A1 Journal article (refereed)
Homescape : Agentic space for transmigrant families multisensory discourse of identity (2021)
Boivin, N. (2021). Homescape : Agentic space for transmigrant families multisensory discourse of identity. Linguistic Landscape, 7(1), 37-59. https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19019.boi
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Boivin, Nettie
Journal or series: Linguistic Landscape
ISSN: 2214-9953
eISSN: 2214-9961
Publication year: 2021
Publication date: 24/07/2020
Volume: 7
Issue number: 1
Pages range: 37-59
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication country: Netherlands
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19019.boi
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Abstract
This article presents the redefined concept of the homescape as space where transnational, newly arrived, and settled families can provide agency for their identity framing through multisensory discourse resources. The study investigated the experiential, non-interactional multisensory discourse resources in the homescape. The homescape extends from the Linguistic Landscape and houses temporal and spatial components, which occur over time. The yearlong ethnographic case study of three Nepalese families (two transmigrant Ghurkha families and one immigrant family) included 150 hours of observational data triangulated with qualitative interviews. The study posed two questions: How do transmigrant and transnational families find capacity for agency in the homescape? How do families use experiential multisensory discourse resources embedded in homescape to facilitate identity framing? Findings highlighted that experiential multisensory discourse resources are threads of identity in the home that have yet to be fully recognized as research evidence by ethnographers in the home context.
Keywords: migration (demography); transnationalism; family life; home; identity (mental objects); human agency; discourse; multisensory experience; ethnography
Free keywords: identity framing; agency; experiential; transmigrant; transnational; decolonialise; homescape; multisensory discourse resource; flows
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2021
JUFO rating: 1
