David Low is currently a contract PhD student at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and attached to the LACITO (CNRS), where he is preparing a thesis in linguistic anthropology on the Hakkas of Mauritius under the supervision of Cécile Leguy. Following a course in language didactics at Inalco, specializing in Chinese language and civilization, he devoted his dissertation to the ethno-sociolinguistics of the Chinese in Mauritius (2022).
The project
Title: The Hakkas of Mauritius. Language practices and diasporic trajectories
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Winner
The Hakkas of Mauritius. Language practices and diasporic trajectories
Language practices and diasporic social organisation in a postcolonial Mauritian context
Selection of publications
Langues et identités chinoises à l’île Maurice : le cas de la diaspora hakka. 2022. ⟨dumas-04524066⟩. Mémoire de Master 2 soutenu le 12 octobre 2022 à l’Inalco sous la direction de Gilles Forlot.