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Critical and creative explorations of the languages that shape our lives

January 14, 2026 • santi

Languages We Live By, by Katrin Ahlgren and Clara Molina, has just been published in Multilingual Matters’ Writing Without Borders […]

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

January 14, 2026 • Pedro Fernández Riquelme

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

The exhibition “Minor Territories. Childhood, art and community in the sensitive building of the campus” will be available to visit until Feb. 13th, at UAM

January 13, 2026 • santi

How do production and performance logics affect people? Is there a way to scape the fugacity of university life? Thanks […]

The Presentation and Debate on Participatory Perspectives on Research and Teaching Community Resilience Through Creative and Inclusive Engagement” (CIVIS Alliance) took place on January 12th

January 12, 2026 • santi

Last January 12th, the session and debate on participatory perspective in research and teaching “Community Resilience Through Creative and Inclusive […]

The II International Symposium of the Center of Discourse Studies will take place on May 2026

January 10, 2026 • santi

The MIRCo Center invites you to engage in the II International Symposium of the Center of Discourse Studies (CDS), which […]

The LL17 Seminar will take place on June 4th, 5th and 6th in Limerick (Ireland)

January 9, 2026 • santi

The MIRCo Center invites you to participate in the LL17 Linguistic Landscape, which will take place in the University of […]

We present the Memory Maps, an “Atado y Bien Atado” Initiative

January 8, 2026 • santi

Between October and December last year, the MIRCo center, along with entities such as Verso, Viento Sur, the Rose Luxembourg […]

MIRCo Bibliography on Linguistic Landscapes

December 19, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo Center has gathered all the bibliography made by our researchers on linguistic landscapes. You may download it here:

MIRCo’s General Assembly: Results and Lessons

November 28, 2025 • santi

Last November 11th, the Annual General Assembly of Research Center MIRCo-UAM took place, thought of as the center’s main space […]

Impact of the International Seminar: Atado y Bien Atado. The End of Dictatorships in Southern Europe

November 21, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo Centre, in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and other institutions, has organized the International Seminar: Atado y […]

Statement on the passing of Louis-Jean Calvet

November 14, 2025 • Adil Moustaoui

Last October 29th, Louis-Jean Calvet, passed away. He was a Tunisian-born sociolinguist (Tunis, 1942), where he lived until he was […]

The monographic “In search of sociolinguistic justice: mobilizing transformative agency through action-research” is published

November 12, 2025 • santi

In November 2025, the publishing of the monographic In search of sociolinguistic justice: Mobilizing transformative agency through action research was completed. It […]

Sociolinguistics Symposium 26 (SS26)

November 10, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

Extended Submission Deadline for Abstract Conference Theme: Sociolinguistic Consonance and Dissonance in the Pluriversal World 📍 University of Fort Hare, […]

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

November 6, 2025 • María Méndez Santos

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

Public event: ¿Qué puede una lengua? Conversación entre Yásnaya Elena A. Gil y Amanda de la Garza

October 27, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo Center invites you all to attend the public event ¿Qué puede una lengua? Conversación entre Yásnaya Elena G. Gil […]

Visit our page: Participatory Landscapes

October 19, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

New Section in Participatory Landscapes We have opened a new section on our Citizen Science site: Participatory Linguistic Landscapes, where […]

Landscapes of Protest Movements

October 18, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

At MIRCo-UAM, we explore the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of protest movements—spaces where words, images, and bodies reclaim the city […]

Experience of Street Languages in 2021: the collective landscapes of Madrid’s Neighborhoods

October 18, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

During the implementation of the EquiLing project (Critical Language Awareness and Speakers’ Agency: Action Research for Sociolinguistic Equality), within the […]

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

September 30, 2025 • Susana Ye

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

September 25, 2025 • santi

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

Fall Schedule at MIRCo

September 16, 2025 • santi

The academic curse has begun again. Corridors are full of students, copying machines are at full power and, like any […]

Catalan Courses at UAM

September 15, 2025 • santi

Have you ever thought about learning Catalan? Do you like languages? Do you need Catalan for your work or your […]

MIRCo releases the app Voces-Territorios

September 11, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo-UAM research center is pleased to present to the public the app Voces-Territorios, available via free download on Android […]

I didn’t skip the words, quillo

September 9, 2025 • santi

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

August 29, 2025 • santi

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

New hybrid course (1st edition): “El caló en la Península Ibérica”

August 27, 2025 • santi

The Philosophy and Languages Faculty in UAM Will host this fall the 1st edition of the course El caló en la […]

Remembering Colombia – Video Travel Notebook 6

August 19, 2025 • santi

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

New MIRCo-UAM publication: “Investigación interdisciplinar en multilingüismo, discurso y comunicación: el papel de MIRCo-UAM”

July 14, 2025 • santi

Luisa M. Rojo and Santi Martínez, director and research assistant from MIRCo-UAM, respectively, have published this July the article called Investigación […]

New publication:: “Re-imaging Languages and Communication in Collaborative Projects: Ethnographic Perspectives on the Future”

July 11, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo-UAM member Miguel Pérez-Milans (Department of Culture, Communication & Media; Institute of Education in the University College of London), […]

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