Barbara Törnquist-Plewa
Researcher
Postmigrant Talks Experiences of Language Use in Swedish Academia Academic Migrants in Sweden
Author
Summary, in English
The authors take on a problem that many departments in Sweden, not least in the humanities, are dealing with right now: language. They show how social status in academia is decoupled from linguistic integration, at least if we understand status in terms of academic titles. Feelings of insufficiency and incompleteness are, however, prevalent, even among those whose Swedish proficiency is objectively very high. The authors underline the value of language, how competence in English, Swedish, and other languages is crucial for academics’ possibilities to work and build careers.
Department/s
- Division of Ethnology
- LU Profile Area: Human rights
- MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
- Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
- Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- European Studies
Publishing year
2023-06-23
Language
English
Pages
114-135
Publication/Series
Ethnologia Scandinavica
Volume
53
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Folklivsarkivet
Topic
- Ethnology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0348-9698