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| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Titel | Kieli ja sociaalinen toiminta : L'Association Finlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (AFinLA) |
| Redaktører | Leena Kuure, Elise Kärkkäinen, Maarit Saarenkunnas |
| Antal sider | 17 |
| Udgivelses sted | Oulu |
| Forlag | Publications de l'association finlandaise de linguistique appliquée |
| Publikationsdato | 2005 |
| Sider | 35-51 |
| ISBN (Trykt) | 9519388516 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2005 |
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Mediating Discourse in a Globalising World : Analysing the Language and Communicative Practices of Transnational Adoption. / McIlvenny, Paul.
Kieli ja sociaalinen toiminta: L'Association Finlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (AFinLA). red. / Leena Kuure; Elise Kärkkäinen; Maarit Saarenkunnas. Oulu : Publications de l'association finlandaise de linguistique appliquée, 2005. s. 35-51.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning
TY - CHAP
T1 - Mediating Discourse in a Globalising World
T2 - Analysing the Language and Communicative Practices of Transnational Adoption
AU - McIlvenny, Paul
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Social and political theory has taken a decidedly 'global' turn in recent years, resulting in a sustained critique of our conceptualisations of 'society' and the 'nation-state'. Social theorists ask us to refocus on, for example, transnationality, global orderings, hybrid collectives, flows, mobilities and networks. Given that (critical) applied linguistics draws upon and informs social theory in a variety of ways, we are thus compelled to ask what new possibilities there are for applied language and discourse studies as a result of contemporary social and political theorising. My contribution to this crucial debate is illustrated by considering the exemplary yet diffracted case of transnational adoption. Transnational adoption comprises a nexus of local and global practices which are mediated in, through and across talk, text and other modalities of discourse. My concern is with how the 'child-to-be-adopted' is figured as a quasi-object, a heterogeneous assemblage of biology and culture, and thus how its origin, identity and agency is performatively distributed across the social and discursive field.
AB - Social and political theory has taken a decidedly 'global' turn in recent years, resulting in a sustained critique of our conceptualisations of 'society' and the 'nation-state'. Social theorists ask us to refocus on, for example, transnationality, global orderings, hybrid collectives, flows, mobilities and networks. Given that (critical) applied linguistics draws upon and informs social theory in a variety of ways, we are thus compelled to ask what new possibilities there are for applied language and discourse studies as a result of contemporary social and political theorising. My contribution to this crucial debate is illustrated by considering the exemplary yet diffracted case of transnational adoption. Transnational adoption comprises a nexus of local and global practices which are mediated in, through and across talk, text and other modalities of discourse. My concern is with how the 'child-to-be-adopted' is figured as a quasi-object, a heterogeneous assemblage of biology and culture, and thus how its origin, identity and agency is performatively distributed across the social and discursive field.
KW - Transnational adoption
KW - Mediated action
KW - Nexus of practice
KW - Governmentality
KW - Networks
KW - Critical applied linguistics
KW - Globalisation
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9519388516
SP - 35
EP - 51
BT - Kieli ja sociaalinen toiminta
A2 - Kuure, Leena
A2 - Kärkkäinen, Elise
A2 - Saarenkunnas, Maarit
PB - Publications de l'association finlandaise de linguistique appliquée
CY - Oulu
ER -