The Embera Chami Community in the City of Bogota

A Literature Revision Following a Sociolinguistic Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID11154190
AuthorsWalter David Alarcón-Pereira (0000-0001-8926-8393, Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana, corresponding author), Sandra Liliana Rojas-Molina (0000-0002-2973-7650, Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue1
Pages214-232
Publication date2023-02-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueÍkala Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0123-3432 • E-ISSN: 2145-566X
PublisherUniversidad de Antioquia (PUBLISHER • CO)
DOI10.17533/udea.ikala.v28n1a12
OpenAlexW4320915208
LanguageEN
References cited15

This article presents a literature review to provide inputs to build a theoretical framework and select a methodology to study the sociolinguistic reality of the Embera Chamí community displaced to the urban context of Bogotá, Colombia. In order to carry it out, a selection and synthesis of 68 printed and electronic documents published since 2000 in databases, digital libraries and websites of various organizations were used. The thematic and content analysis, based on categorization and coding, dealt with three thematic axes: the first axis offers a historical overview of the Embera Chamí community, both nationally and locally, the places of origin and the various causes and effects of the phenomenon of displacement. The second axis succinctly describes the Embera Chamí language phonetically, phonologically and grammatically. The last axis presents concepts such as superdiversity, communities of practice and contact networks of diverse nature, as well as some initiatives for the promotion of the Embera Chamí language and culture. The review suggests the need to establish a dialogue between the concepts arising from sociolinguistic theory, the particular context and the worldview of community members, through empirical ethnographic work that incorporates various data collection mechanisms

Categorization · Coding (social sciences · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Geography · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Political science · Promotion (chess · Qualitative research · Selection (genetic algorithm · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Anthropology · Computer Science · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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