Globalization in the margins: toward elements for a sociolin¬guistics of mobility from Indigenous experiences

Abstract

This paper analyzes, from contemporary sociolinguistics and decolonial theoretical approaches, how the appropriation of infrastructures of globalization by indigenous peoples has generated new means through which they can make visible their contemporary demands, as well as new environments for transidiomatic practices. The analysis focuses on discourse elements of rap music and social media in which indigenous languages resources are productively employed. The main argument is that translocal scalar jumps are made possible through the appropriation of infrastructures of globalization by indigenous communities and individuals, and it is suggested that this appropriation might have positive potential effect on the indigenous linguistic vitality.