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Jan Blommaert

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To Jan Blommaert

Article
Sirpa Leppänen
25/03/2021
14 minutes to read

When Sirpa Leppänen, Elina Westinen and Samu Kytölä were thinking about how to put together their message to Jan Blommaert, they came up with the idea to design it as a dialogue.  A dialogue about academia, messiness and friendship. 

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Farewell, Jan Blommaert

Article
Tom Van Hout
09/01/2021
2 minutes to read

Tom Van Hout says farewell to Jan Blommaert. He praises not only the academic, but also the man who normalized vulnerability

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Jan Blommaert, the trail blazer

Article
Anna De Fina
06/01/2021
7 minutes to read

Anna De Fina met Jan Blommaert in the early 2000’s during a workshop on Narrative and Identity. That workshop was one of the pivotal experiences of her academic career and, to a certain extent of her life.

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Jan Blommaert on life

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In this file, we collect the work Jan Blommaert has written for Diggit Magazine and work of others about his impact on the academic field. 

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My tribute to Jan Blommaert

Article
Christian Chun
24/11/2020
3 minutes to read

Christian Chun describes the impact of Jan Blommaert on his work: 'It is people like Jan Blommaert who has shown me in so many ways through his work, his teaching, his demeanor, his personality, and his humanity that indeed we can make academia a better world worth fighting for. '