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Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

Researcher

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Postmigrant Talks Experiences of Language Use in Swedish Academia Academic Migrants in Sweden

Author

  • Maja Povrzanovic Frykman
  • Eleonora Narvselius
  • Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

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

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Folklivsarkivet

Topic

  • Ethnology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0348-9698