The LSRI employs an integral ecology approach to research. This includes a commitment to integrating knowledge and wisdom from a wide range of sources, including from communities that have found themselves at the periphery of western academic discourses.
As part of this commitment, the LSRI offers an annual Integral Ecology Visiting Fellowship. This biannual Fellowship allows scholars from around the world to participate in the academic facilities of the University of Oxford for a period of up to 3 months.
This Fellowship is envisaged as a partnership with the sending institution, such that the scholar will integrate theoretical or empirical work from their local situations.
Dr Vijay D'Souza, 2024-25 Integral Ecology Visiting Fellow
Dr Vijay D'Souza has worked for over 20 years with Indigenous communities, focusing on orthography development and language revival. His expertise includes phonology, language documentation, and the revival of endangered languages and cultures.
Vijay is the Director of the North Eastern Institute of Language and Culture (NEILAC) in Guwahati, India. The institute seeks to empower indigenous communities to retain, reclaim and reshape their linguistic and cultural heritage. It does this by collaborating with communities to document, preserve, study and promote their languages.
Through the Fellowship, Vijay is focusing on intersections between language, culture, poverty, and ecology, based on empirical data secured from the Hrusso and Koro tribes of north eastern India. This work will enable ongoing development of methods and tools for language empowerment, with special reference to the language-ecology connection.
Dr Vijay D'Souza has worked for over 20 years with Indigenous communities, focusing on orthography development and language revival. His expertise includes phonology, language documentation, and the revival of endangered languages and cultures.
Vijay is the Director of the North Eastern Institute of Language and Culture (NEILAC) in Guwahati, India. The institute seeks to empower indigenous communities to retain, reclaim and reshape their linguistic and cultural heritage. It does this by collaborating with communities to document, preserve, study and promote their languages.
Through the Fellowship, Vijay is focusing on intersections between language, culture, poverty, and ecology, based on empirical data secured from the Hrusso and Koro tribes of north eastern India. This work will enable ongoing development of methods and tools for language empowerment, with special reference to the language-ecology connection.
