ethnography – LANTERN

Spring seminars at The Centre for Language Culture & Learning, Goldsmiths, London

08/01/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

‘Ethnography of an early years teacher – superdiversity in a London nursery class’ Dr Rose Drury and Dr Leena Robertson Weds 27th January Top Floor, Education Building, Goldsmiths, University of London 5.15-6.30pm Free Entry- no booking required http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=9408 In this seminar we present findings of a year-long ethnographic study in London, documenting ways and times when a nursery teacher, bilingual […]

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Interesting workshop for those doing an ethnographic study, January 2016, University of Leeds

07/12/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

There are a final few places available for the Linguistic Ethnography data workshops (15-16 January, in Leeds, UK). The fee is only £20 for ECRs and free to current PhDs, and the final deadline is 14 December. Please see the call details below. You are warmly invited to join fellow PhD students and ECRs to explore different perspectives on and approaches to […]

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Ethnography controversy continues …

23/08/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

A continuing look at the methodology of ethnography as used in Alice Goffman’s book ‘On the run: Fugitive life in an American city’. See too an earlier post on this.

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Writing ethnographies

08/01/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

An interesting post on academic writing which looks as if it has follow-on posts to come this month. Might be worth following for a few weeks. http://savageminds.org/2015/01/01/ethnographers-as-writers-an-introduction/

Getting published

New Book: Researching Identity and Interculturality

22/10/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Edited by Fred Dervin and Karen Risager Routledge This volume focuses on advances in research methodology in an interdisciplinary field framed by discourses of identity and interculturality. It includes a range of qualitative studies: studies of interaction, narrative studies, conversation analysis, ethnographic studies, postcolonial studies and critical discourse studies, and emphasizes the role of discourse and power in all studies […]

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New book: Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education

03/05/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education: Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality edited by Julie S. Byrd Clark & Fred Dervin (2014) (with contributions from several LEF members) The Table of Contents: Introduction Julie S. Byrd Clark and Fred Dervin 1. The Process of Becoming Reflexive and Intercultural: Navigating Study Abroad and Reentry Experience Jane Jackson 2. “Or, just it’s my fault right?”: Language Socialization through Reflexive Language Writing Feedback Jérémie […]

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