Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Multilingual crisis communication: Beyond languages and modalities, Jia Li, Jie Zhang

Part I: Multilingual crisis communication in ethnic minority regions

Chapter
1. Baipkv as networked multilingualism in an ethnic Bai-centered region in times of crisis, Hongmei Yang, Hongyan Yang

Chapter
2. Zhuang-speaking village doctors as language and cultural brokers in times of crisis, Jia Li, Zhenyao Lu, Mengyi Luo, Zhuyujie Zou

Chapter
3. Crisis Experiences in Leisurescape: A Case Study of a Minority Region During COVID-19, Yin (Ivy) Wu

Part II Multilingual crisis communication with foreign migrants

Chapter
4. Rethinking translation and interpreting in Chinese borderlands in times of crisis: A critical sociolinguistics approach, Jinhyun Cho, Jia Li, Jie Zhang, Meichun Xue

Chapter
5. Collective agency in facilitating emergency language services: The story of Yiwu during the COVID-19 pandemic, Xixuan Wang, Yongyan Zheng

Chapter
6. Agentive adaptation in maintaining academic performance through multilingual communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Chinese case of international students in Guangzhou, Hongqiang Zhu, Jiewei Li, Pan Pan

Part III Multilingual crisis communication for vulnerable populations

Chapter
7. Towards participatory and inclusive emergency management: The role of Deaf volunteers in crisis communication in Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Li Lyu, Jie Zhang, Lei Mu, Jing Cui, Wan-Chen Chen

Chapter
8. Multilingual crisis communication experiences of HIV-infected Burmese wives, Rui Deng, Yan Xiao, Jia Li, Yongqin Dong

Conclusion: The future of multilingual crisis communication, Ingrid Piller

Index