'Ordinary people like myself': Character work and modesty in the Refugees Welcome movement
'Ordinary people like myself': Character work and modesty in the Refugees Welcome movement
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“像我这样的普通人”：欢迎难民运动中的品格工作和谦虚
DOI：
10.1080/17448689.2023.2206154
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Monforte P
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作者：
Monforte P
本文采用话语分析的方法，探讨英国志愿者如何参与难民欢迎运动给他们的参与和改变，他们的目标是通过他们的行动来实现的帐户。专注于不同的方式参与者“做谦虚”，当他们提出自己的行动和自己的角色在运动中，我们表明，“性格工作”-他们努力塑造自己的声誉-是他们的话语的一个重要特征。特别是，我们表明，通过呈现自己作为“谦虚”和“普通”的参与者，他们的目的是显示一个字符，是从社会活动家和人道主义行动者的英雄人物不同。通过这样做，他们构建了一个抵制分类的角色和一种旨在吸引普遍价值观和情感的参与。
This article uses discourse analysis to investigate how British volunteers involved in the Refugees Welcome movement give an account of their engagement and of the changes that they aim to achieve through their actions. Focusing on the different ways participants ‘do modesty’ when they present their actions and their own role within the movement, we show that ‘character work’ – their effort to shape their own reputation – is an essential feature of their discourse. In particular, we show that, by presenting themselves as 'modest' and 'ordinary' participants, they aim to display a character that is distinct from the heroic figure of the social activist and the humanitarian actor. In so doing, they construct a character that resists categorisations and an engagement which aims to appeal to universal values and emotions.