This book examines changes in families’ rules and routines connected with media during the pandemic and shifts in parents’ understanding of children’s media use. Drawing on interviews with 130 parents at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the book explores specific cultural contexts across seven countries: Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, South Korea, United Kingdom, and United State…
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws on ethnographic research in two UK secondary schools, considering the shifting roles of migration status, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity in young people’s peer relationships. The book challenges culturalist understandings of social cohesion, highlighting the divisive impacts of neoliberalism, from pervasiv…
On weekday afternoons, dismissal bells signal not just the end of the school day but also the beginning of another important activity: the federally funded after-school programs that offer tutoring, homework help, and basic supervision to millions of American children. Nearly one in four low-income families enroll a child in an after-school program. Beyond sharpening students’ math and readin…
Meme marketing has become a common media practice in the advertising industry. Many companies advertise on social media using memes to generate attention for their brands, products and services and to signal that they are part of the digital media culture. However, the use of memes is fraught with risk. If advertisers are not aware of the media practices of memeing, they run the risk of using m…
This collection of twelve essays examines sociolinguistic phenomena in a wide variety of marginal environments, providing both an overview of globalization on the margins and a foundation for an expanded understanding of the processes of linguistic and cultural changes at work in these settings. Taking an expansive conceptual view of margins, the volume is organized in three parts, looking a…
"The 'just about managing'. 'Hardworking families'. 'Alarm-clock Britain'. In recent years British political discourse has been filled with these slogans, as politicians claim to speak on behalf of families who are in work, but struggling to get by. This book allows us to hear from some of these families directly. At a time when the impact of austerity is more relevant than ever, Just Managing?…
Binatang hidup di sekitar kita. Burung membangun sarangnya di tempat yang tinggi. Begitu juga lebah. Laba-laba memintal sarangnya. Rayap kecil membangun rumah yang tinggi, amat tinggi. Rumah siput dan kura-kura tumbuh di punggung mereka.
Pada zaman dahulu kala, di negeri yang jauh di timur, rumah pertama dibangun oleh dua orang bersaudara yang bernama Kindru-Lalim dan Kincha Lali-Dam. Pada waktu itu orang-orang masih tinggal dalam gua-gua dan belum mengetahui arti kata rumah. Suatu hari, Kindru-Lalim berkata, “Oh Lali, aku sangat bosan tinggal dalam gua yang terlalu gelap ini, mengapa kita tidak membangun sebuah rumah d…
Waaah!� Ada seekor sapi yang menarik di rumah. Ia hanya memiliki sebuah tanduk dan tidak berekor. Tubuh sapi itu gemuk dan perutnya besar sekali.
Hari ini, kita akan menaiki tangga bersama. Tangga ini sedikit tidak biasa. Di tangga ini, jarak antar anak tangganya semakin besar, besar, dan terus membesar saat kamu menaikinya, bertambah 10 kali lipat setiap langkahnya. Terkadang, kita akan menaiki satu anak tangga dan di lain waktu kita akan melewati beberapa anak tangga sekaligus. Lucunya, kita bahkan tidak tahu di mana anak t…