Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Contributors

Alison Phipps: Foreword: Towards a Reparatory Politics of Researching Multilingually

Prue Holmes, Judith Reynolds and Sara Ganassin: Introduction: The Imperative for the Politics of ‘Researching Multilingually’                                                              

Part 1: Hegemonic Structures

Chapter 1. Wine Tesseur: Linguistic Hospitality and Listening through Interpreters: Critical Reflections and Recommendations on Linguistic Power Relationships in Multilingual Research

Chapter 2. Shameem Oozeerally: Multilingualism, Shifting Paradigms and the 21st Century: Negotiating Multilingual Research in Teams through the Lens of Complexity

Chapter 3. Lamia Nemouchi and Prue Holmes: Multilingual Researching, Translanguaging and Credibility in Qualitative Research: A Reflexive Account

Chapter 4. Adam Wilson: Publish or perish, publier ou périr? How Research Publication Language Choice is Shaped Among Linguistics Early Career Researchers in France

Part 2: Power Relations

Chapter 5. Alexandra Georgiou: Conducting Multilingual Classroom Research with Refugee Children in Cyprus: Critically Reflecting on Methodological Decisions

Chapter 6. Helina Hookoomsing: Voice and Power Relations: Researching Multilingually with Multilingual Children in Mauritian Pre-primary Schools

Chapter 7. Olga Camila Hernández Morales and Anne-Marie de Mejía: Challenges for Researchers Investigating Coloniality Multilingually in Complex Linguistic Contexts in the Caribbean

Chapter 8. Jessica Chandras: Speaking Marathi Like a Punekar: Learning Class and Caste in India                    

Part 3. Decolonizing Methodologies

Chapter 9. Julie S. Byrd Clark and Sylvie Roy: Multilingual Research for New Social Realities: Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach

Chapter 10. Erika Kalocsányiová and Malika Shatnawi: Transcribing (Multilingual) Voices: From Fieldwork to Publication

Chapter 11. Bridget Backhaus: Interpreting Cognitive Justice: A Framework for Interpreters as Co-researchers in Postcolonial Multilingual Research

Chapter 12. Michael Richardson: Bilingual Theatre in British Sign Language and English: A Reflection on the Challenges Faced During a Doctoral Applied Theatre Project                                                                             

Part 4: Decolonizing Languages

Chapter 13. Rebekah R. Gordon: Translanguaging Pedagogy as Methodology: Leveraging the Linguistic and Cultural Repertoires of Researchers and Participants to Mutually Construct Meaning and Build Rapport           

Chapter 14. Rosa Alejandra Medina Riveros and Theresa Austin: Decolonizing Research through Translanguaging: Negotiating Practices with Multilingual Teachers in Colombia                                                 

Chapter 15. Liliane Meyer Pitton and Larissa Semiramis Schedel: The (Hidden) Politics of Language Choice in Research on Multilingualism: Moments of (Dis)Empowerment                                                           

Chapter 16. Christiana Holsapple: Speaking ‘No Language?’: Reflections on (Il)Legitimate Multilingualism from Fieldwork in Gagauzia                                                                                                

Prue Holmes, Judith Reynolds and Sara Ganassin: Afterword                                                            

Index

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Offers a unique understanding of the politically charged nature of researching multilingually

About the Author

Prue Holmes is Professor of Intercultural Communication and Education in the School of Education, Durham University, UK. She is the editor of The Cultural and Intercultural Dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca (with Fred Dervin, 2016, Multilingual Matters).

Judith Reynolds is Lecturer in Intercultural Communication in the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research focuses on how language and culture intersect, and how both shape identities, in professional and workplace settings in particular.

Sara Ganassin is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Communication in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of Language, Culture and Identity in Two Chinese Community Schools: More than One Way of Being Chinese? (2020, Multilingual Matters).

Reviews

In its ambitious, cosmopolitan sweep, this book offers fascinating reflections on multilingualism as glossodiversity in applied linguistic research. By focusing on hegemonic structures, power relations and decolonizing ways of understanding both language and research, the authors offer unique insights into the political dimensions of what it means to ‘research multilingually’ in various corners of the globe.
*Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, USA*

This book is a tour de force. It departs from a celebratory approach and moves to a critical and reflexive approach in researching multilingualism. It opens up debates on hidden hierarchies and power relations, and explores space for decolonisation and change. It is a must read for anyone who wants to research about and through multilingualism.
*Zhu Hua, Institute of Education, University College London, UK*