Presenter(s): Ege Akinci − Environmental Studies
Faculty Mentor(s): Sarah Wald
Poster 138
Research Area: Humanities
Inclusive language can easily be ignored in most media sources like web pages or Facebook pages and include such words that carry colonialist, racist, sexist or ableist language without intentions. To avoid such language, this project will create a language audit and I will be focusing on ableism and accessibility in language, which is to make sure that the language used is including people with disabilities as this aspect can be easily ignored in writings. Through creating the language audit, I will use different previously created language audits and scholar papers written on ableism and how to avoid ableist language. This language will be created for the Bark-Out’s website and Facebook account. Bark-out’s mission is to transform Mt. Hood National Forest to a place where wildlife can be protected and local communities can have a social, economic and cultural investment in its preservation. Creating a language audit is particularly important to include each and every person in Barks mission, to preserve the natural, social and cultural aspects of Mt. Hood Natural Forest.