Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Using ethnographic evidence from asylum hearings in various <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">E</jats:styled-content>uropean countries, this article discusses <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">J</jats:styled-content>ohn <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">G</jats:styled-content>umperz's legacy in the study of late‐modern communication. Asylum hearings to determine refugee status are one of the most complex adjudication procedures currently performed by <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">W</jats:styled-content>estern nation‐states. Every year thousands of displaced people seek the protection of various <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">E</jats:styled-content>uropean states by filing asylum claims, which are examined by national commissions. This article explores how <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">G</jats:styled-content>umperz's focus on code‐switching and crosstalk in multilingual communities has prepared the ground for the study of the transidioma, that is, the ensemble of asymmetrical technopolitical discourse strategies deployed over a multilingual, mixed‐media interactional field—such as is found in asylum hearings.</jats:p>