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Dear colleagues,

Registration is currently open for our joint AHRC Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community (OWRI) and Translating Cultures workshop on ‘Ethnography and Modern Languages: Critical Reflections’ (on Saturday 4th November) at https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/13911. Registration is free but please book your place in advance as space is limited.

Please find below the full event details and programme.

All best,

Naomi

Ethnography and Modern Languages: Critical Reflections

Date
04 Nov 2017, 09.45 to 04 Nov 2017, 17:00

Venue
Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Description

This workshop is intended to provide a forum to critically reflect on the position of ethnographic approaches and methods within Modern Languages research and teaching.

Ethnography is a growing area of interest among Modern Languages scholars, particularly among early career researchers and those working across the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative and the Translating Cultures theme. Ethnography has also played a central role in earlier and current pioneering work to transform the Modern Languages curriculum within universities. At the same time, ethnographic approaches often lack visibility within Modern Languages disciplinary discussions and institutional structures.

This workshop invites a series of both early career and experienced researchers and lecturers in Modern Languages to reflect on how they have engaged with ethnography in their research and/or teaching practices. Discussions will focus on how these approaches can be more effectively supported and developed, and how they complement and enter into productive dialogue with more established areas of Modern Languages research, such as literary and cultural studies.

This event is jointly organised by the AHRC Translating Cultures theme and the Open World Research Initiative Cross-Language Dynamics translingual strand. You can find out more about the project by visiting our website or following us on Twitter.

Programme

9.45: Introduction

10.00-11: Ethnographic Encounters and Language Learners as Ethnographers

Marion Demossier (University of Southampton)

Shirley Jordan (Newcastle University)

11 -11.15: Coffee break

11.15-12.30: OWRI Early Career Reflections on Ethnography and Modern Languages

John Bellamy (University of Cambridge)

Deirdre Dunlevy (Queen’s University Belfast)

Daniel McAuley (Queen’s University Belfast)

12.30-1.30: Lunch

1.30-2.45: Ethnography and Transnationalizing Modern Languages

Jenny Burns (University of Warwick)

Margaret Hills de Zárate (Queen Margaret University)

Georgia Wall (IMLR/University of Warwick)

2.45-3pm: Coffee break

3-4.15pm: Ethnography, Digital and Visual Culture

Jessica Bradley (University of Leeds)

Saskia Huc-Hepher (University of Westminster)

Thea Pitman (University of Leeds)

4.15-5pm: Closing Reflections

Janice Carruthers (AHRC Leadership Fellow in Modern Languages)

Charles Forsdick (AHRC Leadership Fellow for Translating Cultures)

Dr Naomi Wells
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Translingual Communities and Digital Humanities
Institute of Modern Languages Research

http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/

https://crosslanguagedynamics.blogs.sas.ac.uk/