Languages and cultures in the neigbourhoods Lombok and Transvaal in Utrecht

TCULT was an interdisciplinary research project focusing on the dynamics of language and culture in the multicultural neighbourhoods of Lombok and Transvaal in Utrecht. The Meertens Institute in Amsterdam conducted research into bilingualism in the Lombok neighbourhood of Utrecht, collecting 150 recordings of interviews, speeches and songs, mainly from Turkish and Moroccan residents of Lombok. The project investigated the cultural and linguistic repertoires of both individual residents and diverse communities, including native Dutch people, Moroccans, Turks, Surinamese and other ethnic groups.
In addition to the internal structure of language and cultural expressions, the focus was also on their function and meaning within and between these groups. Through fieldwork, language varieties, stories, songs, celebrations, rituals and everyday objects were recorded and analysed theoretically.

 

 

TCULT was een samenwerking tussen het Meertens Instituut en verschillende onderzoekers, in nauwe verbinding met de Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Universiteit Utrecht.