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A weave of symbolic violence: dominance and complicity in sociolinguistic research on multilingualism
Multilingua ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-26 , DOI: 10.1515/multi-2019-0033
Natalia Ganuza 1 , David Karlander 2 , Linus Salö 3
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Abstract This paper discusses symbolic violence in sociolinguistic research on multilingualism. It revisits an archived recording of a group discussion between four boys about their chances of having sex with a female researcher. The data is rife with symbolic violence. Most obviously, the conversation enacted a heterosexist form of symbolic violence. This was, however, not the only direction in which violence was exerted. As argued by (Bourdieu & Wacquant. 1992. An invitation to reflexive sociology. Cambridge: Polity), symbolic violence involves two fundamental elements – domination and complicity. In the case at hand, the boys’ sexist banter conformed to dominant expectations about their linguistic behavior, imbued in the research event. This is symbolic complicity of the kind that the Bourdieusian notion foresees. Yet another subordination to the dominant vision occurred when the researchers captured the conversation on tape, but decided to exempt it from publication. Here, we argue that giving deepened attention to sociolinguists’ own run-ins with symbolic violence during research is valuable, because it provides an opportunity to reflexively consider the social conditions of the research practices, in relation to the data produced and analyzed. Ultimately, this reflexive exercise may help sociolinguists sharpen their tools for understanding the give and take of dominance and complicity unfolding in their data.

中文翻译:

象征性暴力的编织:在多语言论的社会语言学研究中的主导地位和同谋

摘要本文讨论了多种语言社会语言学研究中的象征暴力。它回顾了四个男孩之间关于与女研究员发生性关系的小组讨论的存档记录。数据充斥着象征性暴力。最明显的是,谈话体现了象征暴力的异性恋形式。但是,这不是施加暴力的唯一方向。正如(Bourdieu&Wacquant,1992年。《反身社会学的邀请》,剑桥:政治)所论证的那样,象征性暴力涉及两个基本要素:统治和同谋。在目前的情况下,男孩的性别歧视玩笑符合研究事件中对他们的语言行为的主要期望。这是布尔迪厄斯(Bourdieusian)概念预见的那种象征性的同谋。当研究人员在磁带上捕获对话,但决定将其从出版物中删除时,主导视觉的另一个从属发生了。在这里,我们认为,在研究过程中加深关注社会语言学家自身的带有象征性暴力的磨合是有价值的,因为这提供了一个机会,可以根据所产生和分析的数据反思性地考虑研究实践的社会条件。最终,这种反思性练习可以帮助社会语言学家增强其工具,以理解其数据中展现出的主导和共谋的给予与获得。我们认为,在研究过程中加深关注社会语言学家自身的带有象征性暴力的磨合是有价值的,因为这提供了一个机会,可以根据所产生和分析的数据反思性地考虑研究实践的社会条件。最终,这种反思性练习可以帮助社会语言学家增强其工具,以理解其数据中展现出的主导和共谋的给予与获得。我们认为,在研究过程中加深关注社会语言学家自身的带有象征性暴力的磨合是有价值的,因为这提供了一个机会,可以根据所产生和分析的数据反思性地考虑研究实践的社会条件。最终,这种反思性练习可以帮助社会语言学家增强其工具,以理解其数据中展现出的主导和共谋的给予与获得。
更新日期:2020-07-26
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