Power, Mobility and Voice by Karel Arnaut

Power, Mobility and Voice by Karel Arnaut

Builds on the profound and challenging legacy of sociolinguist Jan Blommaert, one of the most important thinkers in contemporary sociolinguistics, who dismantled the theoretical and ideological orthodoxies of his time.

This volume honours the influential work of Jan Blommaert, furthering his critical and constructive engagement with power dynamics across numerous domains. It takes Blommaert’s work as a starting point to approach the challenges of a changing social world, using his frameworks to explore new contexts and applying new methodologies to established fields of study.

The chapter authors – Jan’s colleagues, students and others inspired by his work – explore four themes of his scholarly legacy, expanding on his work and looking to new contexts. They elaborate on the concept of chronotopes, explore ideologies of language diversity and inequality, address normativities in complex online and offline spaces, and analyse voice as agency in time and space.

Spanning a wide range of academic disciplines and contexts, they share a core commitment to analysing language in relation to society and power, arguably the most pressing legacy of Blommaert’s work.

This book is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence.

Although many scholars have framed the current worldwide situation as 'dire times', the ongoing legacies of colonialism with the accompanying genocides of people and their languages have always been dreadfulBuilding on Jan Blommaert's everlasting work, this volume speaks powerfully not only to the present but to the past and future by insightfully delving into Blommaert's optics on chronotopes, innovative research methodologies, language ideologies, and whose voices are heard and not heard. * Christian W. Chun, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA *
Jan Blommaert was a curious sociolinguist, interested in huge global transformations as well as in small discursive and semiotic details; above all he was sharp and unique in his social and political analyses of digital phenomena. He would have enjoyed reading this book with its various concepts, theories and perspectives discussed in the context of the rapidly changing world. His work will continue inspiring students and researchers and will indeed not be ‘finished’ in the near future. * Odile Heynders, Tilburg University, The Netherlands *

Karel Arnaut is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven, Belgium. He teaches on the anthropology of migration as well as on language, diversity and inequality and co-coordinates a range of migration-related international projects such as AIMEC, ReROOT and ATLAS.

Ico Maly is Professor of Digital Media, Culture and Politics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He is editor-in-chief of Diggit Magazine and senior fellow at Far-Right Analysis Network and his research explores digital media, ideology and power.

David Parkin is Professor Emeritus of All Souls College and the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford, UK. His work of over six decades spans urban ethnicity, rural farming practices and multimodal communication.

Massimiliano Spotti is Associate Professor of Ethnography and Digital Literacies at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. His research interests include the (dis)approval of identities via socio-technological platforms in asylum applications and software-based approaches to the learning of Dutch.

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ISBN 13	9781836682646
ISBN 10	1836682646
Title	Power, Mobility and Voice
Author	Karel Arnaut
Series	Encounters
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Channel View Publications Ltd
Year published	2026-06-16
Number of pages	402
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