Lamb, T.E. (2015) Towards a plurilingual habitus: engendering interlinguality in urban spaces. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning. ISSN 1833-4105
Abstract
This article focuses on the potential of the multilingual city to create spaces in which monolingual hegemonies may be challenged, inclusive, intercultural values may be nurtured, and plurilingualism may be valorised. Following a contextualisation of linguistic diversity in theories of globalisation and superdiversity, discourses of deficit and power are addressed, arguing that the problematisation of multilingualism and pathologisation of plurilingualism reflect a monolingual habitus. Bringing about a shift towards a plurilingual habitus requires a Deep Approach, as it involves a critical revaluing of deep-seated dispositions. It suggests that the city offers spaces, which can engender interlinguality, a construct that includes interculturality, criticality and a commitment to creative and flexible use of other languages in shared, pluralistic spaces. It then proposes critical, participatory and ethnographic research in three multidimensional spaces: the urban school and a potential interlingual curriculum; networks, lobbying for inclusive policy and organising celebratory events in public spaces; and grass roots-level local spaces, some created by linguistic communities to exercise agency and maintain their languages and cultures, and some emerging as linguistically hybrid spaces for convivial encounter.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Multilingual city; linguistic superdiversity; plurilingualism; interlinguality; urban spaces |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2015 15:59 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2015 14:43 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22040552.2015.1113848 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/22040552.2015.1113848 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:92572 |