Challenges of Inclusion and Mobility in a Multilingual Region: The Case of Vojvodina
Absztrakt :
International and internal mobility can result in both linguistic diversity
and forced migration due to intended homogenisation efforts (e.g. “ethnic
unmixing” in the successor states of former Yugoslavia). In literature we can talk
about both mobility-induced diversity and mobility-induced homogeneity.
Language rights and language policies should ensure that the trade-off
between mobility and inclusion is not solved simply through assimilation.
This article addresses these trends and processes in the specific context of the
case study on the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Recent migratory trends
in Vojvodina – within Serbia and from Serbia to Hungary and other EU
states – have changed the “identity landscape” of a region that possesses
deeply anchored multinational–multilingual traditions. In addition, an
important question, therefore, was how existing legal provisions on language
rights could offer protection to minority language speakers.