What does this research mean for the field?

Linguistic visibility in public spaces, specifically through political graffiti and pamphlets, directly reflects and corresponds to the power dynamics within the JNU campus. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to analyze how linguistic visibility in public spaces correlates with power dynamics at JNU.

May 20, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Reading JNU's Student Politics Through the Lens of Linguistic Landscape

PRPragya RanjanJawaharlal Nehru University

Key Points

The aim is to analyze how linguistic visibility in public spaces correlates with power dynamics at JNU.
Analyzed political graffiti and pamphlets present on JNU campus.
Investigated historical contexts and their role in student discussions.
Examined the relationship between language use and power structures.
Political graffiti serves as a significant tool for discourse among students.
Pamphlets reflect varying power dynamics and political ideologies in public spaces.
The study reveals a direct correlation between linguistic visibility and student political engagement.

Abstract

This article explores how the linguistic visibility in public space directly corresponds to the power dynamics in the JNU's campus, where Political Graffitis and Pamphlets have historically been a crucial mode of discussion.

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