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Vol. 7:1 (2021) ► pp.37–59

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Homescape

Agentic space for transmigrant families multisensory discourse of identity

ORCiD logo with link | University of Jyväskylä
Published online: 24 July 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19019.boi
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.
Tiivistelmä
Tässä artikkelissa esitellään uudelleen määritelty homescape -käsite, ”kotimaisema”, tilana, jossa monikansalliset, vasta saapuneet ja asettuvat perheet voivat vaikuttaa identiteettinsä muodostamiseen multisensoristen diskurssiresurssien kautta. Tutkimuksessa tutkittiin kokemuksellisia, ei-vuorovaikutteisia diskurssiresursseja kotimaisemassa. Kotimaisema laajenee kielellisestä maisemasta ja sisältää ajalliset ja alueelliset komponentit, joita ilmaantuu ajan myötä. Kolmea nepalilaista perhettä (kaksi vaeltavaa Ghurkha-perhettä ja yksi maahanmuuttajaperhe) tutkinut vuoden mittainen etnografinen tapaustutkimus sisälsi 150 tuntia havainnointiaineistoa, joka kolmioitiin laadullisten haastattelujen avulla. Tutkimuksessa esitettiin kaksi kysymystä: Kuinka siirtolais- ja ylikansalliset perheet löytävät kapasiteettia toimijuuteen kotimaisemassa? Kuinka perheet käyttävät kotimaisemaan sisältyviä kokemuksellisia multisensorisia diskurssiresursseja helpottamaan identiteetin kehittymistä? Tulokset korostivat, että kokemukselliset multisensoriset diskurssiresurssit ovat identiteetin säikeitä kotona, jotka etnografien on vielä täysin tunnustettava tutkimustuloksiksi kotikontekstissa.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 1.2Ethnographic marginalized context
  • 2.1Flows of identity framing in the scape
  • 2.2Multisensory threads of identity
  • 3.1Defining homescape
  • 3.2Extending past linguistic landscapes
  • 3.3Rationale for homescape
  • 4.Ethnographic case study
  • 5.1Evidence of homescape as an agentic space
  • 5.2Multisensory discourse resources in the homescape
  • 5.3Emotional sense memories
  • 6.Conclusion
  • References
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