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(Im)mobilizing languages
Kalocsanyiova, Erika
2019AMLI 2: Approaches to Migration, Language and Identity: Practices, Ideologies and Policies now and then
 

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Keywords :
repertoires and trajectories; refugees; linguistic integration
Abstract :
[en] This presentation is concerned with the impact of multilingualism on forced migrants’ trajectories. It reports the findings of a two-year qualitative research project, which used ethnographic research methods, including narrative and go-along interviews, classroom and participant observations and linguistic analysis of interactional data. The project set out to investigate how forced migrants reflect, position, and affirm themselves – through languages – in multilingual societies. Our contribution aligns itself with the body of research that challenges hegemonic monolingual and monocultural practices (Grzymala-Kazlowska/Phillimore 2018, Van Avermaet 2009). Other major influences were Juffermans and Tavares’s (2017) research on south-north trajectories and linguistic repertoires, Stevenson’s (2014, 2017) work on language (hi)stories and Busch’s (2017) biographical explorations of Spracherleben. In this talk, the focus will be on the experiences of three men from Syria and Iraq who have obtained humanitarian protection in Luxembourg, but aspire to fulfil their integration aspirations across multiple locations and countries. A careful analysis of divergent trajectories sheds light on how experiences of linguistic inequality and/or success are imprinted on forced migrants’ repertoires and shape their understanding of (successful) integration.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Kalocsanyiova, Erika ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
(Im)mobilizing languages
Publication date :
19 September 2019
Event name :
AMLI 2: Approaches to Migration, Language and Identity: Practices, Ideologies and Policies now and then
Event organizer :
University of Duisburg-Essen
Event place :
Essen, Germany
Event date :
19-09-2019 to 21-09-2019
Audience :
International
Focus Area :
Migration and Inclusive Societies
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