Introduction

Reimagining language and belonging in the diaspora

Bibliographic Data

ID4093772
AuthorsNathan John Albury (0000-0002-3471-4939), Anne Ambler Schluter (0000-0003-3943-7616)
Year2021
Volume263
Pages103157
Publication date2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLingua (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3841 • E-ISSN: 1872-6135
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103157
OpenAlexW3199571963
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited45

This introductory piece outlines the lens adopted in this special issue, which foregrounds the examination of language and semiotics as a means of revisiting the concept of diaspora. Guided by posthumanist applied linguistics,the papers here envision human experiences as more complex than critical social theory may suggest; moreover, grass-roots agency–a focus that may be inadvertently overlooked in work that adopts a solely critical perspective–representsan important area of attention. Such an approach is grounded in the diversity of human realities that emerge from dif-ferential interfaces between structures and individuals who, themselves, possess the capacity to recognize these struc-tures and respond to them in unique ways. Together, the diverse pictures of inventive, creative, and, in some cases,dynamic constructions of diasporic identity presented here supplement, broaden, and challenge common conceptual-izations of diasporic positionality

Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Art · Diaspora · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Grassroots · Identity (music · Linguistics · On Language · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Visual arts · Anthropology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access