SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast: What is Indigenous?

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 1:38 p.m.

b"Are you indigenous? What makes a person indigenous? What does being\\nindigenous really mean?\\n\\nJoin Francesca, Clare and K\\xfanmi on a big discussion on what it means to be \\u2018indigenous\\u2019, the differences between indigenous and endangered languages, and the rate at which indigenous and endangered languages are disappearing. With flash interviews from linguists and SOASians, and a conversation with SOAS World Languages Institute director Mandana Seyfeddinipur, we disentangle the different meanings and contexts behind the heavily loaded term \\u2018indigenous\\u2019, and see what interesting and important information it can give us regarding the future of endangered languages.'\\nThis podcast was recorded at SOAS Radio.\\nEpisode concept by Francesca Brown and Clare Green\\n\\nMusic:\\nYellow Light District (ID 1135)\\nLobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de\\nCreative Commons License (by-nc-nd)\\nThis podcast forms part of a series of four podcasts produced by the SOAS World\\nLanguages Institute celebrating UNESCO\\u2019s International Year of Indigenous\\nLanguages 2019."