Today, our short film Breathing through the feet premieres at the National Arts Festival Makhanda, South Africa. Breathing through the
read more Breathing through the feet premieres at National Arts Festival
I recently became a member of the Global Coalition for Language Rights, the leading movement behind Global Language Advocacy Day.
read more Global Language Advocacy Day 2022: Personal reflections
Claire French, University of the Witwatersrand. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original
Since autumn, I have been quietly turning to an artistic practice that firmly situates my identity and value as an
We launched the first session of LANGUAGING last night at the School of Arts, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Running to
I have had the pleasure of collaborating with performance practitioner Sibusiso Mkhize since the beginning of the year as part
This blog post is a copy of its original publication on the Creative Multilingualism blog here ‘We breathe English, but
I will soon be delivering a workshop for performers and practitioners that explores how and when the performer’s body might
read more The body, making and languaging: The first time my PhD research meets practice
Yesterday I experienced the PhD viva and left unscathed (!), enthusiastic about the nature of the PhD reviewing and examining
I thought it’s time I pen a hybrid of the static ‘holding page’ and blog post that details my current
read more Holding value in the last leg: Completing my PhD @ Odox Arts, Birmingham
The initial stimuli for researching approaches to drawing from actors’ linguistic resources in performance came in 2013 at the Evelyn
read more Barbican ArtWorks: the beginning of research focusing on actors’ linguistic resources
I am currently observing Micia de Wet’s development and rehearsals of a multilingual production by BA Theatre students at City Varsity,
read more Observer & Researcher of Micia de Wet’s recent Johannesburg production
I was lucky enough to have access to enough equipment to cobble together some podcasts featuring the post-show panel discussions
My current sociolinguistic research has been tremendously informed through my experiences working alongside Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and
read more Research Assistant to Prof. Jakelin Troy, University of Sydney
I have recently spent a little over a month travelling between Cape Town and Grahamstown in South Africa, sitting-in and
