Call for proposals: British Association for Applied Linguistics/Cambridge University Press Seminar: Language and Onward Migration: Bridging Applied Linguistics with Migration Studies, University of Westminster, London, UK, 13-14 February 2024. Deadline extended to: 14 November 2023.
The seminar will explore how languages shape the migration trajectories and experiences of onward migrants (OMs), that is, people whose life courses involve staying in two or more destination countries for extended periods, and, conversely, the effects that onward migration has on OMs’ linguistic repertoires. The aim is to engage in an interdisciplinary conversation as scholars working in Applied Linguistics with academics working in Migration Studies to critically reflect on the affordances, limitations, and possibilities that can come from working together across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
The seminar will offer a much needed platform for scholars in applied linguistics and migration studies to develop their knowledge of and skills in two methodological approaches to the study of the language and (onward) migration nexus:
- ethnographically-oriented approaches (Copland & Creese, 2015; Martin-Jones & Martin, 2017; Tusting, 2020), including the ‘researching multilingually’ approach (Holmes et al., 2013)
- quantitative approaches with a focus on large-scale surveys and respondent-driven sampling (RDS), a method that utilises social networks to produce data for ‘hidden’ or ‘hard-to-reach’ populations such as OMs who are not captured by national statistical data and who may be of undocumented status (Tyldum & Johnston, 2014)
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