Bicultural competence in the context of remigration
Lammervo, Tiina (2014)
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti
2014
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031123251
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031123251
Kuvaus
Foreword and acknowledgements
List of tables and figures
1. Introduction
1.1. Context of the study and how it was conducted
1.2. Chapter contents
2. Changing mobility
2.1. Global mobility
2.2. Terminology for mobile people
2.3. Mobility between Finland and Australia
2.4. Motivations for mobility in this research
3. Cultures and people in contact
3.1. Culture
3.2. Theories of culture contact
3.3. Perception of culture contact in this research
3.3.1. Return experiences
3.3.2. Remigrating experiences
4. Bicultural competence
4.1. Language in cultural competence and identity
4.1.1. Language skills and return to the country of origin
4.2. Cultural competence
4.3. Language and culture behaviour
4.4. Representations of culture and identity
4.5. Perceptions of others
5. Adjustment and identity
5.1. ldentity
5.2. Representations of identity in the current research
5.3. Two or more identities - hybrid, blended or intercultural identity
5.4. Identification in return migration
6. Conclusion
References.
List of tables and figures
1. Introduction
1.1. Context of the study and how it was conducted
1.2. Chapter contents
2. Changing mobility
2.1. Global mobility
2.2. Terminology for mobile people
2.3. Mobility between Finland and Australia
2.4. Motivations for mobility in this research
3. Cultures and people in contact
3.1. Culture
3.2. Theories of culture contact
3.3. Perception of culture contact in this research
3.3.1. Return experiences
3.3.2. Remigrating experiences
4. Bicultural competence
4.1. Language in cultural competence and identity
4.1.1. Language skills and return to the country of origin
4.2. Cultural competence
4.3. Language and culture behaviour
4.4. Representations of culture and identity
4.5. Perceptions of others
5. Adjustment and identity
5.1. ldentity
5.2. Representations of identity in the current research
5.3. Two or more identities - hybrid, blended or intercultural identity
5.4. Identification in return migration
6. Conclusion
References.
Tiivistelmä
The study focuses on cases of mobility where the individuals moved from their own instigation and continued relocating, returning and leaving again. The main goal was to find out if such individuals realize they have gained vicultural competence or if indeed they deliberately aimed at gaining it by overseas experience. At the age of globalisation competence to communicate inter- and cross culturally is valued, but is the skill recognised when someone has gained it, is it deliberately axquired or an accidental by-product of activities motivated by something else.
The three research questions were: how do returning migrants perceive their bicultural competence, how do they negotiate their bicultural identity, and how do they value their bicultural competence and how do they think the environment values it?
The three research questions were: how do returning migrants perceive their bicultural competence, how do they negotiate their bicultural identity, and how do they value their bicultural competence and how do they think the environment values it?