Child-volunteer socialisation in an after-school programme: a case study about transcaring and transformation. (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vallejo Rubinstein, Claudia
• Is Part Of: Language & intercultural communication. Volume 20:Number 6(2020)
• Page Start: 513
• Page End: 530
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: After-school programmes -- language and cultural socialisation -- plurilingualism -- transcaring -- critical cosmopolitanism; Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 306.4405
• DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2020.1763378
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-8477

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper explores interactions between a local volunteer and a newcomer child in an after-school programme in Barcelona. Building on the principles of transcaring, language socialisation and critical cosmopolitanism, I propose that adult and child engage in a transformative, two-way socialisation process as their cultural and linguistic repertoires are appraised and new meanings and understandings emerge. This socialisation enables them to develop essential dispositions to inhabit our globalised societies. The article also questions bounded conceptions around language, culture and belonging, foregrounding the complexity of life trajectories and cultural and linguistic repertoires in contexts of intense mobility and transnational interaction.