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Contextualising Diversity, Work and Mobility Across Time: Cases from Norway's 'High North'
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-09-12)Research into language, work, and migration has evolved rapidly during the past decade. The majority of studies focus on contemporary cases. However, work migration and linguistic diversity in the workplace are not phenomena solely of the early 21st century; many workplaces have been sites of multilingual encounters throughout history. While this has been acknowledged in contemporary studies (e.g., ... -
Encountering Complexity. Hybrid Discourse and Individual Management of Multilingualism and Social Meaning
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-04-11)The thesis encompasses six sociolinguistic and discourse analytic case studies on multilingualism and individual agency. Against the complexity of the current sociolinguistic situation of Sámi in Northern Norway, the studies shed light on the active agencies of various individual actors in different communicative settings. The case studies are concerned with three different sites: the global discourse ... -
English in Norway's multilingual North. A rhizomatic view on encounters with historical and transnational diversity
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-11-15)The chapter explores the multifaceted role of English in the complex and dynamic multilingual surrounding of Northern Norway, a region that has been linguistically diverse throughout history. Sámi languages and Kven have historical roots in the region and are today minoritized. More recently, linguistic diversity is affected by transnational migration, tourism, and global communication. The chapter ... -
Introduction: Multilingual encounters in Northern Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-03)Norway has always been a multilingual society; Sámi languages have been spoken in vast geographical areas since prehistoric times, the Kven and other historical minority groups settled in the country, the Norwegian language has a great variety of dialects and the long coastline has eased mobility and enabled multiple multilingual encounters lasting short or long periods of time. In recent years, ... -
Learnings from/about diversity in space and time: discursive constructions in the semiotic landscape of a teacher education building in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-25)This article critically examines the discourses concerning historical and transnational linguistic and cultural diversity in the semiotic landscape of a new teacher education building in Norway. In 2020, this building, housing the Department of Education, opened at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, in the city of Tromsø. Designing, constructing, and decorating a new building for a national ... -
Researching language at work in public and hidden domains. Historical time and temporal contextualization
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)Research into language at work appears as timely today. Extending this contemporary strand of research to historical workplace settings provides new insights and poses methodological and theoretical challenges. While historical cases can provide valuable experiences with respect to today’s multilingual workplaces, the chapter argues that it is necessary to consider the temporality of the practices ... -
Sosiale roller og lokale og globale interesser i vurderingen av språksituasjoner
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)Kommer det samiske språket til å dø ut? Trusler mot det språklige mangfoldet og mulig språkdød er hyppig diskutert i det flerspråklige Nord-Norge. Deltakere i denne diskursen er talere, lokale aktører, forskere og fageksperter, statlige myndigheter, politikere og globale organisasjoner som UNESCO. Denne studien tar utgangspunkt i tre ulike vurderinger av den samiske språksituasjonen og språkenes ... -
Språklig og kulturelt mangfold i og rundt Nordkalottens første industrielle storbedrift
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)På midten av 1800-tallet var Alten Copper Works, ei koppergruve i nærheten av Alta, Nord-Norges og Nordkalottens største industribedrift. Bedriften rekrutterte gruvearbeidere fra ulike deler av Norden og Europa, og etter hvert utgjorde kvenske innvandrere fra Nord-Sverige og -Finland en stor del av arbeidskraften. Artikkelen undersøker mangfoldet blant verkets arbeidere fra et sosiolingvistisk ... -
Talk, Time, and Creativity: Developing Ideas and Identities During a Start-up Weekend
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-02)This study explores the temporal dynamics of language use, collaboration, and creativity in the case of a start-up weekend. The organisation of interaction in time and the use of temporal indexes and semiotic resources vary over time, not simply because of changing contextual conditions, but rather because of dynamic developments in the flow of time. Interacting in time, the participants appropriate ... -
Tromsø som samisk by? – Språkideologier og medienes rolle i språkdebatten
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)This article presents a critical analysis of the discursive practices in the public debate on Sámi language in Tromsø. The conflict around the political plan of Tromsø municipality to join the administrative area for the Sámi language lasted for about one year and was largely carried out in the local newspapers, which had established themselves as an arena and broker in the conflict. The ... -
“The working language is Norwegian. Not that this means anything, it seems”: when expectations meet the new multilingual reality
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-27)Linguistic and cultural diversity in Northern Norwegian working life has increased dramatically in the twenty-first century. Based on a series of telephone interviews with company representatives, this article presents an overview of the new multilingual reality in many workplaces and analyzes how managers and administrators position their expectations and experiences of it. Participants’ responses ... -
Workplace Multilingualism in Shifting Contexts: A Historical Case
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-17)This article investigates linguistic diversity, migration, and labour in the case of a nineteenth-century copper mine in the multilingual northern periphery of Norway. Taking a historical perspective on workplace multilingualism, it reveals the dynamic relationships between the economic interests and policy-making of an industrial enterprise and the political and sociolinguistic development in a ...
