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The art and politics of micronational language planning
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Scandinavian Languages. Uppsala University, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS).
2025 (English)In: Language & Communication, ISSN 0271-5309, E-ISSN 1873-3395, Vol. 104, p. 82-96Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article discusses the language politics of micronations. It argues that micronational language planning offers a three-pronged satirical rejoinder to mainstream language politics. First, micronational language politics pushes back at attempts to frame nation-states and national languages as irrelevant in a globalized world. Second, it rebuffs neo-romantic sociolinguistic critiques of globalization. Third, it troubles technocratic approaches to language policy and planning (LPP). This argument is grounded in a close analysis of two micronational art projects: Elgaland-Vargaland and Ladonia. These micronations simultaneously appropriate and debase traditional LPP, creating both a defamiliarization of well-worn language ideologies and a destabilization of technocratic linguistic expertise. This is a promising starting point for reimagining research into the politics of language.

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Elsevier, 2025. Vol. 104, p. 82-96
Keywords [en]
Constructed languages, Invented languages, Language and art, Language politics, Micronations, Subversive affirmation
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Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-564959DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.06.003ISI: 001537408700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105010098661OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-564959DiVA, id: diva2:1989133
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Riksbankens JubileumsfondAvailable from: 2025-08-14 Created: 2025-08-14 Last updated: 2025-08-14Bibliographically approved

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