Futuring multilingually: Languages as lived emancipatory processes

This session explores languages as lived emancipatory processes shaping multilingual identities, creative expression, and social transformation. How do multilingual users (e.g., writers/creators, community members) mobilize languages to resist marginalization, revitalize invisibilized knowledge/histories, and reconfigure power?

Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 20, 2026

Janice McGregor, University of Arizona (jmcgregor@arizona.edu ) Lee B. Abraham, Columbia U (lba2133@columbia.edu )