Multilingual Cultural Resources in Child-Headed Families in Uganda

Autor/inn/en	Namazzi, Elizabeth; Kendrick, Maureen E.
Titel	Multilingual Cultural Resources in Child-Headed Families in Uganda
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 35 (2014) 7, S.724-737 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2014.908893
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Heads of Households; Singing; Proverbs; Role; Sibling Relationship; Children; Cultural Awareness; Foreign Countries; Language Usage; Sociocultural Patterns; African Languages; Learning Processes; Story Telling; Cultural Background; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Gesang; Sprichwort; Rollen; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Ausland; Sprachgebrauch; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	This article reports on a study focusing on the use of multilingual cultural resources in child-headed households (CHHs) in Uganda's Rakai District. Using funds of knowledge and sociocultural perspectives on children's learning, we documented through ethnographic observations and interviews how children in four CHHs used multilingual cultural resources at home. Our findings show that children co-construct, re-appropriate and remix stories, songs, riddles and proverbs from their cultural environment in situated ways that are a response to the changing context of their social worlds. The study provides a window onto the unique production and use of multilingual cultural resources in CHHs, and further speaks to the need for educators and policymakers to better understand the critical role of siblings in their own learning of linguistic and cultural knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10