Robert Blackwood
@robjblackwood.bsky.social
Professor of French Sociolinguistics, Editor of Linguistic Landscape, Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement & Partnerships at the University of Liverpool
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Since the time I was a PhD student, I've always found the annual #LinguisticLandscape workshop to be a welcoming, almost familial space. Where else can you enjoy a mother-son talk, like today's "Collapse and transformation of Jefferson Street in Nashville Tennessee" by Becky and Nick Garvin? ❤️ #LL16
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Since the time I was a PhD student, I've always found the annual #LinguisticLandscape workshop to be a welcoming, almost familial space. Where else can you enjoy a mother-son talk, like today's "Collapse and transformation of Jefferson Street in Nashville Tennessee" by Becky and Nick Garvin? ❤️ #LL16
We’re thrilled to have been nominated but we’re all the ##LinguisticLandscape workshop #LL16 in Essen so we’ll join by Zoom to see how our Handbook fares in the BAAL Book Prize
We're at #BAAL2025 in Glasgow and gearing up for the BAAL Book Prize announcement ceremony at 4pm.
Fingers crossed for a win for the fantastic Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes 🤞 @baal2025.bsky.social @robjblackwood.bsky.social
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Fingers crossed for a win for the fantastic Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes 🤞 @baal2025.bsky.social @robjblackwood.bsky.social
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September 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We’re thrilled to have been nominated but we’re all the ##LinguisticLandscape workshop #LL16 in Essen so we’ll join by Zoom to see how our Handbook fares in the BAAL Book Prize
This afternoon, Jess Hampton has bridged the distance between endangered languages - Romagnolo in her case - and recovery from crises: earthquakes, COVID-19, floods.
September 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This afternoon, Jess Hampton has bridged the distance between endangered languages - Romagnolo in her case - and recovery from crises: earthquakes, COVID-19, floods.
At #LL16, you can hear a pin drop as Jackie Lou talks us through the crisis and creativity of COVID-19 in a beautiful and deeply personal reflection, bringing us back to discourse in place as a bedrock of #linguisticlandscape research
September 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
At #LL16, you can hear a pin drop as Jackie Lou talks us through the crisis and creativity of COVID-19 in a beautiful and deeply personal reflection, bringing us back to discourse in place as a bedrock of #linguisticlandscape research
We’re at #LL16 in Essen and the first plenary speaker Máiréad Moriarty takes Levi-Strauss and Barthes to task for dismissing the value of the sea as a landscape
September 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We’re at #LL16 in Essen and the first plenary speaker Máiréad Moriarty takes Levi-Strauss and Barthes to task for dismissing the value of the sea as a landscape
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'Vernacular Mythologies: Instagram, Starbucks and Meaning-Making by Non-Elites at Paris Orly Airport' by @robjblackwood.bsky.social explores mythmaking by non-elites through networked language and semiotic practices of Instagram users. Read it #OA on MLO: bit.ly/VM-Blackwood @livunihss.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
'Vernacular Mythologies: Instagram, Starbucks and Meaning-Making by Non-Elites at Paris Orly Airport' by @robjblackwood.bsky.social explores mythmaking by non-elites through networked language and semiotic practices of Instagram users. Read it #OA on MLO: bit.ly/VM-Blackwood @livunihss.bsky.social
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REMINDER!
Early Bird registration for #LL16 ends today! Register here: www.conftool.com/ll16-ude/ind...
Early Bird registration for #LL16 ends today! Register here: www.conftool.com/ll16-ude/ind...
March 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
REMINDER!
Early Bird registration for #LL16 ends today! Register here: www.conftool.com/ll16-ude/ind...
Early Bird registration for #LL16 ends today! Register here: www.conftool.com/ll16-ude/ind...
Ahead of the weekend, #LinguisticLandscape publishes the article by Peltoniemi, Szabó & Hämäläinen on the intersection of tempo and presence in students' learning in #schoolscapes, based on their research in Finland
The tempo and presence of university students’ learning across schoolscapes
Although the term schoolscapes often alludes to physical spaces, contemporary schoolscapes not only exist physically but also virtually, requiring students to navigate through different spatialities a...
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February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ahead of the weekend, #LinguisticLandscape publishes the article by Peltoniemi, Szabó & Hämäläinen on the intersection of tempo and presence in students' learning in #schoolscapes, based on their research in Finland
It's great to see @dmalinowski.bsky.social's review of Gorter & Cenoz's landmark overview (or 'panorama' to use their terms) of #LinguisticLandscape research. Review now published in OnlineFirst for the journal #LinguisticLandscape
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February 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It's great to see @dmalinowski.bsky.social's review of Gorter & Cenoz's landmark overview (or 'panorama' to use their terms) of #LinguisticLandscape research. Review now published in OnlineFirst for the journal #LinguisticLandscape
At @liverpooluni.bsky.social Heritage Institute, the research seminar series of 2025 kicks off with Goffriller looking at archaeology & the built heritage of Lower Syr Darya in #Kazakhstan
January 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
At @liverpooluni.bsky.social Heritage Institute, the research seminar series of 2025 kicks off with Goffriller looking at archaeology & the built heritage of Lower Syr Darya in #Kazakhstan
Today, in the journal #LinguisticLandscape publishes online its first article of 2025, written by @theresaheyd.bsky.social & @janapithan.bsky.social, looking at the voices attributed, via signage, to artefacts in the public space. The authors look at 'talking' milk cartons, bins, trains, and more!
Voices in the Linguistic Landscape | John Benjamins
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This paper contributes to the emerging analytical framework of anthropomorphized artifacts as part of Linguistic
Landscapes. It describes and analyzes cases where signage, objects, or relate...
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January 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, in the journal #LinguisticLandscape publishes online its first article of 2025, written by @theresaheyd.bsky.social & @janapithan.bsky.social, looking at the voices attributed, via signage, to artefacts in the public space. The authors look at 'talking' milk cartons, bins, trains, and more!
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Here's an interesting funding opportunity with European partners: AHRC - Collaborate with German partners (up to £420k). For arts and humanities research projects. Applications must demonstrate added value of international collaboration to research www.ukri.org/opportunity/... #AcademicSky
Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research: round seven
Apply for funding to collaborate on arts and humanities projects with German research partners.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Here's an interesting funding opportunity with European partners: AHRC - Collaborate with German partners (up to £420k). For arts and humanities research projects. Applications must demonstrate added value of international collaboration to research www.ukri.org/opportunity/... #AcademicSky
With a fanfare, the journal #LinguisticLandscape leaps into its second decade with a new issue, featuring articles by Bruyèl-Olmedo, Pellanda, Wang & Yu, and Duman Çakır. And a couple of reviews to boot - what's not to like?
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January 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
With a fanfare, the journal #LinguisticLandscape leaps into its second decade with a new issue, featuring articles by Bruyèl-Olmedo, Pellanda, Wang & Yu, and Duman Çakır. And a couple of reviews to boot - what's not to like?