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Langscape Magazine Vol 9

Marie-Émilie Lacroix, an Innu woman from eastern Canada, is on a gently rebellious mission: decolonizing language. In an intimate interview with Italian researcher Marco Romagnoli, she explores how language — and the meanings and attitudes it conveys — can be used either as an instrument of oppression or as a tool for resistance and liberation. This story was published in Terralingua's Langscape Magazine, Vol 9, 2020.

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