Family, a Racialized Space: A Phenomenological Approach to Examining Afghan Refugee Families' Language Policies in Norway

Autor/in	Mirvahedi, Seyed Hadi
Titel	Family, a Racialized Space: A Phenomenological Approach to Examining Afghan Refugee Families' Language Policies in Norway
Quelle	In: Language Policy, 22 (2023) 4, S.413-432 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mirvahedi, Seyed Hadi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1568-4555
DOI	10.1007/s10993-023-09671-6
Schlagwörter	Family Relationship; Refugees; Self Concept; Cultural Background; Foreign Countries; Phenomenology; Land Settlement; Language Attitudes; Language Usage; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Attitudes; Age Differences; Trauma; Attachment Behavior; Racial Differences; Norwegian; Norway; Afghanistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Siedlungsraum; Sprachverhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Rassenunterschied; Norwegisch; Norwegen
Abstract	In this paper, I put forward and apply a phenomenological understanding of body and embodied experience to examine refugee families' identity (trans)formation and language ideologies and practices. In particular, Kitaro Nishida's (1870-1945) notion of historical body was adopted to investigate how Afghan refugee families' lived experiences of forced mobility and life in different countries before their settlement in Norway influence their own as well as their children's raciolinguistic and cultural/national identities, which in turn, affect their language ideologies and practices. Based on a thematic analysis of the interviews conducted with parents in three families, it was found that, having left Afghanistan at a young age with no hope to return to as well as their forced stays in different countries, Afghan parents have not developed a strong Afghan national identity. This embodied experience was entangled with painful emotions as well that resulted in the parents' desire for their children to develop strong attachment to Norway and a Norwegian identity. Yet, parents' wish does not seem to readily realize because the racial differences become an important marker of identity for the children as they grow up and enter the society, leading them to seek their roots. The study contributes to our better understanding of the complexities and nuances of transnational populations' language ideologies and practices as well as identification and integration processes into the host society. (As Provided).
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