Rits Brown Bag Seminar Series is hosting two talks today:
Monday, March 16th, 2015 12:30-1:30 PM
Rits Lab – Ritsumeikan Building, 6460 Agronomy Rd.
Charting theoretical possibilities for language socialization research with exiles and their descendants
Presenter: Ava Becker (PhD Student, LLED)
This paper proposes that practices of remembering and forgetting are integral to studies of multigenerational language socialization in communities founded by exiles, and suggests that an explicit exploration of memory as social practice would deepen our nascent understanding of language socialization and exile.
Language and Neoliberalism in “Global Human Resource” Development: Analysis Revisited
Presenter: Tomoyo Okuda (PhD Candidate, LLED)
This paper examines Japanese universities’ globalization policy proposals to foster “Global Human Resources”, defined as those who have adequate skills to compete in the global economy. Tacit neoliberal principles to efficiently maximize the production of GHRs will be presented and effects on students’ learning will be discussed.