Translanguaging as Transformation

The collaborative, arts-based and activist approaches in this book take the field in a new methodological direction

This book examines translanguaging as a resource which can disrupt the privileging of particular voices, and a social practice which enables collaboration within and across groups of people. Addressing the themes of collaboration and transformation, the chapters critically examine how people work together to catalyse change in diverse global contexts, experiences and traditions. The authors suggest an epistemological and methodological turn to the study of translanguaging, which is particularly reflected in the collaborative, arts-based and action research/activist approaches followed in the chapters. The book will be of particular interest to scholars using ethnographic, critical and collaborative action and activist research approaches to the study of multilingualism in educational and creative arts contexts.

Emilee Moore is a Serra Húnter Fellow (Assistant Professor) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. She co-convenes the AILA Research Network on Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics.

Jessica Bradley is a Lecturer in Literacies in the School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK. She co-convenes the AILA Research Network on Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics.

James Simpson lectures in Language Education at the School of Education, University of Leeds, UK. He is the co-author of ‘ESOL: A Critical Guide’ (OUP, 2008, with Melanie Cooke), the editor of ‘The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics’ (2011), and the co-editor of three further books.

Emilee Moore is a Serra Húnter Fellow (Assistant Professor) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. She co-convenes the AILA Research Network on Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics.

Jessica Bradley is a Lecturer in Literacies in the School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK. She co-convenes the AILA Research Network on Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics.

James Simpson lectures in Language Education at the School of Education, University of Leeds, UK. He is the co-author of ‘ESOL: A Critical Guide’ (OUP, 2008, with Melanie Cooke), the editor of ‘The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics’ (2011), and the co-editor of three further books.