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Isabel Díaz Ayuso and weasel words

Por santi October 13, 2026

Paula Requeijo and Eva Aladro, colleagues at MIRCo, published this article in El País on October 13th. We are reproducing […]

Travel Journal: Words as Trenches in Buenos Aires

Por santi October 9, 2026

Guillermo Remón is a historian with a master’s degree in International Relations. He has worked on social inclusion at international […]

Takwatsin / Xtaan: Writing Born in the Community

Por santi September 4, 2026

Carla Amorós-Negre is a tenured professor of General Linguistics at the University of Salamanca and focuses primarily on research in sociolinguistics, […]

Guided tour to Valle de Cuelgamuros, MIRCo-UAM

Por santi July 14, 2026

Edith Muleiro Smoyer is a linguistic anthropologist and member of MIRCo, she graduated from the Publicly Oriented Anthropology Program in […]

The Geopolitics of Superman

Por santi June 11, 2026

We publish now Óscar García Agustín’s contribution on the MIRCo blog. Óscar is a professor in the Department of Culture […]

We are sharing the infographics from the Xarxa BCN Antirumors to help identify racism and xenophobia in the media

Por santi June 8, 2026

Below is a report on the release of infographics designed to identify hate speech and xenophobia in the media, created […]

Sloganization: the pleasure of letting others think for us

Por santi April 24, 2026

Sonia Madrid Cánovas is a Tenured Professor of General Linguistics in the Department of Spanish Language and General Linguistics at […]

Language as a mechanism of resistance: Slang, antilanguage and survival: what the language of the margins reveals

Por santi April 13, 2026

This article was written by Luisa Martín Rojo, MIRCo-UAM Director, in the 21st issue of La voz del patio, the […]

Queer (socio)linguistics: What is it? How is it done? Does it really exist?

Por santi March 6, 2026

Daniel Amarelo is a professor and researcher on Sociolinguistics, LGBTIQ Studies and Galician/Portuguese at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) […]

Dis/Enabling the linguistic land- and soundscape of a train station

Por santi February 6, 2026

This article is an external collaboration by Philippe Humbert, a sociolinguist and senior researcher at the Institute of Multilingualism of […]

Lang may yer lum reek! In memory of Deborah Cameron

Por santi January 27, 2026

The Writer and Linguist Teresa Moure bids her Farewell to Deborah Cameron. Teresa Moure is a Tenured professor of General […]

The Murcian Variety and Humor: A Model of Unintelligibility? (II)

Por santi January 14, 2026

Pedro Fernández Riquelme publishes in MIRCo blog the second of the two parts of his article The Murcian Variety and Humor: A Model […]

The Murcian Variety and Humor: A Model of Unintelligibility? (I)

Por santi December 11, 2025

Pedro Fernández Riquelme publishes in MIRCo blog the first of the two parts of his article The Murcian Variety and Humor: A […]

Studies of a periphery time and new ways to make research in Brazil

Por santi December 9, 2025

Janaina Tavares is an invited researcher at MIRCo during the year 2025-2026. She’s a doctorate researcher in Discourse and Literacy […]

Are you going to speak like that on the street? Reflections on language shaming

Por santi November 6, 2025

This article is an external contribution of María Méndez Santos, professor and secretary of the Research Institute iLingua at Universidade […]

TEN YEARS LATER: “Chiñoles y Bananas”, from extractivism to self repairment

Por santi September 30, 2025

This article is an external collaboration by Susana Ye, poet, independent documentalist and journalist. The documentary ‘Chiñoles y Bananas’, that […]

EL PRINCHARELIPÉN DEL GAO CALÓ Y DE LA CHIPÍ CALÍ

Por santi September 25, 2025

This article is an external collaboration in charge of Diego Fernández Jiménez, Cum Laude PhD in Social and Legal Sciences, […]

I didn’t skip the words, quillo

Por santi September 9, 2025

This article is a collaboration with Nuria Bayo, founder and president of EDELA (Escuela de Escritura en Lengua Andaluza) Do […]

Remembering San Cristóbal – Video Travel Notebook 7

Por santi August 29, 2025

This seventh part of the travel notebook we have another submission by our colleage Clara Molina. This video-notebook grasps her […]

Remembering Colombia – Video Travel Notebook 6

Por santi August 19, 2025

Clara Molina This Video-travel notebook 6 shows the impressions and travel experiences of researcher Clara Molina in Colombia, during her […]

In the heart of Huixtán: community, grief and Tzotzil singing

Por santi July 7, 2025

María Luisa de la Garza, Luisa Martín Rojo, Miriam Rosas Báez This ethnographic visit and narrative are part of the […]

A Travel Diary IV – Chiapas and Zapatismo: A First Encounter

Por santi May 19, 2025

An article by Jorge Gaupp This travel diary is organized in two parts, of which the second one is now […]

Travel Diary III: Chiapas and Zapatismo: A First Encounter

Por santi May 19, 2025

Post by Jorge Gaupp This travel diary is organized in two parts, of which the first one is now published. […]

The protest in the space of the University of Puerto Rico

Por federicojassin April 16, 2025

by Doris E. Martínez Vizcarrondo Approaching the sediments of the history of protest in the linguistic landscape of the University […]

Unaccounted means of subsistence in the Global South

Por santi April 11, 2025

A contribution by Rosina Marquez Reiter (The Open University, UK) and Ben Evans (The Open University, UK) Medellín, Rio de […]

What’s Ignored in the Classrooms of the Privileged

Por Luisa Rojo April 10, 2025

by Estrella Guerrero (self-chosen name) She was Sabila, about 12 years old, a girl from a rural background. Due to […]