Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research /

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research / / ed. by Robert Gibb, Annabel Tremlett, Julien Danero Iglesias.

Learning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research breaks the silence that still surrounds learning a language for ethnographic research and in the process demystifies some of the multilingual aspects of contemporary ethnographic work. It does this by offering a set of engaging and accessible acc...

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MitwirkendeR:
Adamson, Laela,
Blackburn, Matthew,
Burton, Sarah,
Danero Iglesias, Julien,
Esler, Dominic,
Frohlick, Susan,
Gibb, Robert,
Jofré, Daniella,
Medland, Lydia,
Meneses, Carolina,
Momesso, Lara,
Piacentini, Teresa,
Reyes, Charo,
Tesseur, Wine,
Tremlett, Annabel,
Vasile, Iolanda,
HerausgeberIn:
Danero Iglesias, Julien,
Gibb, Robert,
Tremlett, Annabel,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Researching Multilingually
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part 1: Learning Languages in Ethnographic Research
  • 2. Language Learning as Research Rehearsal: Preparation for Multilinguistic Field Research in Morocco
  • 3. Emergent Collaborations: Field Assistants, Voice and Multilingualism
  • 4. Learning Language to Research Language in Two Tanzanian Secondary Schools
  • 5. ‘Demystifying’ Multilingual Fieldwork: On the Importance of Documenting and Reflecting on Language Learning in Ethnographic Research
  • 6. Dealing with Diglossia: Language Learning as Ethnography
  • 7. Language Learning and Unlearning in Ethnographic Fieldwork: ‘Speaking Asylum’ and ‘Doing Small Talk’
  • 8. One Language, Two Systems: On Conducting Ethnographic Research Across the Taiwan Strait
  • Part 2: Using Languages in Ethnographic Research
  • 9. Breakdowns for Breakthroughs: Using Anxiety and Embarrassment as Insightful Points for Understanding Fieldwork
  • 10. Andean Ethnography and Language Learning: Reflecting on Identity Politics and Resistance Strategies of the Chilean Aymara
  • 11. How I Tried to Speak a Language Like a ‘Native’ and How this Influenced my Research
  • 12. ‘The Language is Mine. The Accent is Yours’: Doing Fieldwork in Angola
  • 13. Being ‘Proficient’ and ‘Competent’: On ‘Languaging’, Field Identity and Power/ Privilege Dynamics in Ethnographic Research
  • 14. Plurilingual Focus, Multilingual Space, Bilingual Set-up: Conducting Ethnographic Research in Two Catalonian Schools
  • Part 3: Institutional Contexts and Challenges
  • 15. Listening, Languages and the Nature of Knowledge and Evidence: What We Can Learn from Investigating ‘Listening’ in NGOs
  • 16. Becoming a Multilingual Researcher in Contemporary Academic Culture: Experiential Stories of (Not) Learning and Using Languages
  • 17. Conclusion
  • Index

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