Transcending Monolingual Worldviews: Magnifying the Impact of Knowledge in Academe and Society
Biotechnology Building, Room G10 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesAll societies, and especially diverse ones like the US, are multilingual; translingual communication mediates life and professions and makes knowledge grow and work. Yet, myths about language set up barriers, inhibiting free exchange and application of knowledge. These myths include the ideas that knowledge must only be produced, can only be exchanged, and is applied…