Participatory Detection of Language Barriers towards Multilingual Sustainability(ies) in Africa
Gabriela Litre
(1, 2, 3)
,
Fabrice Hirsch
(1)
,
Patrick Caron
(4, 5)
,
Alexander Andrason
(6)
,
Nathalie Bonnardel
(7)
,
Valerie Fointiat
(8)
,
Wilhelmina Onyothi Nekoto
(9)
,
Jade Abbott
(9)
,
Cristiana Dobre
(3, 10)
,
Juliana Dalboni
(3, 10)
,
Agnès Steuckardt
(1)
,
Giancarlo Luxardo
(1)
,
Hervé Bohbot
(1)
1
Praxiling -
Praxiling
2 SENS - Savoirs, ENvironnement et Sociétés
3 Center for Sustainable Development
4 UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement
5 Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés
6 USB - University of Stellenbosch Business School [Cape Town]
7 LPS - Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
8 PsyCLÉ - Centre de Recherche en Psychologie de la Connaissance, du Langage et de l'Émotion
9 Masakhane NLP
10 INCT - National Institute of Science and Technology
2 SENS - Savoirs, ENvironnement et Sociétés
3 Center for Sustainable Development
4 UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement
5 Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés
6 USB - University of Stellenbosch Business School [Cape Town]
7 LPS - Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
8 PsyCLÉ - Centre de Recherche en Psychologie de la Connaissance, du Langage et de l'Émotion
9 Masakhane NLP
10 INCT - National Institute of Science and Technology
Patrick Caron
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Valerie Fointiat
- Fonction : Auteur
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Résumé
After decades of political, economic, and scientific efforts, humanity has not gotten any closer to global sustainability. With less than a decade to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline of the 2030 Agenda, we show that global development agendas may be getting lost in translation, from their initial formulation to their final implementation. Sustainability science does not “speak” most of the 2000 languages from Africa, where the lack of indigenous terminology hinders global efforts such as the COVID-19 pandemic fight. Sociolinguistics, social psychology, cognitive ergonomics, geography, environmental sciences, and artificial intelligence (AI) are all relevant disciplinary fields to uncover the “foreign language effect” that hinders the implementation of the SDGs in Africa. We make the case for detecting and addressing language barriers towards multilingual sustainability in Africa by (1) exploring the ”foreign language effect” among African decision-makers and recognising their alternative social representations about sustainability; and (2) detecting Western language stereotypes about sustainability. We propose rethinking SDG-related scientific notions through participatory natural language processing (NLP) and the study of African social representations of sustainability, thus enabling a more inclusive and efficient approach to “sustainability(ies)”.
Domaines
LinguistiqueFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Participatory Detection of Language Barriers towards Multilingual Sustainability(ies) in Africa
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Résumé |
en
After decades of political, economic, and scientific efforts, humanity has not gotten any closer to global sustainability. With less than a decade to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline of the 2030 Agenda, we show that global development agendas may be getting lost in translation, from their initial formulation to their final implementation. Sustainability science does not “speak” most of the 2000 languages from Africa, where the lack of indigenous terminology hinders global efforts such as the COVID-19 pandemic fight. Sociolinguistics, social psychology, cognitive ergonomics, geography, environmental sciences, and artificial intelligence (AI) are all relevant disciplinary fields to uncover the “foreign language effect” that hinders the implementation of the SDGs in Africa. We make the case for detecting and addressing language barriers towards multilingual sustainability in Africa by (1) exploring the ”foreign language effect” among African decision-makers and recognising their alternative social representations about sustainability; and (2) detecting Western language stereotypes about sustainability. We propose rethinking SDG-related scientific notions through participatory natural language processing (NLP) and the study of African social representations of sustainability, thus enabling a more inclusive and efficient approach to “sustainability(ies)”.
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Auteur(s) |
Gabriela Litre
1, 2, 3
, Fabrice Hirsch
1
, Patrick Caron
4, 5
, Alexander Andrason
6
, Nathalie Bonnardel
7
, Valerie Fointiat
8
, Wilhelmina Onyothi Nekoto
9
, Jade Abbott
9
, Cristiana Dobre
3, 10
, Juliana Dalboni
3, 10
, Agnès Steuckardt
1
, Giancarlo Luxardo
1
, Hervé Bohbot
1
1
Praxiling -
Praxiling
( 24501 )
- Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3,
Route de Mende, 34199 Montpellier Cedex 5
- France
2
SENS -
Savoirs, ENvironnement et Sociétés
( 1058544 )
- Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 - Site St Charles
71 Rue du prof. Henri Serre
34086 Montpellier
- France
3
Center for Sustainable Development
( 432401 )
- Brésil
4
UMR ART-Dev -
Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement
( 1100676 )
- Université Paul-Valéry - Site de Saint-Charles - Route de Mende - 34 199 Montpellier Cedex 5
- France
5
Cirad-ES -
Département Environnements et Sociétés
( 420902 )
- Campus international de Baillarguet TA C-DIR / B 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
- France
6
USB -
University of Stellenbosch Business School [Cape Town]
( 494418 )
- Carl Cronje Dr, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530, Afrique du Sud
- Afrique du Sud
7
LPS -
Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
( 98218 )
- Aix-Marseille Université
29 avenue Robert Schuman
13621 Aix-en-Provence, France
- France
8
PsyCLÉ -
Centre de Recherche en Psychologie de la Connaissance, du Langage et de l'Émotion
( 102135 )
- Maison de la Recherche
29 Av. Schuman, 13621
Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, France
- France
9
Masakhane NLP
( 1066035 )
- Afrique du Sud
10
INCT -
National Institute of Science and Technology
( 357578 )
- Brésil
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2022-07
|
Volume |
14
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Numéro |
13
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Page/Identifiant |
8133
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Domaine(s) |
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Collaboration/Projet |
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Mots-clés |
en
InCIAM
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DOI | 10.3390/su14138133 |
Origine :
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