Seminario 4 / Seminar 4
Sociolinguistics of sport and dance in dialogue: Conversations with Merchu Remón and how to turn ethnography into dance.
🎤 Ponentes: Merchu Remón y Maite Puigdevall
Speakers: Merchu Remón and Maite Puigdevall
🗣️ Idioma: español
Language: Spanish
📅 Fecha: martes, 15 de diciembre de 2026
Date: Tuesday, 15 December 2026
🕓 Hora: 16:00–17:00 GMT / 17:00–18:00 CET
Time: 16:00–17:00 GMT / 17:00–18:00 CET
📍 Lugar: Microsoft Teams
Location: Microsoft Teams
Abstract: This dialogue explores the innovative collaboration between ethnographic sociolinguistic research and the performing arts. Through conversations with Merchu Remón, we examine the practical and theoretical journey of translating sociolinguistic ethnography into physical movement and choreography. The session directly addresses the inherent dilemmas and methodological complexities that arise when merging these two distinct disciplines. Ultimately, it highlights the unique insights, embodied discoveries, and new perspectives generated by bringing qualitative research and dance into a shared, interdisciplinary space.
Merchu Remón
ES: Merchu Remón es bailarina, docente y coreógrafa argentina. Graduada en Buenos Aires de la carrera de intérprete en danzas urbanas de Dance and Move y de E.M.E programa de investigación en danza de Una Constante. En 2016 conoce la cultura hip hop y empieza a dedicarse al breaking. Desde sus inicios también impulsa sus propios proyectos, siendo premiada y reconocida mediante el subsidio de la danza de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires por su pieza “Mute”. Luego impulsa “Retazos” proyecto escénico que conecta a bgirls (mujeres que bailan break) del país. Hoy interpreta “Conversaciones”, su primera pieza solista y “Lo que nos une”, trío que integra con las bailarinas Anabella Pirosanto y Francisca Araujo.
EN: Merchu Remón is an Argentinian dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She graduated in Buenos Aires with a degree in urban dance performance from Dance and Move and from the E.M.E. dance research program at Una Constante. In 2016, she discovered hip-hop culture and began dedicating herself to breakdancing. From the beginning, she has also pursued her own projects, receiving awards and recognition through a dance grant from the City of Buenos Aires for her piece “Mute.” She then launched “Retazos,” a stage project that connects bgirls (women who breakdance) across the country. Today, she performs “Conversaciones,” her first solo piece, and “Lo que nos une,” a trio with dancers Anabella Pirosanto and Francisca Araujo.
Maite Puigdevall
ES: Maite Puigdevall es sociolingüista y profesora agregada de la UOC (Estudios de Artes y Humanidades). Sus áreas de interés de investigación son la sociolingüística y la planificación y política lingüística en contextos de lenguas minorizadas, más concretamente: lengua e identidad; lengua y jóvenes; lengua e inmigración; nuevos hablantes de lenguas minoritarias y políticas lingüísticas de las lenguas minorizadas. Es codirectora del Grupo de Investigación, IdentiCat (Lengua, cultura e identidad en la era global), que forma parte del Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinar en Transformaciones Sociales y Culturales (UOC-TRÀNSIC). Desde enero de 2026 es la Presidenta de la Sociedad Catalana de Sociolingüística del Institut d’Estudis Catalans. Actualmente dirige el estudio de caso sobre Jóvenes, deporte y lengua del proyecto Europeo MultiLX (2025-2027) “Strategies to Stregthen European Linguistic Capital in en Globalised World”.
EN: Maite Puigdevall is is a sociolinguist and associate professor at the UOC (Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Her research interests include sociolinguistics and language planning and policy in minority language contexts, specifically: language and identity; language and youth; language and immigration; new speakers of minority languages; and minority language policies. She is co-director of the research group Identi.Cat (Language, Culture, and Identity in the Global Era), which is part of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Social and Cultural Transformations (UOC-TRÀNSIC). Since January 2026, she has been the President of the Catalan Society of Sociolinguistics at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans. She is currently directing the case study on Youth, Sport, and Language within the European project MultiLX (2025-2027) “Strategies to Strengthen European Linguistic Capital in a Globalized World.”
Recordings and languages: Where speakers have granted permission, seminar recordings will be uploaded to the MultiLX YouTube channel after the event. Available recordings will include captions in the presentation language, with automatically translated subtitles in multiple languages available through YouTube.
