Building a Transnational Network of Capitals: Korean Immigrant Mothers of Children with Disabilities in an Online Forum

Q1 Social Sciences

Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI:10.1080/15595692.2022.2055543

Jungmin Kwon, Minhye Son, Soo-Jin Jeon

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ABSTRACT This online ethnographic study illuminates how Korean immigrant mothers of children with disabilities use their capitals to communicate, build community, and share resources in an online space. Employing the construct of community cultural wealth (CCW), we analyzed posts and comments by the mothers in an online forum on a transnational website. Findings revealed that the mothers actively (1) leverage their linguistic capital for sharing information and experience; (2) support each other through building a social network; and (3) cultivate aspirational capital through sharing feelings and empathy. This study counters the deficit-oriented paradigm on immigrant mothers of children with disabilities and reframes mothers as advocates who build community to collaboratively navigate their parenting journeys. This study also calls attention to the transnational network of capitals that immigrant mothers collaboratively build and encourages researchers and professionals to inquire into ways to better support immigrant mothers and their children.

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建立跨国资本网络:在线论坛中残疾儿童的韩国移民母亲

这项在线民族志研究阐明了韩国移民的残疾儿童母亲如何在网络空间中利用她们的资本进行交流、建立社区和共享资源。本文运用社区文化财富(CCW)的概念，对某跨国网站在线论坛中母亲们的帖子和评论进行了分析。研究发现，母亲积极地(1)利用自己的语言资本来分享信息和经验;(2)通过建立社交网络相互支持;(3)通过分享感受和共情培养抱负资本。本研究反驳了残疾儿童的移民母亲以缺陷为导向的范式，并将母亲重新定义为建立社区以协作引导其育儿旅程的倡导者。本研究还呼吁关注移民母亲共同建立的跨国资本网络，并鼓励研究人员和专业人士探索更好地支持移民母亲及其子女的方法。

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Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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