LINGDUSTRY

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Aims of the project

The aim of this interdisciplinary project is to generate new research-based knowledge about multilingualism in the industrial sector. By studying a variety of economic sectors, such as manufacturing (wood, metal) and mining (coal, ore) in different locations in Europe (e.g., Finland, the Greater Region SaarLorLux, and the Dutch-German border region), the project sheds light on the complex interplay of the linguistic and social effects of industry. From a linguistic point of view, industrial workplaces are particularly interesting because they are often a main driver of large-scale mobility and migration, and because industries tend to operate across national and linguistic borders. By combining theoretical and methodological approaches from translation studies, cultural studies/border studies, sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography, the project brings together different perspectives that critically examine the ways in which multilingual resources have been used, managed and negotiated in interaction in industrial settings.