Comments on: Globalization between crime and piety

By: Living Together Across Borders – Language on the Move

Living Together Across Borders – Language on the Move — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 21:49:11 +0000

[…] I. (2018). Globalization between crime and piety. Language on the Move. https://languageonthemove.com/globalization-crime-piety/ Weiss, F. (2012). Christmas in Nicaragua. Language on the Move. […]

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:19:34 +0000

Wow. How incredible that the globalised nature of service work – something that could potentially justify immigration – in this case actually has adapted to capitalise on deportations!

Thanks for sharing this review of what sounds like an intriguing exploration of the intersections of language, religion, crime and the market… on the move.

By: Livia Gerber

Livia Gerber — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:18:00 +0000

This outsourcing of Guatemalan deportees’ language skills reminds me of a documentary on call centers on the Mexican/American border which employs deportees from the US (it’s online via VICE). Similarly, some of these deportees have little to no Spanish language skills so working in telemarketing (for the US) allows them to rebuild their lives in Mexico.
It appears that current US politics may be contributing to the call center industry by making Mexican call centers more competitive: “Employing native English speakers who understand American culture gives Mexican call centers an edge over rivals in India and the Philippines in a competitive, billion-dollar global industry” (see https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/17/mexico-call-centers-trump-deportations).

By: Madiha Neelam

Madiha Neelam — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:23:00 +0000

Very informative and very well written!
I am really amazed how deportees proficiency in English was exploited in the call centers!
A must read indeed!

Thanks for the list of ethnographies Ingrid, I’ll select one of them!

By: Pia

Pia — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:18:00 +0000

In reply to Language on the Move. Thanks! I appreciate those tips. :-)

By: Language on the Move

Language on the Move — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:57:00 +0000

In reply to Pia.

Databases are pretty useless when it comes to finding good books. You have to do it the old-fashioned way: see what others reference and recommend; wander through the library stacks; scour the book reviews … in terms of new technologies, there are some great podcasts such as those on the New Books Networks at http://newbooksnetwork.com/

By: Pia

Pia — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:02:00 +0000

Interesting book, indeed. Thanks for that review, Ingrid. I’ll definitely check it out.

I wonder how you find such gems. To set up my reading list, I used key words from the challenge description/criteria but sadly didn’t find a lot of interesting book titles. I reckon this method certainly won’t give me “Secure the Soul” and others like it. Any tips?