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Acts of Negotiation: Governmentality and Medium of Instruction in an Eastern Ukrainian University
Author(s) -
Goodman Bridget
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12236
Subject(s) - governmentality , ukrainian , language policy , language planning , negotiation , government (linguistics) , sociology , institution , corporate governance , language industry , public administration , ethnography , political science , conversation , language education , linguistics , social science , pedagogy , comprehension approach , politics , law , economics , anthropology , management , philosophy , communication
This study investigates language policy and language choices at a university in Ukraine, a country of evolving national governance and shifting language policy. Ethnographic data interpreted through the lenses of governmentality, language planning and policy, and conversation analysis show that (1) the institution rather than the national government is at the center of language planning and policy and (2) language choices are negotiations of alignment between a collective Ukrainian identity and individual preferences or abilities.