Tove Skutnabb-Kangas

About the Author

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas is a pioneering linguist and advocate for linguistic human rights, renowned for her incisive critiques of educational policies that marginalize minority languages. With a career spanning decades, she has illuminated the intersections of language, power, and social justice, arguing passionately against the erasure of linguistic diversity in global education systems. Her seminal work, Linguistic Genocide in Education-or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights?, exposes how dominant languages perpetuate inequality and cultural suppression, drawing on extensive research from indigenous and immigrant communities worldwide. Skutnabb-Kangas's scholarship continues to influence policymakers, educators, and activists, championing the preservation of multilingualism as a cornerstone of human rights and equitable societies.