Our research group, “Linguistic Landscape Diaries,” was established in 2021 and has since then, and continues to, undertake various activities related to the linguistic landscape and beyond. The VLLRG team approaches the linguistic landscape as a field of social dialogue, (re)production and negotiation of identities.

Our shared vision is linguistic justice: a society where language does not serve as a means of exclusion, but rather as a tool for equality and empowerment. Our goal is to make visible the role of language in the (re)construction of public — and private — space, highlighting how various discourses construct social reality. At the same time, we aim to strengthen multilingualism and interculturalism along with the development of linguistic literacy in non-formal learning environments and to empower the agency of socially marginalized groups — such as refugees, unaccompanied minors, and young detainees — through participatory research practices.

By utilizing our research and activities as tools for collective learning, reflection, and transformation, we seek to contribute to approaches that center and amplify the voices of the very individuals who produce the linguistic landscape.