Shaitan Alexandra
Birkbeck College, University of London
I have been involved in researching mixed-race identity in the context of Japan for the past couple of years. Whilst "race" itself is a controversial referent hotly debated in the academia, my study adopts this generic term to look at the chronotopic identities of Japanese adults of mixed ethnicity. In particular, I am interested how their stories of bi/multicultural lived experiences reveal their identity metamorphosis over time and space (Bakhtin, 1981). In addition, I have been recently involved in bilingual primary education of bilingual children and their education during the COVID-19 lockdown. I look forward to sharing my teaching experience with the audience.
Sessions
Bilingualism SIG Forum
It goes without saying that 2020 has not gone as planned, and the world has been greatly impacted by COVID-19. Thus, the revised theme for this year’s 2020 Bilingual SIG forum will include stories from three bilingual/multilingual families living in Japan, in regards to how they’ve been supporting their languages and education throughout this turbulent time.