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Dr. Irina Turner
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
African Linguistics I
Irina Turner is Assistant Professor at African Linguistics I (Afrikanistik I).
She teaches about multilingual communication in various contexts and genres as well as interdisciplinary courses at the intersection of text, media, image, and sign in methods and theory.
Her research interest is the role of language in society:
What do people do with language and what does language do to people?
She is a member of the Research Group on Africa, Philosophy and Digital Technologies (APDiT)
Academic Degrees
| 2013 | Doctorate: English Linguistics, Bayreuth International School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth Disputation: July 2013 (Dr. phil. Summa cum laude); Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen. Mentors: Prof. Dr. Keyan G. Tomaselli, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sommer |
| 2008 | Master of Arts: Media Theory and Practice, University of Cape Town. Supervisor: Dr. Andre Wiesner |
| 2005 | Diplom-Kulturarbeiterin (FH) (Qualified Arts Manager); Supervisors: Prof.Nicola Lepp; Dr. Rita Schäfer |
Professional Background
| 2014 – Present | Assistant Professor (fixed-term) (Akademische Rätin a.Zt.) (fixed-term); African Linguistics I, University of Bayreuth |
| 2012 – 2014 | Research Associate, Institute of African Linguistics I, University of Bayreuth |
| 2011 – 2012 | Head of Personnel and Assistant to the Director, SR Webatex GmbH, Bayreuth |
| 2009 – 2011 | International Office Staff Member, University of Bayreuth |
| 2008 – 2009 | Employment Agency Staff Member, Bayreuth |
| 2007 – 2008 | Client Liaison Agent DTP Services, Pixelfaerie Visual Services, Cape Town |
Academic Engagement
- Member of the Steering Committee Institute of African Studies (IAS)
- Editorial Board Newsletter of the Bayreuth Institute of African Studies NAB
- Jury-Member of BIGSAS Journalism Award (since 2015)
- Editorial Member of African Journal of Rhetoric
- Trainer for Intercultural Communication
- DAAD Short-term lecturer at Fort Hare University, South Africa (2015-2018)
- Reviewer for Critical Arts: South – North Cultural and Media Studies
- Reviewer for Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
African Linguistics I
- Sociology and Political Economy of Language / Sociolinguistics
- Pragmatic and Semiotic Dimensions of Multilingual Mediated Communication
- Language Politics and Policies in South Africa: Focus isiXhosa
- Decolonization of Higher Education
- Decolonial Science Communication: Astrophysics
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
African Linguistics I
Publications
Book/Monograph
Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa : Perspectives from Hybrid Knowledge Producti ...
publ: Brahima, Abraham; Turner, Irina; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. - 244 pp. . - (Routledge Contemporary Africa Series)
doi:10.4324/9780429355288 ...
Turner, Irina
The State of the Nation : "businification" of political rhetoric in post-apartheid South A ...
Berlin : LIT, 2015. - 368 pp. . - (Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung; 60)
Turner, Irina
Comprehending Gender Issues Through Photography? : a South African Case Study
Saarbrücken : VDM, 2008
Complete issue of a journal
The cultural economy of contemporary aesthetic production : a focus on the breach between ...
publ: Turner, Irina; Tchokothe, Rémi Armand
Critical Arts : South-North Cultural and Media Studies vol. 29 (2015) issue 4
doi:10.1080/02560046.2015.1078537 ...
Article in a journal (peer-reviewed)
Turner, Irina
Decolonisation through Digitalisation? African Languages at South African Universities
in Curriculum Perspectives vol. 43 (2023) issue Suppl. 1. - pp. 73-82
doi:10.1007/s41297-023-00196-w ...
Turner, Irina
Dynamics of media convergence in translingual expert interviews : An example from isiXhosa ...
in Journal of Pragmatics vol. 210 (2023) . - pp. 71-84
doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2023.03.014 ...
