{"id":53493,"date":"2026-03-02T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=53493"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:32:36","slug":"ubuntu-translanguaging-valuing-local-languages-in-community-engaged-digital-storytelling-with-isixhosa-speaking-cape-flats-residents-to-address-environmental-disaster-risks","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/event\/ubuntu-translanguaging-valuing-local-languages-in-community-engaged-digital-storytelling-with-isixhosa-speaking-cape-flats-residents-to-address-environmental-disaster-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Translanguaging: Valuing Local Languages in Community Engaged Digital Storytelling with isiXhosa-Speaking Cape Flats Residents to Address Environmental Disaster Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p>The Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (AIKRN) and the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University invite you to join us for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ubuntu Translanguaging: Valuing Local Languages in Community Engaged Digital Storytelling with isiXhosa-Speaking Cape Flats Residents to Address Environmental Disaster Risks by Prof. Tsitsi Mpofu-Mketwa, School of Social Work, Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can local languages deepen knowledge co-production and strengthen community resilience to environmental disasters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on nine isiXhosa digital stories produced through participatory research methods\u2014including community mapping, photovoice, and digital storytelling\u2014this webinar explores how translanguaging expands knowledge beyond English-centered frameworks. Working with vulnerable Cape Flats communities affected by flooding, drought, and fire, the project highlights Ubuntu\u2019s values of humanism and interdependency as foundations of resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Mpofu-Mketwa demonstrates how validating isiXhosa and other local meaning-making modes is central to decolonial research practice and enhances community-driven approaches to environmental disaster risk.<br>Event link: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/ubuntu-translanguaging\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/ubuntu-translanguaging\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":53494,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-53493","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-03-30 10:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-03-30 11:30:00","cu_event_location_type":"virtual","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"GABRIEL HABIYAREMYE ","cu_event_email":"GABRIEL.HABIYAREMYE@carle","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/53493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/53493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53495,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/53493\/revisions\/53495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=53493"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=53493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}