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

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

You can now listen to the audio recordings from the “Spoken Word” recital held on May 14!

On May 14th, at 12:30 PM, an end-of-year celebration featuring a spoken-word poetry session (slam poetry, performance, expanded poetry, among […]

The next episode of the “Atado y Bien Atado” podcast will be recorded on June 13th

Hosted by: Olga Rodríguez. Featuring Luisa M. Rojo and Jon Maia. Date and time: Saturday, June 13th, at 12:30 PM. […]

The poetry concert “Spiritual Canticle: Music and Words of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Jesus” will take place on June 4th and 26th

On June 4 at 8:00 p.m., the poetic concert Cántico espiritual: Music and Words of St. John of the Cross and […]

The recording of Stephen Marlett’s lecture at UAM is now available on YouTube

On March 16th, the Department of General Linguistics at the Faculty of Philosophy and Languages, in collaboration with the MIRCo-UAM […]

The presentation by MIRCo guest researcher Carlos Bem Gonçalves is available to watch online

Last May 21st, MIRCo-UAM hosted a lecture by its visiting scholar, Carlos Bem Gonçalves, a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal […]

The UAM is offering a new university-administered certificate program: the Diploma of Experts in Romani Studies in the Spanish Context

The Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the Autonomous University has created a new Expert Diploma in Romani Studies in […]

Language Day 2026 Chronicle

On April 28, we celebrated International Mother Language Day 2026 in the central hallway of the Faculty of Philosophy and […]

Sloganization: the pleasure of letting others think for us

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

Linguist Yásnaya Elena A. Gil invites us to reflect on languages in the latest episode of Reina Sofía Radio

Yásnaya Elena A. Gil has participated, in collaboration with the Reina Sofía National Art Museum, in the recording of the […]

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

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

The Enrollment for the New Course on Teaching Spanish to Migrants and Refugees (August 24th-27th) is now Open

Enrollment is now open for the course on “Teaching Spanish to Migrants and Refugees”, which will take place between August […]

The II Conference on Democracy, Media and Political Discourse took place on April 8th, 9th and 10th

Last April 18th, 19th and 20th, the Second Edition of the Conferences on Democracy, Media and Political Discourse, organized by the research […]

Using the FARO App: the Project’s Visit to Rome

The FARO app is now available to download in Google Play and App Store! Developed by MIRCo researchers under the […]

Do not miss the next episodes of the “Atado y Bien Atado” Podcast!

As part of the activities of “Atado y Bien Atado”, eldiario.es is leading a live podcast to discuss different topics […]

Elections for MIRCo-UAM Director

The MIRCo-UAM Center, in accordance to its internal rules, is calling for the celebration of elections to the director of […]

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

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

“La poesía de las lenguas”: Video Fragments from Mario Obrero at UAM

Last Thursday, March 5th, we organized an event with the young poet Mario Obrero, in the Conference Hall at the […]

The recording of the “Innovation Coffee” (MIRCo-UAM) from last March 5th is now available

Last March 5th, the MIRCo-UAM Center and the UAM Foundation (FUAM) co-hosted the Innovation Coffee “Debating language and social inequality”, […]

We offer the new FARO-CIVIS app, available for free download

Do you want to know and study the contributions different minorities did to the collective culture? Do you want to […]

The Symposium “Language and Feminist Anthropology” will be organized in the III International Congress of Feminist Anthropology next July 1st, 2nd and 3rd

The next July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, the III International Congress of Feminist Anthropology will be held in Tarragona. Organized by […]

“Y el oeste no existía”: New Exposition at UAM

A journey between two worlds, a change, is a displacement between two given places. Along the way, eternal at times, […]

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

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

On February 12th and 13th, the MIRCo Center celebrated a seminar of the Discourse and Political Action Group

Last February 12th (from 4PM to 6PM) and 13th (10AM to noon), the Discourse and Political Action Group of the […]

Review of the new Book by Beatriz Gallardo Paúls: “Dejemos de hablar (solo) del clima. El discurso sobre el cambio climático y la transición ecológica” (2026, Ediciones Complutense)

One of the conclusions of Beatriz Gallardo Paúls’ new book, Dejemos de hablar (solo) del clima (Let’s stop talking (just) about the […]

The presentation of the book “Lenguas extintas” took place last February 4th, at UAM

Roberto Elvira Mathez presented his poem book Lenguas Extintas (Visor) at UAM, a search and evocation on the languages that […]

Lang may yer lum reek! In memory of Deborah Cameron

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

Critical and creative explorations of the languages that shape our lives

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Landscapes of Protest Movements

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

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

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

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

Fall Schedule at MIRCo

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

Catalan Courses at UAM

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

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

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

 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”

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

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”

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”

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

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

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

Kick-off of the FARO Project in Bucharest

The MIRCo-UAM center, under our Secretary Manuel Alcántara’s leadership, has received the approval of European institutions to participate in the […]

The MIRCo Newsletter is now up and running!

After a few weeks of sending out test newsletters, we’re officially launching the MIRCo Newsletter this Monday, June 9!If you’re […]

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

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

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

📢🔊 Are you interested in multilingualism, discourse, and communication? 🔊📢

Then you won’t want to miss MiRCo-UAM on social media! Join us in exploring new perspectives on language, culture, and society through […]

What’s Ignored in the Classrooms of the Privileged

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

A travelogue to Imprenetrable II

Segunda entrega Luisa Martín Rojo This travelogue is organized into two installments, the first of which is now being published. […]

A travelogue to El Impenetrable I

First release This travel journey is divided into two parts, the first of which is published here. Both the trip […]

The 11M: The Lie that Triumphed – Beatriz Gallardo Paúls

https://agendapublica.es/noticia/19127/11m-mentira-triunfo DEMOCRACIA Beatriz Gallardo Paúls 9 mins – 14 de Marzo de 2024, 07:00

30 years of the Zapatista uprising

A contribution by María Luisa de la Garza. On January 1, 1994, Indigenous people from the Mexican state of Chiapas […]