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Inside Refugee Support Work

An Ethnography of Language, Labour and Subjectivity

AvJonas Hassemer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Presents a situated, ethnographically grounded, sociolinguistic critique of politics of difference and inequality in contemporary Central Europe.This book explores the construction of ‘languaged’ and professional subjectivities in the context of refugee support work in Austria. It presents ethnographic insights into how language and linguistic practice come to matter both as part of a migration infrastructure in transformation, and in the efforts within a particular institution to reinvent itself as it struggles for survival in the context of shrinking public and state support for refugee provision.The author focuses on how transformation processes play out in counsellors’ and volunteer interpreters’ conceptions of themselves as professionals and speaking subjects when confronted with the political and ethical dilemmas of an increasingly precarised work context. It becomes clear that language, while being central to the services offered, remains a sign of Otherness in a ‘languaged’ institutional order.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-14
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Language, Mobility and Institutions
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:Multilingual Matters
ISBN:9781800412835

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Jonas Hassemer is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria. His research focuses on ethnographic approaches to multilingualism, language and social inequality, subjectivation and the lived experience of language.

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This fascinating ethnography of an Austrian refugee support organisation provides an exceptionally unique window into the fault lines of inequality constituting the neoliberalised workplace in the non-profit sector. Through an extremely thorough analysis of empirical data, Hassemer builds a compelling case for centring language in the analysis of contemporary labour.

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Figures, Tables and ExamplesTranscirption SymbolsAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. From Speaking Subjects at Work to Languaged WorkersChapter 3. 'We Have No Apartments'Chapter 4. The Emergency ListChapter 5. Being a 'Good' CounsellorChapter 6. Arabic-Speaking StaffChapter 7. Managing Volunteer Interpreters Chapter 8. The Value(s) of Volunteering Chapter 9. Volunteers’ Meetings Chapter 10. Conclusions and OutlookBibliographyIndex

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