Dr Alejandro Dayan-Fernandez

  • Research Associate (Language and Society Research Cluster) (School of Modern Languages & Cultures)

Research interests

I study language as an inherent political element of social life. I'm interested in the diasporic geopolitics of minoritised languages, grassroots social movements, and the instrumentalization of minoritised languages for political gains by different ideological forces.  

Publications

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2024

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Dayán-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638, Dickson, Euan, Wang, Ruiyu, Wang, Mingkang, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3(3), 100147. (doi: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100147)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 and Dayán-Fernández, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Discourses of solidarity and resistance in alternative linguistics spaces: Galician improvised poetry as linguistic collective action. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 28(5), pp. 79-98. (doi: 10.1111/josl.12675)

Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Sustaining minoritised languages in Europe: an agentive perspective on social actors and language revitalisation. In: Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro (eds.) Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Multilingual Matters. (In Press)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Sowing the seeds at Semente: Urban breathing spaces and new speaker agency. In: Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro (eds.) Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Multilingual Matters. (In Press)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 and Dayán-Fernández, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Language revitalization through a social movement lens: grassroots Galician language activism. Language Policy, (doi: 10.1007/s10993-024-09687-6) (Early Online Publication)

Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (Eds.) (2024) Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Multilingual Matters. (In Press)

2023

Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2023) Williams, C. H. (2023). Language policy and the new speaker challenge: hiding in plain sight. Cambridge University Press. Language Policy, (doi: 10.1007/s10993-023-09675-2)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

2020

Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 and O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 (2020) Galician-Portuguese and the politics of language in contemporary Galicia. In: Strani, Katerina (ed.) Multilingualism and Politics. Springer, pp. 231-260. ISBN 9783030407001 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-40701-8_10)

2019

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162, Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 and Rego, Tamara (2019) Sowing the Seeds at Semente: Grassroots Revitalization and Language Activism in Contemporary Galicia. Project Report. Smithsonian Institution. (doi: 10.25573/data.c.6280911).

Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2019) Sharpening the indigenous memory: how grassroots activism is revitalizing Galician language. Folklife Magazine, 20 March.

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Number of items: 10.

Articles

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Dayán-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638, Dickson, Euan, Wang, Ruiyu, Wang, Mingkang, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3(3), 100147. (doi: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100147)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 and Dayán-Fernández, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Discourses of solidarity and resistance in alternative linguistics spaces: Galician improvised poetry as linguistic collective action. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 28(5), pp. 79-98. (doi: 10.1111/josl.12675)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 and Dayán-Fernández, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Language revitalization through a social movement lens: grassroots Galician language activism. Language Policy, (doi: 10.1007/s10993-024-09687-6) (Early Online Publication)

Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2019) Sharpening the indigenous memory: how grassroots activism is revitalizing Galician language. Folklife Magazine, 20 March.

Book Sections

Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Sustaining minoritised languages in Europe: an agentive perspective on social actors and language revitalisation. In: Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro (eds.) Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Multilingual Matters. (In Press)

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2024) Sowing the seeds at Semente: Urban breathing spaces and new speaker agency. In: Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro (eds.) Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Multilingual Matters. (In Press)

Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 and O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162 (2020) Galician-Portuguese and the politics of language in contemporary Galicia. In: Strani, Katerina (ed.) Multilingualism and Politics. Springer, pp. 231-260. ISBN 9783030407001 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-40701-8_10)

Book Reviews

Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (2023) Williams, C. H. (2023). Language policy and the new speaker challenge: hiding in plain sight. Cambridge University Press. Language Policy, (doi: 10.1007/s10993-023-09675-2)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

Edited Books

Linn, Mary S. and Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 (Eds.) (2024) Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Multilingual Matters. (In Press)

Research Reports or Papers

O'Rourke, Bernadette ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-4162, Dayan-Fernandez, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0555-3638 and Rego, Tamara (2019) Sowing the Seeds at Semente: Grassroots Revitalization and Language Activism in Contemporary Galicia. Project Report. Smithsonian Institution. (doi: 10.25573/data.c.6280911).

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Grants

  • International Doctoral Research Scholarship (2020-2021) Institute of Multilingualism. University of Fribourg. Switzerland (12,000 CHF – Approximately £11,000 – cancelled due to the pandemic).
  • Early Career Mobility Scheme, ECMS (2019-2020) University of Glasgow (£4,396).
  • PhD Scholarship (2019-2021) College of Arts. University of Glasgow.
  • PhD Scholarship (2017-2019) School of Social Sciences. Heriot-Watt University.

Additional information

Qualifications

  • PhD in Critical Sociolinguistics. University of Glasgow. 
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PR147871) Heriot-Watt University. 
  • Graduate Diploma in Spanish Language Teaching to Adults (GCSTLA) Instituto Cervantes London & University of Roehampton. 
  • MA Translation Studies with Intercultural Communication. University of Surrey. 
  • Political Studies Diploma in European Politics and French. Science Po Grenoble. 
  • Master's Degree in Political Science. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. 

Professional Experience Outside of Academia

  • Extensive experience in Linguistic/Translation Project Management & Quality Assurance (BTB) for international companies.

Languages

  • Galician-Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • English
  • French

Affiliations