Episode 6: Multilingualism in the city

In this episode, I talk to Tuomo Hiippala, Associate Professor in English Language and Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki (Finland) about languages in cities. We approach that topic through Tuomo’s ongoing research project “Mapping the Linguistic Landscape of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area: From Linguistic Groups to Discourse Communities”.

Tuomo’s recommended resources:

• Peukert, H. (2013). Measuring language diversity in urban ecosystems. In J. Duarte, & I. Goglin (Eds.), Linguistic Superdiversity in urban areas: Research approaches (pp. 75–96). Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/hsld.2.06peu
• Kellerman, A. (2010). Mobile broadband services and the availability of instant access to cyberspace, Environment and Planning 42, 2990–3005. https://doi.org/10.1068/a4328
• Kellerman, A. (2016). Daily Spatial Mobilities: Physical and Virtual. Routledge.

Tuomo’s highlighted work:

• Pienimäki, H. M., Väisänen, T., & Hiippala, T. (2023). Making sense of linguistic diversity in Helsinki, Finland: The timespace of affects in the linguistic landscape. Journal of Sociolinguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12633
• Hiippala, T., Väisänen, T., & Pienimäki, H. M. (2023). A multimodal approach to physical and virtual linguistic landscapes across different spatial scales. In Sociolinguistic Variation in Urban Linguistic Landscapes. Finnish Literature Society.
• Väisänen, T., Järv, O., Toivonen, T., & Hiippala, T. (2023). Capturing urban diversity through languages: Long‐term changes in multilingual residential neighbourhoods in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Population, Space and Place, 17.  https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2717
• Väisänen, T., Järv, O., Toivonen, T., & Hiippala, T. (2022). Mapping urban linguistic diversity with social media and population register data. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101857

Thank you to Elmeri Tommiska for the music and post-production assistance.