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This conversation continues the first season of The Dignity Negotiation Podcast, which examines how dignity is shaped within education systems.
Earlier episodes explored how education conditions behavior and thinking.
This episode turns to language — not simply as a medium of communication, but as a structure that shapes access, participation, and legitimacy.
Language is often treated as neutral.
Yet in many contexts, it quietly determines:
who is heard
who is understood
who is taken seriously
When language becomes a condition for participation, it begins to function as a gatekeeper.
This conversation explores how language shapes belonging, exclusion, and the ability to be recognised within systems.
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This conversation does not aim to conclude the question.
It opens it.
Guest: Mercy Martins
Guest: Mercy Martins
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Compass: Language as Gatekeeper
Compass: Language as Gatekeeper
This episode is anchored in a broader inquiry that examines how language operates within systems of power.
The compass outlines:
the framing of the problem
the boundaries of the discussion
the questions that guide the conversation
The conversation builds on this inquiry, but does not exhaust it.
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