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Abstract
This article explores occupational boundaries in the context of public service interpreting with structurally vulnerable migrant populations, raising questions about what kind of knowledge becomes valued and what kind of intersectional hierarchies are produced within a transforming social service landscape. Drawing on conceptualisations of boundary work and occupational (mis)recognition, we analyse written and oral diaries produced by public service interpreters in spring 2022. The research participants are of diverse professional and ethnic backgrounds and based in different urban and rural regions of Finland. We show how occupational misrecognition, at the structural and at the floor level, impacts on the possibilities of public service interpreters’ professional and ethical conduct. As such, it ultimately also affects the right to fair and equal treatment for structurally vulnerable service users who are dependent on interpreter-mediated social services.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 137-162 |
Journal | Just. Journal of Language Rights & Minorities |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
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SOSKIELI: Flerspråkighet och språklig utsatthet i socialarbetets digitaliserande miljöer
Nordberg, C. (Principal Investigator), Kulmala, M. (Principal Investigator), Kara, H. (Co-Investigator), Heino, E. (Co-Investigator), Granholm, C. (Co-Investigator), Olakivi, A. (Co-Investigator) & Lassila, A.-M. (Co-Investigator)
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
01/11/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Ministry / Government Agency
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Professional expertise in the multilingual landscape of welfare service work
Nordberg, C. (Principal Investigator) & Kara, H. (Co-Investigator)
Högskolestiftelsen i Österbotten
01/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Foundation