Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Volume 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-200

Outlining a dialogic framework of difference: How do Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India constitute and negotiate difference? (Article)

Mitra R.*
  • a Department of Communication, Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education, Purdue University, 100 North University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2098, United States

Abstract

This essay answers the call for intersectional examinations of difference constitution/ negotiation. I outline a dialogic framework of difference, actively accomplished via communication in conjunction with material conditions of object, site and body. The essay draws from an ethnography with Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India. It finds that the refugees use dialogic domains of segregation-assimilation, safety-risk, and agency- passivity to make sense of their tenuous social position as outsiders within. The project adds to our understanding of difference as multi-layered, simultaneously straddling agency/structure, and discourse/materiality. © 2011 National Communication Association.

Author Keywords

Difference Heteroglossia Hybridization Dialog Sri Lankan refugees

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DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2011.573862
ISSN: 17513057
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English