Building a Transnational Network of Capitals
Korean Immigrant Mothers of Children with Disabilities in an Online Forum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12814570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jungmin Kwon (0000-0002-2151-5690, Michigan United, corresponding author), Minhye Son (0000-0002-5930-3546, California State University, Dominguez Hills), Soo Jin Jeon (0000-0001-5918-333X, Columbia University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-116 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diaspora Indigenous and Minority Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-5692 • E-ISSN: 1559-5706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15595692.2022.2055543 |
| OpenAlex | W4220754856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
This online ethnographic study illuminates how Korean immigrant mothers of children with disabilities use their capitals to communicate, build community, and share resources in an online space. Employing the construct of community cultural wealth (CCW), we analyzed posts and comments by the mothers in an online forum on a transnational website. Findings revealed that the mothers actively (1) leverage their linguistic capital for sharing information and experience; (2) support each other through building a social network; and (3) cultivate aspirational capital through sharing feelings and empathy. This study counters the deficit-oriented paradigm on immigrant mothers of children with disabilities and reframes mothers as advocates who build community to collaboratively navigate their parenting journeys. This study also calls attention to the transnational network of capitals that immigrant mothers collaboratively build and encourages researchers and professionals to inquire into ways to better support immigrant mothers and their children
Empathy · Ethnography · Feeling · Immigration · Leverage (statistics · Multiculturalism · Online community · Pedagogy · Political science · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Family and Disability Support Research · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
Enrichment, empowerment, and emancipation
“I Am Not a Typical Korean Mother”
Towards critical consciousness
Community-based heritage language schools as transnational counterspaces for immigrant families
Documenting resiliencies, aspirations, and cultural assets of migrant teachers with undocumented backgrounds
Towards transnational solidarity
Immigrant mothers’ beliefs and transnational strategies for their children's heritage language maintenance
“Okay, I will say in Korean and then in American”
Dis/ability as Mediator
‘I would rather say fighting ᄏᄏ’
Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth
Transnational Imagination and Social Practices
Looking, But Not Listening? Theorizing the Practice and Ethics of Online Ethnography
The Lived Experiences of Mothers of Children with Disabilities
Community cultural wealth and immigrant Latino parents
Bilingualism for students with disabilities, deficit or advantage
Dis/ability labels and emergent bilingual children
Latino/a immigrant parents’ educational aspirations for their children
Inclusion in practice
Transcultural Digital Literacies
Being a ‘good’ mother
Ethnography for the Internet
Our legends and journey stories
Positioning of Korean Immigrant Mothers of Children with Disabilities
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |