Liminality and Communitas

Turner, Victor

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“…Though frowned upon by the dominant discourses of segregation and some participants who find it distracting, others believe they can use this space to develop towards the ideal identity that they believe they need for life in the target language society. In terms of Turner (2008) they see the language school as a liminal space between their present identity and their ideal one. Language classes provide the edge of transition from what they are, the ambiguous identity that is often subject to contestation between the dominant and alternative discourse, and what they negotiate to become, after they have experienced transition to the target language society.…”

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Identity Formation and Negotiation of Freedom in Coeducational Language Schools in Iran

2016

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This study seeks to describe the dynamics of identity formation and negotiation of freedom and coeducation in the shadow of dominant discourses of Islamic hijab and segregation, in an English language college in Iran. A brief historical view of the cultural concerns of the Islamic state vis-à-vis the existing economic and socio-political contexts indicates a shift from the original discourses of segregation and Islamic hijab by state agents in the early 1980s (known as the ideals of Imam), arguably negotiated through the post-war period, i.e. since the 1990s. Language learning is viewed as parallel to higher education, legitimising the presence of women in social spheres, and their interaction with men: in the segregated and policed society of Iran, such schools are viewed as mixed spheres both by the students and by the programme designers who develop the businesses. The ethnography of a language school in Mashhad takes the alternative discourses, indicating the learners' giving precedence to the socialising aspect of the classes rather than the educational quality in these classes; the female learners' concern about how empowering the oral production of the foreign language is vis-à-vis their male counterparts, not only in language education but also for their future professional milieus; and how they are prepared, as prospective students in English speaking universities and immigrants for their lives in the 'imaginary world of abroad'. Both teachers and learners participating in this study see the language classes as a liminal space between their present identity, their ideas, entertainments and jobs, and their ideal identity, relationships and ideas, which is imagined in the fancy world created mostly through the English language textbooks. In conclusion, other than the shift of the dominant discourses, this study demonstrates the divergence between the ideals of the Islamic state for the identity and role of the people, and the alternative voices that have negotiated their freedom with such strategies as paying tuitions and language learning in mixed spaces.

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2016

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“…betwixt and between;" we are transformed. 35 Mourning migrants through performance allows Alvaro and volunteers to deal with "incomplete mournings" in our own lives. The artist notes: "I am always amazed by how sentimental people get when they carry a cross, stand on the spot where the remains were recovered, help in the planting of the cross.…”

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“…This is how "communitas" develops, from the margins and in liminality. 37 Communitas emerges out of the performance of mourning, when we-the volunteers-gather together in the desert, when we reject the labels imposed on migrants by dominant society, when we, regardless of our social status or position, labor together to honor those who perished alone, when we recognize they are not that different from us.…”

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Making Crosses, Crossing Borders: The Performance of Mourning, the Power of Ghosts, and the Politics of Countermemory in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Sostaita¹

2016

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“…We argue that it is librarians' liminal position within the academy that prepares and situates us to not only make unique contributions to DH but also to shape the development of DH as a field. Liminality is a concept that was first explored in depth by symbolic anthropologist Victor Turner (1969) in his study of rituals and rites of passage among the Ndembu people. Liminality and liminal spaces have since been explored by other scholars interested in how liminal spaces offer a vantage point to both see and challenge traditional power structures:…”

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Claiming expertise from betwixt and between: Digital humanities librarians, emotional labor, and genre theory

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2017

College & Undergraduate Libraries

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Librarians' liminal (intermediate) position within academia situates us to make unique contributions to digital humanities (DH). In this article, we use genre theory, feminist theory, and theories of emotional labor to explore the importance of discourse mediation and affective labor to DH and the interplay between these areas and academic structural inequality. By claiming our expertise and making explicit work that is often not visible, we can advocate for new and varied roles for librarians in digital humanities. Our analysis is informed by both theory and practice, and it takes a dialogic approach that depends upon the interactions between the two.

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Liminality and Communitas

Cited by 156 publications

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Identity Formation and Negotiation of Freedom in Coeducational Language Schools in Iran

Identity Formation and Negotiation of Freedom in Coeducational Language Schools in Iran

Making Crosses, Crossing Borders: The Performance of Mourning, the Power of Ghosts, and the Politics of Countermemory in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Claiming expertise from betwixt and between: Digital humanities librarians, emotional labor, and genre theory

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