Turner, Irina; Sijadu, Zameka; Rudwick, Stephanie
South Africa Laughs At Covid : A Functional Perspective on Political Humour in Social Medi ...
in African Journal of Rhetoric vol. 15 (2023) issue 1. - pp. 375-405
https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/ejc-aar_rh ...
Turner, Irina; Merron, James; Lamoureaux, Siri
Indiscipline as Method : From Telescopes to Ventilators in Times of Covid
in Filosofia Theoretica : Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions vol. 10 (2021) issue 3. - pp. 79-101
doi:10.4314/ft.v10i3.6 ...
Rudwick, Stephanie; Sijadu, Zameka; Turner, Irina
Politics of Language in COVID-19 : Multilingual Perspectives from South Africa
in Politikon : South African Journal of Political Studies vol. 48 (2021) issue 2. - pp. 242-259
doi:10.1080/02589346.2021.1917206 ...
Turner, Irina
As far as the eye can see : Urban bias in South African linguistic research
in Sociolinguistic Studies vol. 14 (2020) issue 3. - pp. 257-275
doi:10.1558/sols.38789 ...
Turner, Irina
Axing the Rainbow : does Fallism Reconfigure Post-apartheid Nationhood in South Africa?
in Modern Africa vol. 7 (2019) issue 1. - pp. 81-110
doi:10.26806/modafr.v7i1.244 ...
Turner, Irina; Tchokothe, Rémi Armand
Editorial: The cultural economy of contemporary aesthetic production : a focus on the brea ...
in Critical Arts : South-North Cultural and Media Studies vol. 29 (2015) issue 4. - pp. 437-445
doi:10.1080/02560046.2015.1078537 ...
Turner, Irina
A matter of choice? : the Role of English and isiXhosa for University Graduates in their E ...
in Modern Africa vol. 3 (2015) issue 2. - pp. 43-74
http://modernafricajournal.org/
Article in a book (peer-reviewed)
Turner, Irina
Selling radio for charity : How convergence affects on-profit promotion
In: Chiumbu, Sarah ; Motsaathebe, Gilbert (ed.): Radio, Public Life and Citizen Deliberation in South Africa - London: Routledge, 2021. - pp. 196-216
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432 ...
Brahima, Abraham; Turner, Irina; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse
Epilogue : A long way towards a decolonial future in African higher education
In: Brahima, Abraham ; Turner, Irina ; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse (ed.): Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa : Perspectives from Hybrid Knowledge Production - London ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020. - pp. 230-240 . - (Routledge Contemporary Africa Series)
doi:10.4324/9780429355288 ...
Turner, Irina
What is the point of studying
Africa in Europe? : A micro-ethnographic study of
decolonisi ...
In: Brahima, Abraham ; Turner, Irina ; Woldegiorgis, Emnet T. (ed.): Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa : Perspectives from Hybrid Knowledge Production - London ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020. - pp. 78-99 . - (Routledge Contemporary Africa Series)
doi:10.4324/9780429355288 ...
Turner, Irina
The Changing State of the South African Nation : political Proximity to Business from a Rh ...
In: Olorunnisola, Anthony A. ; Douai, Aziz (ed.): New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa - Hershey: IGI Global, 2013. - pp. 168-186
Turner, Irina
Opposing the Developmental State online : how do South Africans make use of online platfor ...
In: Bakhit, Mohamed A. G. ; Turner, Irina ; Narh, Peter ; Alemu, Girum Getachew ; Boger, Julia ; Brinkmann, Felix (ed.): Challenging notions of development and change from everyday life in Africa - Bayreuth: Inst. für Afrikastudien, 2013. - pp. 22-48 . - (Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers; 11)
https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/113
Review
Turner, Irina
Cap, Piotr ; Okulska, Urszula (eds): Analyzing Genres in Political Communication.
Amsterda ...
Discourse & Society
2015
doi:10.1177/0957926515578966e ...
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
African Linguistics I
Dr. Irina Turner
Assistant Professor, African Linguistics I