The aim of this event is to expand our understanding of how to capture and authentically represent the voices of participants in language and literacy research. Through this symposium we hope to bring together researchers and practitioners to reflect on their experiences of navigating a range of issues including (but not limited to):Ìý
- Approaches to genuine co-production of data with participants;
- Creative approaches to collecting data with multilingual participants (e.g. use of visual and multimodal tools);
- Negotiating meaning alongside interpreters;
- Negotiating cultural understandings of research ethics and the notion of informed consent;
- Reflecting on the positionality of the researcher;
- Authentically representing the voices of marginalised participantsÌý
This online event will take the form of a symposium with a series of short (10 min) presentations followed by time for questions and overall reflections. The aim is not necessarily to present the findings of research projects, but to focus on approaches to navigating particular methodological challenges in language and literacy research.Ìý
| 17:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 17:05 | Researching multilingually: challenges, solutions and opportunities Maria Stewart, Ulster University |
| 17:15 | Casting the net wider, capturing a greater diversity of views Jane Essex, University of Strathclyde; Lynda Dunlop, University of York |
| 17:25 | It doesn’t end with a signature: the evolving dynamics of consent in research with multilingual adolescents Ronan Kelly, Queensland University of Technology |
| 17:35 | ‘Let our voices be heard’: design-based research with marginalised language teachers Zehui Yang, University of Cambridge |
| 17:45 | Q & A |
| 18:00 | Event close |