Debates actuales sobre lengua y desigualdad: de la equidad a la justicia
; Martín Rojo, Luisa Otros responsables
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11/2025
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Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Humanidades. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ciencias Humanas
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Laboratoria. Revista de Ciencias Humanas
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3072-6727
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Este artículo analiza los cambios de paradigma en el estudio de la lengua y la desigualdad, desde la gestión de la diversidad hacia un compromiso crítico con la equidad y la justicia sociolingüística. Sostenemos que la sociolingüística ha transitado de enfoques descriptivos de la diferencia a perspectivas políticamente comprometidas que abordan las condiciones estructurales de la desigualdad. Retomando marcos teóricos como el modelo redistribución/reconocimiento de Fraser y debates recientes de la sociolingüística crítica y decolonial, exploramos tres concepciones de la desigualdad lingüística: discursiva, distribucionista e interseccional. Destacamos la importancia de la equidad como correctivo de las desigualdades estructurales y discutimos su articulación con la noción emergente de justicia sociolingüística, entendida no solo como redistribución de recursos sino también como transformación de las relaciones de poder y de las prácticas investigativas. A partir de ejemplos de proyectos colaborativos en España y Argentina, mostramos cómo la investigación participativa puede desafiar las jerarquías epistémicas y generar conocimientos transformadores con las comunidades. Concluimos que la justicia sociolingüística no debe concebirse como un punto de llegada sino como un horizonte que moviliza prácticas académicas y activistas. Esta movilización, sin embargo, implica el riesgo de adoptar modas académicas sin enfrentar los desafíos metodológicos, epistemológicos y políticos que representa.
This article analyzes the paradigm shifts in the study of language and inequality, from the management of diversity to a critical engagement with equity and sociolinguistic justice. We argue that sociolinguistics has moved from descriptive approaches to difference toward politically engaged perspectives that address the structural conditions of inequality. Drawing on theoretical frameworks such as Fraser’s redistribution/recognition model and recent debates in critical and decolonial sociolinguistics, we explore three conceptions of linguistic inequality: discursive, distributional, and intersectional. We highlight the importance of equity as a corrective to structural inequalities and discuss its articulation with the emerging notion of sociolinguistic justice, understood not only as the redistribution of resources but also as the transformation of power relations and research practices. Through examples from collaborative projects in Spain and Argentina, we show how participatory research can challenge epistemic hierarchies and generate transformative knowledge with communities. We conclude that sociolinguistic justice should not be conceived as an endpoint but as a horizon that mobilizes academic and activist practices. This mobilization, however, carries the risk of adopting academic fashions without confronting the methodological, epistemological, and political challenges it entails.
This article analyzes the paradigm shifts in the study of language and inequality, from the management of diversity to a critical engagement with equity and sociolinguistic justice. We argue that sociolinguistics has moved from descriptive approaches to difference toward politically engaged perspectives that address the structural conditions of inequality. Drawing on theoretical frameworks such as Fraser’s redistribution/recognition model and recent debates in critical and decolonial sociolinguistics, we explore three conceptions of linguistic inequality: discursive, distributional, and intersectional. We highlight the importance of equity as a corrective to structural inequalities and discuss its articulation with the emerging notion of sociolinguistic justice, understood not only as the redistribution of resources but also as the transformation of power relations and research practices. Through examples from collaborative projects in Spain and Argentina, we show how participatory research can challenge epistemic hierarchies and generate transformative knowledge with communities. We conclude that sociolinguistic justice should not be conceived as an endpoint but as a horizon that mobilizes academic and activist practices. This mobilization, however, carries the risk of adopting academic fashions without confronting the methodological, epistemological, and political challenges it entails.
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