The political potential of multi-accentuality in the exhibition title ‘gastarbajteri
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6084696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martina Böse (0000-0002-7454-0072), Brigitta Busch (0000-0002-2288-0155) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-457 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.6.3.09boe |
| OpenAlex | W2074472558 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article explores the multi-accentuality of the sign ‘gastarbajteri’, used as title word in an exhibition on labour migration that took place in Vienna, Austria, in 2004. Based on an ethnographic study of the exhibition, it addresses a variety of readings of this word, both at the level of production and reception. The analysis of texts shows, firstly, the divergent rationales of the two agents who cooperated as exhibition producers, the minority NGO who wished to signal self-empowerment of migrants on the hand and the city museum who aimed at selling the exhibition to a mainstream audience on the other hand. Secondly, it juxtaposes them with the plurality of readings by its recipients, which range from the recognition of an appeal to migrants via the mis-reading as ‘guestworker’ and its upvaluation through to an insider-perspective based on the knowledge of the word’s connotations in the former Yugoslavia
Appeal · Art · Empowerment · Ethnography · Exhibition · Insider · Mainstream · Media studies · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sign (mathematics · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Computer Science · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |