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Inside refugee support work : an ethnography of language, labour and subjectivity / Jonas Hassemer
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hassemer, Jonas, 1989- author.
- Series:
- Language, mobility, and institutions ; 7.
- Language, mobility and institutions ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refugees--Austria--Language.
- Refugees.
- Refugees--Education--Austria.
- Refugees--Education.
- Refugees--Language.
- Austria.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2026
- Summary:
- This book explores the construction of linguistic, 'languaged' and professional subjectivities in the context of refugee support work in Austria. It becomes clear that language remains a sign of Otherness, even while being central to the services offered
- Contents:
- From speaking subjects at work to languaged workers
- ‘We have no apartments’
- The emergency list
- Being a ‘good’ counsellor
- Arabic-speaking staff
- Managing volunteer interpreters
- The value(s) of volunteering
- Volunteers’ meetings
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed May 15, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hassemer, Jonas, 1989- IInside refugee support work
- ISBN:
- 9781800412927
- 1800412924
- 9781800413023
- 1800413025
- OCLC:
- 1579847395
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000353966
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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