ERIC Number: EJ1456522
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0973-2217
EISSN: EISSN-2230-7133
Technology and Identity Enactment among Muslim Immigrant Families
Michael K. Thomas; Rohany Nayan
Journal on School Educational Technology, v20 n2 p12-30 2024
Grounded in sociocultural theory and informed by Bakhtinian's notions of dialogism, utterance, heteroglossia, and addressivity, this paper presents findings from a collective case study of the identity enactments and negotiations by way of their literacy practices of three children in the three families of Muslim immigrants (i.e., Muslim-Moroccan, Muslim- Somali, and Muslim-Indonesian) living in an American Midwestern town. Three types of data were collected: observations, spoken data, and artifacts. Data were analyzed at two tiers, first as individual cases and then as part of a cross-case analysis. This study revealed that there are co-occurring and mutually affirming processes that took place among the study participants identified as "eMersion," "acquiring Qur'anic literacy," "forging nostalgic alignments," and "bilateral nostalgia." This paper specifically highlights the complex process of literacy practices called "Acquiring Qur'anic Literacy" and "eMersion" and identity enactments called "Forging Nostalgic Alignment," and their relationships to a phenomenon called "bi-lateral nostalgia" among these three Muslim immigrant families.
Descriptors: Muslims, Immigrants, Literacy, Family Environment, Cultural Influences, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Islamic Culture, Literature, Information Technology, Computer Use, Ethnicity, Religious Factors, Technology Uses in Education
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Morocco; Somalia; Indonesia
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