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Informationen zum Autor Maria Sabaté-Dalmau (MA, Linguistic Anthropology, UofT; PhD, English Studies, UAB) is Associate Professor at University of Lleida, where she conducts critical sociolinguistic ethnographic research on (im)mobilities and multilingualism. She is chair of the board of Catalan Sociolinguistics Society. Her work includes Migrant Communication Spaces: Regimentation and Resistance (Multilingual Matters, 2014). Klappentext This critical sociolinguistic ethnography explores "locutorios" (ethnic call shops) in Barcelona, where migrant populations mobilise to challenge the global private telecommunications sector as well as present-day governments. These migrant-owned businesses act as a window into their multimodal and hybrid communicative practices. Zusammenfassung This critical sociolinguistic ethnography explores “locutorios” (ethnic call shops) in Barcelona, where migrant populations mobilise to challenge the global private telecommunications sector as well as present-day governments. These migrant-owned businesses act as a window into their multimodal and hybrid communicative practices. Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables List of Acronyms Transcription Conventions 1. New Steps into the Sociolinguistics of Globalisation: The Critical Exploration of Migrant Institutions of Resistance in Late Capitalism 2. The Rise of Anti-Migrant Governmentality Practices: Prelude to the Emergence of Locutorios 3. Locutorios as Challengers to Established Politic-Economic Orders and Sociolinguistic Regimes 4. The Self-Provision of Technology Capital in Locutorios: A Diversity of ICT-Mediated Networking Practices 5. Locutorio Voices: Language and Literacy in Migrant-Regulated Discursive Spaces 6. Locutorios as Migrant Spaces of Mismeeting and Conflictive Togetherness By Way of Conclusion: Informal Migrant Shelters Where to Critically Explore the Mundane Alphabets of the Future References Appendix Endnotes ...
