Nicoline van Harskamp - DeLVe | Institute for Duration, Location and ...

Njihove muke, oklijevanja i nedoumice u
korištenju švedskog jezika preklapaju se
vizuelno i akustički s različitim porijeklom
polaznika, njihovim različitim emocionalnim
iskustvima i nadama vezanim za nove
živote. Uhvativši te konkretne trenutke u
procesu ovladavanja novim jezikom, ovaj
rad uspijeva da kritički sagleda prošlost,
sadašnjost i budućnost. Rezultat tog
transjezičkog govornog čina ne uključuje
samo one koji će „postati“ Šveđani, nego i
nas koji na taj način učimo kako on može
baciti novo svjetlo na trenutnu situaciju i
ostaviti traga u toj zemlji.
tive home country, like Iraq or Romania.
They were originally written down in each
person’s mother language, but were then
translated by a professional translator, and
afterwards just read out by the authors of
the statements, only this time in Swedish.
Their struggles, hesitations and confusions
in using the Swedish language visually
and acoustically overlap with the diverse
backgrounds, mixed emotional experiences
and hopes for new lives they hold.
Capturing these concrete moments within
the process of mastering a new language,
the work succeeds in critically reflecting
past, present and future. The effect of this
trans-lingual speech act does not only
include those who are to ‘become’ Swedes;
we also learn that it can shed new light on
the present situation and leave traces in
that country.