Kurdish Language Class in New York: A Platform for Social, Political and (Inter)personal Engagement

Every country that encompasses Kurdistan faces extermination efforts, meaning that the Kurdish language has found refuge mainly in exile and has been associated increasingly with the Kurdish identity and with the political struggle of the Kurdish people. The present study looks at a very special cas...

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Autores principales:	Renata Archanjo, Demet Arpacik
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	CA EN ES FR
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2016
Materias:	Kurdish diaspora agency language class identity Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Language and Literature P
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/c72cb18fa7ce4b5985d7371d65c57c2b
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c72cb18fa7ce4b5985d7371d65c57c2b2021-11-25T13:21:20ZKurdish Language Class in New York: A Platform for Social, Political and (Inter)personal Engagement10.5565/rev/jtl3.6762013-6196https://doaj.org/article/c72cb18fa7ce4b5985d7371d65c57c2b2016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/676https://doaj.org/toc/2013-6196Every country that encompasses Kurdistan faces extermination efforts, meaning that the Kurdish language has found refuge mainly in exile and has been associated increasingly with the Kurdish identity and with the political struggle of the Kurdish people. The present study looks at a very special case; a voluntarily-initiated Kurdish language class that takes place in the middle of Manhattan, New York, at a prestigious public university. We conducted interviews with 3 students and the teacher of the class to understand the dynamics within and beyond the Kurdish language class, the interplay of their political ideologies, as well as the intricate process of identity negotiation through language practices. Results indicate that through the language class, people are exercising the right to a language, the right to a culture and the right of a people. Participants are challenging and resisting established relations of power and transforming the educational space into a space of freedom. Renata ArchanjoDemet ArpacikUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleKurdishdiasporaagencylanguage classidentitySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Language and LiteraturePCAENESFRBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2016)
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description	Every country that encompasses Kurdistan faces extermination efforts, meaning that the Kurdish language has found refuge mainly in exile and has been associated increasingly with the Kurdish identity and with the political struggle of the Kurdish people. The present study looks at a very special case; a voluntarily-initiated Kurdish language class that takes place in the middle of Manhattan, New York, at a prestigious public university. We conducted interviews with 3 students and the teacher of the class to understand the dynamics within and beyond the Kurdish language class, the interplay of their political ideologies, as well as the intricate process of identity negotiation through language practices. Results indicate that through the language class, people are exercising the right to a language, the right to a culture and the right of a people. Participants are challenging and resisting established relations of power and transforming the educational space into a space of freedom.
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title_short	Kurdish Language Class in New York: A Platform for Social, Political and (Inter)personal Engagement
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Kurdish Language Class in New York: A Platform for Social, Political and (Inter)personal Engagement

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