Description
Offering a unique and original perspective on Bourdieu, language-based ethnographies,and reflexivity, this volume provides a nuanced, in-depth discussion of the complex relationship between these interconnected topics and their impact in real-world contexts. Part I opens the book with an overview of the historical background and development of language-based ethnographic research and Bourdieu’s work in this space. Part II presents a series of case studies that highlight a Bourdieusian perspective and demonstrate how reflexivity impacts language-based ethnography. In each study, Bourdieu’s conceptual framework of reflexively-informed objectivity examines the ways in which the studies themselves were constructed and understood. Building on Parts I and II, the concluding set of chapters in Part III unpacks the messiness of the theory and practice of language-based ethnography, and provides insights into what reflexivity means for Bourdieu and in practical contexts. Arguing for a greater reflexive understanding in research practice, this volume sets an agenda for future literacy and language research.
Table of Contents
Part I Introduction
1. Language-based Ethnographies
Kate Pahl
2. Reflexivity
Mike Grenfell
3. Bourdieu, Ethnography and Reflexivity
Mike Grenfell
Part II Introduction
4. Re-thinking Literacies with Communities: Literacy as a Collaborative Concept
Kate Pahl
5. Reflexive Layers and Longitudinal Research: What we might know across time
Catherine Compton-Lilly
6. Insider Identities: Coming to Know the Ethnographic Researcher
Cheryl McClean
7. Enacting Reflexivity in Second Language Writing Research: A Personal Account of Cultural Production of Authorial Self and Researcher Perception
Lisya Seloni
Part III Introduction
8. Reflecting on Reflections
Kate Pahl
9. Bourdieu, Language-based Ethnographies and Reflexivity: In Theory and Practice
Michael Grenfell
