Mena (2024) & YouTube Resources
In this article, Mike presents a semiotic approach to understanding race, via indexicality. Mike offers a theoretical lens called '“semiotic whitening”.
Article Read-Along
Mike’s Re-Along Podcast - In this video, the “Semiotic Whitening” article is read in its entirety (with bonus material that did not make the final publication).
Mena (2023) & YouTube Resources
In this article, Mike works to build on “linguistic terrorism” theory and how such moments and processes often appear “softer” in more recent times.
Full Article Breakdown
Mike walks viewers through most difficult theoretical sections, focusing on nuance. (not an overview/summary).
Article Read-Along
Mike’s Re-Along Podcast - In this video, the “Soft Linguistic Terrorism” article is read in its entirety (with bonus material that did not make the final publication).
Mena (2022)
Mike’s contribution to this edited volume (2022) is a chapter that deepens the theoretical scope of “the language-elsewhere” originally presented in Mena & Garcia (2020).
Chapter 5: A Language-elsewhere: A Friendlier Linguistic Terrorism
Mena & García (2020) & YouTube Resources
Mike is developing two semiotic approaches to race and language:
converse racialization & un/marking
the language-elsewhere
These approaches were first introduced in Mena & García, 2020.
two semiotic approaches | two video explanations
Keywords Covered: ‘converse racialization’ & ‘un/marking’ (2020)
Keyword Covered: ‘the language-elsewhere’ (2020)