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Transcultural capital and emergent identities among migrant youth

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posted on 2024-06-04, 00:35 authored by M Arias Cubas, T Jamal Al-deen, Fethi MansouriFethi Mansouri
The everyday practices and socio-cultural identities of migrant youth have become a focal point of contemporary sociological research in Western countries of immigration. This article engages with the concept of transcultural capital to frame the possibilities and opportunities embodied in young migrants’ multi-layered identities and cross-cultural competencies in the context of an increasingly interconnected and diverse world. By re-conceptualising diversity and difference as agentic, transformational capitals to be valued, fostered and mobilised, this transcultural approach brings to the fore the multitude of skills, networks and knowledge that migrant youth access and develop through multiple cultural repertoires. Drawing on the narratives of migrant youth in Melbourne (Australia), this article argues that access to different – and not necessarily oppositional – cultural systems opens up a space for understanding the ability of migrant youth to instigate, negotiate and maintain valuable socio-cultural connections in ways that recognise, disrupt and transform social hierarchies.

History

Journal

Journal of Sociology

Article number

ARTN 14407833211066969

Location

London, England

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1440-7833

eISSN

1741-2978

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Publisher

SAGE Publications