Duo-ethnography ….
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This is a possibility. I meant to say that it would be interesting to have two PhD students or two supervisors reflecting on their experiences of researching multilingually (the groups don’t necessarily have to be related to each other). We could also have a PhD student and his/her supervisor. There are multiple variations but probably the most important factor in this kind of research is the choice of the person you will collaborate with.
so, eg you and Viv? me and Julian? or eg you and Achilleas? and me and Juup?
Yes. Why not? .. This reflection on and articulation of researcher experience is what I call ‘developing researcher competence’ 🙂
Are you proposing we try this? 🙂
Thanks for sharing this Richard. I think this methodology can be very powerful in exploring experiences of researching multilingually. For example, two doctoral researchers studying within the same UK monolingual context but come from different linguistic backgrounds, and are supervised by different staff members can analyze their experiences in this interesting manner. Within the same area of research, you can also have two supervisors juxtaposing their stories of supervising research of multilingual nature.