving and promoting linguistic diversity in Sri Lanka

  • Dr Romola Rassool,

Sinhala, Tamil and English are recognised in the Sri Lanka’s constitution, but other languages are severely marginalised.

Linguistic colonialism impairs educational and mobility justice for minority students in Vietnam

  • Dr Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen,

The dominance of the Vietnamese language means that speakers of ethnic languages are marginalised.

How Japanese fathers can support children’s Japanese language learning in Australia

  • Dr Miyako Matsui & Dr Kaya Oriyama,

Minority language transfer can be very difficult in a nation such as Australia where English dominates.

The genocide of 1965 in Flores, Indonesia, and what’s needed for reconciliation

  • Dr Justin Wejak,

The Indonesian genocide of 1965 is yet to be fully resolved and will continue to haunt Indonesia if no attempts are made to reconcile with

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