Abstract
This comparative case study explores how Albarko and Victor, two Black male students from immigrant backgrounds in the United States and Ireland, negotiated a sense of belonging through transnational community resources. Using data from two prior independent studies, this study advances understandings of immigrant identity that move beyond fixed notions of citizenship as aligned to the nation-state. We use positioning theory (Davies, Bronwyn, and Rom Harr & eacute;. 1990. "Positioning: The Discursive Production of Selves." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 20 (1): 43-63) to trace the ways Albarko and Victor encountered interactive and reflexive positioning through two community resources - social media and sports - to become transnational actors who fluidly moved across local and global contexts. Implications for citizenship education researchers and practitioners are discussed.