'From mines to signs': Exploring grassroots spatial and multimodal experiences of transcultural Cornish identity in Pachuca and Real del Monte, Hidalg

我的博士项目将探索散居在帕丘卡市(位于墨西哥伊达尔戈)的康沃尔-墨西哥人的身份认同概念。尽管与康沃尔矿业有关的移民可以追溯到19世纪，但康尼什在该地区物质遗产上的印记仍然很突出。从跨国的角度来看，该项目旨在研究当地人如何与这些多模式空间互动，引入尚未在康沃尔侨民背景下审查的“非物质”遗产概念。这个项目结合了创新的社会语言学方法，考察了“群体”和“个人”社区概念之间的动态关系。随着移民数量的增加，跨国小语种网站进入了复杂的、移动的、有时还不稳定的网络。全球化改变了社会互动的空间和时间组织，为在散居背景下研究小语言创造了可能性，而不是将这项工作限制在起源的领土上。全球康尼什构成了这些更广泛情况的一个有趣的例子，但还没有从社会语言学的角度进行探索。独一无二的是，墨西哥的康尼什承受着来自(墨西哥)西班牙语和(标准)英语的压力。尽管如此，康沃尔人的身份认同仍然引以为豪。考虑到小语言社区成员的高度自反性，最近的研究揭示了跨国科尼斯主义概念的知识差距。说康沃尔语的人的后代正在表达对他们在全球范围内的康沃尔文化遗产的兴趣，而不是康沃尔语的比喻。这种现象是由于当地和全球之间的“边界”变得模糊而形成的，这种现象是在相互联系的推动下形成的，将康沃尔及其侨民置于新兴的跨国网络中。我的研究将创新性地融合方法论的语言景观方法。首先，在地点制作方面，这个项目采用情境练习的方法，结合社区主导的“徒步旅行”，将重点放在真实性的概念上，并在性质上是自我民族志的，参与者拍摄LL。事实上，Szabó&Troyer(2017)强调，当观察者(研究者)和被观察者(被研究者)之间的边界变得模糊时，就会产生丰硕的成果。然后，我将对个别参与者进行半结构化访谈，其中也将分析前述的自我人种学因素。这是基于我在攻读硕士期间获得的方法论经验。因此，这一方法将突出身份、中介和兴趣的概念，将人类经验和参与的人文科学置于项目的前沿。在第一年，我将回顾现有的文献，微调我的理论框架，通过DTP核心技能培训进一步提高我的方法技能，并与帕丘卡的文化协会发展现有的伙伴关系，为实地考察做准备。在第二年，我将进行为期三个月的实地考察和数据收集，然后对这些数据进行分析。在这一人种学部分，我将与米纳里亚博物馆(帕丘卡的历史档案和采矿博物馆)和埃斯塔多·伊达尔戈大学(帕丘卡的伊达尔戈大学)一起开展档案研究和社区参与活动。在第三年，我将撰写我的研究，并与DTP、埃克塞特和康尼尔语社区一起参与传播战略，我与这些社区保持着持续的合作关系。

My PhD project will explore notions of identity in the Cornish-Mexican diaspora of the city of Pachuca (situated in Hidalgo, Mexico). Despite Cornish mining-related migration to this part of Mexico dating back to the 19th Century, Cornish imprints on the area's tangible heritage remain salient. Taking a transnational perspective, this project aims to examine how locals interact with these multimodal spaces, bringing in notions of 'intangible' heritage which are yet to be examined within Cornish diaspora contexts. Drawing on a combination of innovative sociolinguistic approaches, this project examines the dynamics between 'group' and 'individual' notions of community. Increased 'fanning out' of migration has thrown transnational small language sites into complex, mobile and sometimes unstable networks. Globalisation, transforming spatial and temporal organisation of social interactions, has created possibilities for the study of small languages in diasporic contexts, rather than limiting this work to the territory of origin. Global Cornish constitutes a fascinating instance of these broader circumstances, yet unexplored from a sociolinguistic perspective. Uniquely, Cornish in Mexico has endured pressures from (Mexican) Spanish and (Standard) English. Nevertheless, pride in Cornish identity remains here. Considering the heightened reflexivity among members of small language communities, recent studies have revealed gaps in knowledge of transnational notions of Cornishness. Far from the tropes of 'Cornish for Cornwall,' descendants of Cornish speakers are expressing interest in their Cornish heritage on a global scale. This phenomenon, facilitated by interconnectedness, has taken shape in relation to the blurring of 'boundaries' between the local and the global, placing Cornwall and its diasporas within emerging transnational networks. My study will innovatively blend methodological linguistic landscape approaches. Firstly, contributing to the aspect of place-making, this project takes a situated practice approach by incorporating community-led 'walking tours', which will focus on notions of authenticity and be autoethnographic in nature with participants photographing the LL. Indeed, Szabó & Troyer (2017) stress that fruitful results are produced when boundaries between observer (the researcher) and observed (the researched) are blurred. Then, I will conduct semi-structured interviews with individual participants, which will also analyse the aforementioned autoethnographic element. This builds on methodological experience gained during my MA. This methodology will thus foreground notions of identity, agency and interest, situating the human experience and Engaged Humanities at the forefront of the project. In year one, I will review existing literature, fine-tune my theoretical framework, further my methodological skills through DTP Core Skills training and develop existing partnerships with cultural associations in Pachuca in preparation for fieldwork. In year two, I will conduct fieldwork and data collection for three months and then engage in analysis of this data. During this ethnographic component, I will undertake archival research and community engagement activities alongside the Museo de Mineria (Historic Archive and Museum of Mining in Pachuca) and the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (Hidalgo University in Pachuca). In year three, I will write up my research and engage in dissemination strategies, alongside the DTP, Exeter, and Cornish-speaking communities with whom I have ongoing partnerships.