Webinar Series "Diversity Matters"

The webinar series "Diversity Matters" explores the impact of migrations, diversities and mobilities on increasingly superdiverse territorial realities. Hosted by the Research Group Migrations and Diversities of Eurac Research, the series is a forum for experts to share their work and expertise with an audience of fellow academics, students, decision-makers and practitioners.

Upcoming webinar "Mehrsprachigkeit in der Familie". A conversation with Anna Ritter, Maria Stopfner and Sabrina Colombo 22 November 2023, 12-1pm CET Please register here by 21 November 2023.

Abstract This multilingual webinar features Anna Ritter (Universität Duisburg-Essen) as well as Maria Stopfner and Sabrina Colombo (Eurac Research) focusing on plurilingual families in Germany and South Tyrol and how they live and experience their plurilingualism. Ritter will first examine how different family languages are used and related to each other, and how the language biographies of individual family members from different generations affect the linguistic situation within the family. Based on audio recordings in ten German-Russian bilingual families (about 600 minutes in total), questionnaires for all participants and interviews with parents, Ritter will describe individual interaction styles of plurilingual families living in Germany and present a typology of bilingual interactions in plurilingual families. Stopfner and Colombo will then focus on the family language policies of plurilingual families and how different generations situate themselves in a multilingual region like South Tyrol. On the basis of twelve family interviews with at least one parent and one child, different frames of reference become apparent through which the different family members locate themselves and are located by others in discourse and interaction. The two researchers will also discuss the point of view of more than 100 professionals working with plurilingual families on language use at home and on the factors affecting the language choices in home settings where more than two languages are spoken. The webinar will take place in German, English and Italian. Questions on the part of the audience will be welcome in any of these languages.

Previous webinars:

"Two years of Taliban rule: time to view Afghan refugees differently?" A conversation with Ewen Macleod, Maria Albertinelli and Friedrich Poeschel. 2 October 2023.

"Migration Policy Implementation in Latin America and Europe" A conversation with Leiza Brumat, Marcia Vera Espinoza, Federica Infantino and Friedrich Poeschel, 21 June 2023.

"Networking individual repertoires and learning skills in the plurilingual primary school" A conversation with Emanuela Atz, Cecilia Varcasia and Marta Guarda, 30 May 2023.

"The Spiralling of the Securitization of Migration" A conversation with Valeria Bello, Sarah Leonard and Andrea Carlà, 3 May 2023.

"Linguistic diversity in secondary and tertiary educational contexts: exploring students’ attitudes and perceptions" A conversation with Anja Binanzer, Fiona Dalziel and Marta Guarda, 22 March 2023.

"Rights: on paper, in practice, not practiced" A conversation with Victoria Finn, Ramesh Ganohariti and Verena Wisthaler, 28 February 2023.

"Diversity and inclusion in the labor market" A conversation with Marzia Bona, Claudia Lintner, Maura Di Mauro and Johanna Mitterhofer, 23 January 2023.

“Sprache und Rassismus. Im Gespräch mit Assimina Gouma, Nadia Thoma und Marta Guarda”, 19 May 2022.

"Enti subnazionali e immigrazione oltre le politiche sull'integrazione" Una conversazione con Davide Strazzari, Roberta Medda-Windischer, Andrea Carlà e Mattia Zeba, 28 April 2022.

"Intersectionality and Minority Studies" A conversation with Bilgin Ayata, Angéla Kóczé, Raphaële Xenidis and Verena Wisthaler, 29 March 2022.

"Students and scholars at risk as new migrants in Europe: facilitating access to higher education" A conversation with Fiona Dalziel and Francesca Helm (University of Padova) and Marta Guarda (Eurac Research), 21 February 2022.

"Health, Diversity and Covid-19" A conversation with Rohini Mathur (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Orkan Okan (Technical University of Munich) and Katharina Crepaz (Eurac Research), 26 January 2022.

"Access to and Exclusion from Housing over Time: Migrants’ Experiences in Rural Areas" A conversation with Tobias Weidinger, Stefan Kordel and Marzia Bona, 18 November 2021.

"Migration, Agriculture and Rural Development" A conversation with Domenica Farinella, Michele Nori and Marzia Bona, 21 October 2021.

"Indigenous Urbanization and Mobility: identity, resilience and rights" A conversation with Philipp Horn, Claire Wright and Alexandra Tomaselli,22 September 2021.

**Info and contact: johanna.mitterhofer@eurac.edu marta.guarda@eurac.edu