Raciolinguicized affect and translingual desire: a critical duoethnography of intercultural writing in Canada

This study presents a critical duoethnography exploring how two transnational raciolinguicized students (TRSs) in Canadian higher education negotiate linguistic surveillance, gendered conformity, and affective resistance through translingual writing. Drawing on raciolinguistic theory, affect studies, and desire-based frameworks, the study conceptualises raciolinguicized affect as both a discipline and a possibility. Through reflexive, iterative, and dialogic analysis, we illustrate how ‘zombie-like’ standard English operates as epistemic control while translingual practices enable re-storying, healing, and agency. The study advances an affect-oriented understanding of raciolinguicized translingual practice, illuminating how two TRSs re-author themselves toward linguistic justice and more liveable intercultural futures.