Chapter 3. An ethnetnography of (non)belonging
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Fares J. Karam
und Amanda K. Kibler
Abstract
This chapter aims at presenting ethnetnography as an innovative qualitative methodology for studying multilingual literacy practices in Applied Linguistics. An ethnetnography combines elements of a traditional ethnography with a netnography (focusing on participants’ online interactions). To showcase how to conduct an ethnetnography, we draw upon a study that traces how a Muslim refugee-background participant negotiates (non)belonging within the resettlement context of the United States. We share how to collect, analyze, and present the data and reflect on the rewards and challenges of adopting ethnetnographic methods. Methodological implications are presented on how an ethnetnographic approach can provide for a more complete, equitable, and ethical examination of the literacies of refugee-background individuals on the move.
Abstract
This chapter aims at presenting ethnetnography as an innovative qualitative methodology for studying multilingual literacy practices in Applied Linguistics. An ethnetnography combines elements of a traditional ethnography with a netnography (focusing on participants’ online interactions). To showcase how to conduct an ethnetnography, we draw upon a study that traces how a Muslim refugee-background participant negotiates (non)belonging within the resettlement context of the United States. We share how to collect, analyze, and present the data and reflect on the rewards and challenges of adopting ethnetnographic methods. Methodological implications are presented on how an ethnetnographic approach can provide for a more complete, equitable, and ethical examination of the literacies of refugee-background individuals on the move.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Innovative paths in researching multilingual literacy development 1
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Part 1. Challenges and affordances of qualitative methodological approaches
- Chapter 2. Rethinking qualitative meta-syntheses in literacy studies 24
- Chapter 3. An ethnetnography of (non)belonging 45
- Chapter 4. Communicating selves 67
- Chapter 5. Commentary: The instability of ‘data’ in a postdigital era 92
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Part 2. Challenges and affordances of qualitative methodological approaches
- Chapter 6. Korean American children’s voices in translanguaging Play-Based Family Literacy (PBFL) through the suda ( 수다 ) approach 102
- Chapter 7. Bridging language and STEM 125
- Chapter 8. Families’ literacies of (in)visibilty 149
- Chapter 9. Commentary: Advancing theory through multilingual literacy qualitative research 171
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Part 3. Interrogating research practices
- Chapter 10. Embodied reflexivity and researching the literacy practices of an adolescent multilingual refugee who is d/Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing 184
- Chapter 11. Exploring the ‘void’ of silent/ced knowledge and expertise of multilingual learners 206
- Chapter 12. Critical collaborative autoethnography 232
- Chapter 13. Commentary: Challenging extractive epistemologies through positionalities of relation and community accountability 253
- Chapter 14. Conclusion: Innovative research on multilingual literacy development 261
- Index 265
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Innovative paths in researching multilingual literacy development 1
-
Part 1. Challenges and affordances of qualitative methodological approaches
- Chapter 2. Rethinking qualitative meta-syntheses in literacy studies 24
- Chapter 3. An ethnetnography of (non)belonging 45
- Chapter 4. Communicating selves 67
- Chapter 5. Commentary: The instability of ‘data’ in a postdigital era 92
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Part 2. Challenges and affordances of qualitative methodological approaches
- Chapter 6. Korean American children’s voices in translanguaging Play-Based Family Literacy (PBFL) through the suda ( 수다 ) approach 102
- Chapter 7. Bridging language and STEM 125
- Chapter 8. Families’ literacies of (in)visibilty 149
- Chapter 9. Commentary: Advancing theory through multilingual literacy qualitative research 171
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Part 3. Interrogating research practices
- Chapter 10. Embodied reflexivity and researching the literacy practices of an adolescent multilingual refugee who is d/Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing 184
- Chapter 11. Exploring the ‘void’ of silent/ced knowledge and expertise of multilingual learners 206
- Chapter 12. Critical collaborative autoethnography 232
- Chapter 13. Commentary: Challenging extractive epistemologies through positionalities of relation and community accountability 253
- Chapter 14. Conclusion: Innovative research on multilingual literacy development 261
- Index 265