Methodological implications of participant and researcher multilingualism: making language dynamics visible Language can impact the research process in complex ways. This special issue (SI) brings together seven contributions which discuss the methodological implications of researching in a multilingual ...

We introduce "Linguistic reflexivity" in the introduction to our JMMD special issue, co-edited with @hmking-linguist.bsky.social & @pernellel.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Free to read (Open Access)!
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My view is that it helps to discuss an "interview language policy" with participants, and to actively support translanguaging. Implications of lang choices for the findings must then be reflected on: "linguistic reflexivity" is important! Refs 👇🏻
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"Nor is it right that so much research into the Rwandan genocide relies predominantly on sources in French and English, even though both perpetrators and victims spoke, wrote and published almost exclusively in Kinyarwanda" 2/2
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www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/abus...

"It does not make sense to research the history and culture of the Horn of Africa solely through the lens of the colonial idiom of Italian, without the use of sources in the languages of the region’s inhabitants (for instance, Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali or Tigrinya)" 1/2
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Excited for this new volume on the realities of researching multilingually! Free book launch/chat tomorrow 👇🏻Join the conversation!
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For anyone who missed the presentation, you can watch/listen here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
And here's a key pub I cite (OA): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Many thanks to Zhen Yang for setting it up as part of the MITN network at the University of Warwick!
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Image of presentation abstract, which is available at the link : https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/mitn/events/seminars/

🚨Seminar for MITN series!
🗓️ Wed 29th January 2025
🎤 'Multilingualism in research interviews: language policy and practice' (see abstract)
🕔 5-6 pm (GMT)
🔗 Free to join, see link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
All welcome!
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