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Title: Spatial Ideologies on Official Bilingualism and Co-Located Schools in Finland and South Tyrol, Italy
Language: English
Authors: Tuuli From (ORCID 0000-0002-7945-6590), Verena Platzgummer (ORCID 0000-0002-0798-6883), Petteri Laihonen (ORCID 0000-0002-3914-0954), Fritjof Sahlström (ORCID 0000-0002-9438-4038), Tamás Péter Szabó (ORCID 0000-0001-5105-5202)
Source: Language and Education. 2024 38(6):1027-1043.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Bilingual Schools, Finno Ugric Languages, Swedish, German, Italian, Shared Facilities, Educational Policy, Institutional Autonomy, Bilingualism, Educational Practices, School Space, Space Utilization, Space Classification
Geographic Terms: Finland, Italy
DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2024.2362908
ISSN: 0950-0782
1747-7581
Abstract: In countries with several official languages, language separation often remains a structural principle in institutional education. Co-located schools, in which two autonomously administered schools with different languages of instruction share a physical space, may challenge this separation. Such schools have existed for a long time, but increasingly insert themselves into an architectural trend that leans toward multipurpose spaces. In this paper, we utilize previous research to analyze policy discourses and educational practices that arise around bilingualism in Finland and the Italian province of South Tyrol. We introduce and analyze co-located schools through the notion of spatial ideologies, i.e. beliefs about the connection between language policies and the material organization of space. We show that in both contexts, the separation of the official languages -- Finnish and Swedish in Finland and Italian and German in most of South Tyrol -- is reconstructed through policy, public discourse, and material practices. The educational system maintains separate tracks for the recognized language groups. While attempts to deconstruct the parallel system are often deemed problematic, the premise of language separation is also increasingly questioned and renegotiated. Therefore, co-located schools can be viewed as contested spaces where discourses and practices promoting linguistic diversity but also parallel monolingualism circulate.
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