User:Ai24/LanguageLightning

Background

Fortunately there are different initiatives around to address global problems we face at the moment. Kate Raworth is showing this in a very vivid way. But what do we all need to tackle the problems?

• Time
• Money
• Data

Time is the biggest restraint, in fact we are running out of time. For building up resilience cooperation (for 防災力の強化)is needed. If the new governance structure is working, the Wikimedia Foundation, has one of the best tools for Transnational Cooperation. Does the Wikipedia have a lot of Money? It is not enough for all necessary projects. And data? The Wikipedias are creating a lot of data and also Wikidata looks very promising. So there are data! More data could be generated, if there would be money, to finance projects. But the scientific community, which is actually more of scientific communities, has money to offer, in exchange for data. Of course I can't tell for all scientific areas, no single person can do this. But I have myself a state funded project from the JSPS, link my project, which is related to multilingual writing (in English) and linguistic mediation. My project is a case-study, a bottom up project. For integrating a global top-down perspective, Wikipedia language data, would be helpful. But language lightning could create a more polycentric alignment, here are some examples for Europe: That the European Research Council is important does not need any further explanation. In the context of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, there has been effective networking in European Countries. But the Council of Europe is also there, but Strasbourg and Brussels are not the only places. In terms of Language Policy, the European Centre for Modern Languages is an important player. >UNO

Conclusion

Wikipedia has data to offer, not "only" the data, which are in itself treasure, no I mean the data, which are processed here in the area of World Englishes. What I mean here are data on the usage of English in the Expanded Circle.

Links:

World Society , Weltgesellschaft

Global Englishes

Title of the lightning talk

Global Englishes and the resulting networking possibilities

Connected to the initiative

Initiative 25 (Regional & thematic hubs)& 45: Adaptive Policies (flexible policies, structures, budgeting and planing to adapt to global changes)

Language of presentation

English (US, spelling)

Author of the submission

User:Ai24

Affiliate or community (if applicable)

n.a.

Date of presentation

Saturday, December 5th (very grateful to the use of BST)

Abstract

This Wikimedia movement process shows that the Wikimedia is a global, i.e. transnational movement. Therefore, the main communication tool, the English language, has to be addressed. Global English means using effectively to address a global audience and to encourage global communication in a different language. While is seems paradox to foster English for Multilingualism, is a nondiscriminatory English, which is meant here. Of course also a global language has glocal consequences, language can only be used in a context. However, already existing networks can be used here and Wikipedia movement and the foundations can (and should) align to use external recourses. However, other institutions follow different trajectories, the mind-map gives an impression to what institutions and projects the Movement and Foundation could align with to address visibility in Global (English) audience.

How could raise an awareness for Global Englishes and what would be the benefits? In my view, we need to

1. using Wiki-data effectively
2. saving time to foster our already strong position as information hub
3. align existing scientific projects with the strategy
4. continuously adapt our tools: can't use a Japanese template here: World Society

For this end, we should

• in Europe, Euro-English is related to a common European public and an open migration policy
• in the US, there are projects of open society, the UN (with UNEP in Nairobi)
• in Japan (and other Asian countries) it is coordinating community efforts on languageS

Slides or further information

Mind-map

Mother language (Diff)