Call for chapter proposals: Heritage reimagined: Multilingualism, identity, and belonging across family, faith, and digital worlds. Deadline: chapter proposal and biography by 15 August 2025.
Editors: Fatma F.S. Said (Zayed University, UAE), Kristin Vold Lexander (University of Inland Norway), Åsa Palviainen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Editors invite proposals for chapters for an innovative edited volume that interrogates and redefines the concept of “heritage” in multilingualism studies. Titled Heritage reimagined: Multilingualism, identity, and belonging across family, faith, and digital worlds, this volume will explore how heritage is constructed, challenged, and reimagined in everyday multilingual experiences. They welcome empirical, theoretical, and reflexive contributions from across disciplines, including sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, education, digital culture, anthropology, and religious studies.
In an era marked by global migration, digital transformation, and increasing cultural fluidity, heritage, often linked to language transmission, cultural continuity, and religious practice, can no longer be understood through static, nationalistic, or ethnocentric frames. Instead, we view heritage as dynamic and socially constructed, shaped by complex interactions within families, communities, and digital environments.
This volume addresses urgent questions about the meaning and politics of heritage in multilingual contexts, considering the lived realities of individuals navigating heritage across spaces of belonging, faith, and technological mediation.
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