Language, environment and ecolinguistic vitalities in Hemshin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5630424 |
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| Authors | Neşe Kaya Özkan, Neşe Kara Özkan (0000-0001-7639-9773, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 19-23 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8322.70018 |
| OpenAlex | W4415171269 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Rize and Artvin, Turkey between 2021 and 2022, this article examines how Hemshin people living in Turkey respond to the sociolinguistic and environmental transformations on Hemshin lands after decades of Turkish nationalism and more recent investment projects such as hydropower plants and major roads. Through the analysis of written texts - such as news reports - and recordings of in-depth interviews, this article shows how the Hemshin people foreground their intimate connections with their lands, recruiting cultural and linguistic resources which encapsulate narratives of place and place names. In the process, past relations with the Hemshin people's environment, language and traditional practices are repurposed, recontextualized and revalued, opening new possibilities for survival. Through the mobilization of cultural and linguistic resources, Hemshin environmentalism, fosters 'ecolinguistic vitalities' as a form of resistance against both environmental destruction and assimilationist pressures
China · Cultural assimilation · Ethnography · Narrative · Nationalism · Turkish · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Chinese history and philosophy · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
| Highly cited | No |
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