‘Todos somos Latinos’: Ethnic identity constructions of second generation Latin-Australian women

Digitally Enhanced? Mediated Migration and ‘Fourth Wave’ Chileans in Australia

“…These studies examine experiences of migration, memory, cultural practice and community organization, but no attention has been given specifically to the role of ICT for reinforcing, challenging or transforming their experiences of migration. Research on pan-ethnic identity amongst Central and South American migrants to Australia has considered in-depth the experiences of a small number of second-generation Chilean migrants to Australia (Zevallos 2005). The focus of this study was second-generation migrant perceptions of the 'Latin persona', drawing on the views of Chileans amongst others including those from Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica and El Salvador.…”

Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

“…The focus of the latter research centers particularly on women, children and the youth, with some studies focusing on the experiences of specific national groups (e.g., the El Salvadorian migrants, Chilean migrants, Mexican migrants, etc. ), and, more recently, on digital and transnational citizenship (Martín 1996(Martín , 2011Jones Díaz 2003;Zevallos, 2005aZevallos, , 2005bZevallos, , 2008Mejía 2007Mejía , 2016Sanchez-Castro and Gil 2008;Clyne and Kipp 2011;Rocha and Coronado 2014;Maggio 2017;Jones Díaz and Walker 2018;Mejía, Abascal, and Colic-Peisker 2018). Overall, in terms of language maintenance, Jones Díaz and Walker succinctly observe that "while Australia's language policy has effectively promoted the use of minority languages in the private domain, it has not extended the use of these languages to the public domain" (2018, 466), which includes the education system.…”