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How much are your life’s chances dependent on how you speak? Are some accents more socially acceptable than others? And could this lead to serious social injustices?
A special event for the Modern Cockney Festival with guest sociolinguists sharing their work in highlighting how language contributes to an unfair and unjust society.
The work of Alice Paver and her colleagues at Cambridge and Nottingham Trent Universities received national media coverage. They revealed how accents perceived as ‘working-class’, such as Cockney, risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime and become victims of injustice. This raises serious concerns about bias in the UK criminal justice system due to negative stereotyping of accents.
Dr. Christopher Strelluf of the University of Warwick will share how his work as a sociolinguist has helped support Modern Cockney. He is the co-author of ‘A Cockney Blueprint for Tower Hamlets’ and how it enabled securing the first-ever formal recognition of Cockney as a culture in its 660 year history, along with future plans for achieving greater social justice for Cockneys.
They will be joined by Saif Osmani, cofounder of the Modern Cockney Festival who will share, from a community activists perspective, the value of academic partnerships for securing social change.
The event is part of the Modern Cockney Festival (March 1st to 31 st ) featuring a month-long programme of events, academic lectures, and family fun celebrating the culture, heritage, and future of ‘non posh Londoners’ aka Cockneys.
The Festival is organised by Modern Cockney, a community partnership between the Bengali East End Heritage Society and social enterprise Grow Social Capital.
Lend us your ears and join us for an insightful and inspiring exploration. Book your free ticket here: https://buytickets.at/growsocialcapitalcic/1601583
More at www.moderncockneyfestival.org.uk
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to explore how Cockney is changing.