Empowerment and translanguaging in Pacific linguistic landscapes

This chapter focuses on the purposes and effects of multimodal translanguaging in the linguistic landscapes of educational spaces in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and the Pacific. We synthesize research on translanguaging in the linguistic landscapes of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific, followed by a case study analysis of data that we have collected through the Wellington Translanguaging Project featuring the entrance of a Maori educational space in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We pay particular attention to the empowering effect that multimodal translanguaging has in this language context for the students and community both.