What work does silence perform in culture and society? 🔍🔇

Across literature, media, and political discourse, silence emerges as both a mechanism of oppression and a resource for resistance, introspection, and expression. Its ambivalence invites new critical and #interdisciplinary approaches.

The next conference, “Hush! Practising Silence in Literature and Culture” will be held at FRIAS 15–17 April 2026. Scholars are invited to explore various forms and affordances of silence in #Anglophone literatures and media, addressing the intentions, drawbacks, and potentialities, implicated in instances and mediations of silence.

By integrating “silent discussions” and other reflective formats, participants will also engage with silence as a method of academic discourse.

📍 FRIAS Seminar room (Albertstraße 19, 79104 Freiburg)
🗓️ 15 April – 17 April 2026

Organisation: Sophia Philomena Wolf and Anne Rüggemeier

🔗 https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/hush/

An interesting (though not very surprising IMO) read about #Anglophone #Linguistics and English bias: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17447143.2015.1102921

> Asking a linguist how many languages they speak is like asking a doctor how many diseases they have.

Chomsky managed to avoid learning “the ebola of linguistics” after all.

#Multilingualism #AngloCentrism

Hype for the Future 87L: The Province of Ontario Compared to Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/hype-for-the-future-87l-the-province-of-ontario-compared-to-ohio/

Via #CultMTL - Dec 5, 2025

#PaulStPierrePlamondon has insulted the very people who gave Quebec its culture: the #artists

“This is why ethno-nationalists like #PSPP and #FrançoisLegault view #MarcMiller as a threat — a multilingual #Quebec #Anglophone #Francophile tasked with empowering #Quebec and #Canadian #culture essentially undermines everything the #PQ and #CAQ currently stand for.”

https://cultmtl.com/2025/12/paul-st-pierre-plamondon-has-insulted-the-very-people-who-gave-quebec-its-culture-the-artists/

As an #Anglophone #Canadian, I'm finding being part of the #Anglosphere to be increasingly embarassing.

#TransRights #BoycottUSA #BoycottUK