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Abstrakt
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.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Kieli ja sociaalinen toiminta : L'Association Finlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (AFinLA) |
Redaktører | Leena Kuure, Elise Kärkkäinen, Maarit Saarenkunnas |
Antal sider | 17 |
Udgivelsessted | Oulu |
Forlag | Publications de l'association finlandaise de linguistique appliquée |
Publikationsdato | 2005 |
Sider | 35-51 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 9519388516 |
Status | Udgivet - 2005 |
Fingeraftryk Dyk ned i forskningsemnerne om 'Mediating Discourse in a Globalising World: Analysing the Language and Communicative Practices of Transnational Adoption'. Sammen danner de et unikt fingeraftryk.
Projekter
- 2 Afsluttet
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Qualitative and Interpretative Research on Adoption
Raudaskoski, P. L. & McIlvenny, P. B.
31/08/2006 → 31/12/2013
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Mediating Discourses of Transnational Adoption
McIlvenny, P. B., Raudaskoski, P. L. & Heebøll, T.
01/08/2003 → 31/12/2008
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning