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Literacies Network<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 2026 \u2013 March 2027 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Theme: Collaboration in Academic Writing and Research \u2014 Ethnographic Approaches <\/strong><\/p>\n

For our October 2026 to March 2027 schedule, we will expand on a topic of interest for the Literacies Network: \u2018Collaboration in Academic Writing and Research \u2014Ethnographic Approaches.\u2019<\/p>\n

Please see the programme, readings, and access links underneath, but here is an overview of the sessions.<\/p>\n

In the first, Larissa Giacometti Paris (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) will begin by sharing her research on collaborative article writing practices by doctoral students, including co-writing for publication done by students alongside their academic supervisors. Adopting an ethnographic approach based on the New Literacy Studies and Academic Literacies frameworks, \u2018social conventions, power relations, and issues of authority\u2019 are investigated in relation to topics such as co-authorship criteria, and roles played by literacy brokers within academia. Professor Paris\u2019 writing is published in Portuguese, but please check the abstracts in English below to get a sense of her excellent work.<\/p>\n

In the second session, Sidury Christiansen (University of Texas, USA) and Zhongfeng Tian (Rutgers University, USA) explain \u2018Critical Collaborative Autoethography\u2019 as one example of a collaborative approach being developed by literacies researchers contemporarily, in their case via studies of critical language awareness and reflexivity in second language writing teaching which adopts a decolonial stance. Their presentation is based on a recent methods chapter appearing in Innovative Qualitative Methodologies in Multilingual Literacy Development Research: Amplifying Voices from Immigrant, Transnational, and Refugee Communities <\/em>(Benjamins, 2025). One focal point concerns the notion of the \u2018critical friend\u2019 in research.<\/p>\n

In the third, Anwar Ahmed (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Brian Morgan (York University, Canada) discuss their extensive work developing duoethnographic approaches in language and literacy studies, both within Canada and via transnational partnerships including Brazil. Duoethnography occurs where two or more \u2018researchers juxtapose their experiences in a dialogic manner, seeking critical understanding that would otherwise not be available through individual self-reflection.\u2019 In the suggested reading, the transformative potential of duoethnography is discussed within EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses. The potency of affect within such academic literacies education is emphasised, albeit as one part of a broad conceptual framework.<\/p>\n

In the fourth session, Gergely Szab\u00f3 and R\u00e1hel Katalin Turai (both K\u00e1roli G\u00e1sp\u00e1r University, Hungary) introduce a range of initiatives recently underway via Hungarian universities. These include a Collaborative Writing Research Group, a Sociolinguistics of Writing Project, and the preparation of a special edition for the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development<\/em> on \u2018Participatory Approaches in Researching Multilingualism: Democratisation and Social Impact.\u2019 The reading taken from that edition emphasises how ethnographic and sociolinguistic work require a \u2018re-interpretation of hierarchical relations through inviting non-linguists into the study of multilingualism.\u2019<\/p>\n

In the fifth, winner of the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2026 Book Award, Daniel Silva (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) discusses the concept of reverse ethnography. Drawing on his long-term fieldwork on the language and literacies of social movements in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s favelas, and his experiences of publishing about that as a Brazilian academic in international publications, Professor Silva problematises traditionally pre-figured framings of the \u2018expert\u2019 within ethnographic research. The hope of this critique is that \u2018peripheral activists and scholars reversals of prefigured models may strengthen ongoing efforts for democratizing sociolinguistics\u2019 and related work, including literacy studies.<\/p>\n

In the last session, Tiatemsu Longkumer (Thimphu College, Royal University of Bhutan) addresses the contemporary issue of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) as a collaborative tool. Specifically, this is approached from the perspective of anthropology, ethnographic research training, and in the development of ethnographic writing by university students, such as field notes, interviews, and essay critiques. In a cautious but ultimately positive perspective, Professor Longkumer puts forward a range of case studies that highlight how \u2018students develop critical awareness of cultural nuances, recognising Gen AI\u2019s potential to expand inquiry while remaining attentive to ethical obligations and the cultural specificity of anthropological work.\u2019<\/p>\n

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October 2026 to March 2027 Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Day and time<\/strong>: Wednesday, 4 pm to 5 pm UK time (BST \/ GMT+1) but check the schedule in case of variations.<\/p>\n

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Meeting link<\/strong>: Join Teams Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n

Access code<\/strong>: literacies<\/p>\n

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Readings: <\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1Xe37dEiKx6EnUziCMcBur88L7uQ8GvFu?usp=share_link<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSession Format<\/td>\nTitle \/ Topic<\/td>\nSuggested Reading<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct.<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

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Wed<\/p>\n

4-5<\/p>\n

BST<\/td>\n

Presen-tation<\/td>\nCollaboration in doctoral article writing<\/td>\nParis, L. G. (2024). A pr\u00e1tica de colabora\u00e7\u00e3o cient\u00edfica na escrita de artigos: Entre conven\u00e7\u00f5es sociais, rela\u00e7\u00f5es de poder e quest\u00f5es de autoridade. Caminhos em Lingu\u00edstica Aplicada<\/em>, 30(2),172\u2013190.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/periodicos.unitau.br\/caminhoslinguistica\/article\/view\/3634<\/a><\/p>\n

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*English abstracts for this and a related article are in the readings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Larissa<\/p>\n

Giacometti<\/p>\n

Paris<\/p>\n

(Federal<\/p>\n

University of<\/p>\n

Minas Gerais,<\/p>\n

Brazil)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nov.<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wed<\/p>\n

4-5<\/p>\n

BST<\/td>\n

Presen-tation<\/td>\nCritical collaborative auto-ethnography<\/td>\nChristiansen, M. S. & Tian, Z., (2025). Critical collaborative autoethnography. In A. K. Kibler & F. J. Karam (eds.), Innovative qualitative methodologies in multilingual literacy development research: Amplifying voices from immigrant, transnational, and refugee communities <\/em>(pp. 232\u2013252). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/rmal.11.12chr<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Sidury<\/p>\n

Christiansen<\/p>\n

(University of<\/p>\n

Texas, USA), Zhongfeng<\/p>\n

Tian (Rutgers University,<\/p>\n

USA)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dec.<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wed<\/p>\n

4-5<\/p>\n

BST<\/td>\n

Present-ation<\/td>\nDuo-ethnography<\/td>\nAhmed, A., & Morgan, B. (2026). Exploring the transformative potential of duoethnography for critical language teaching. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies,<\/em> 1\u201327. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15427587.2025.2612469<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Anwar Ahmed<\/p>\n

(University of<\/p>\n

British Columbia,<\/p>\n

Canada),<\/p>\n

Brian Morgan<\/p>\n

(York University,<\/p>\n

Canada)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jan.<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wed<\/p>\n

4-5<\/p>\n

BST<\/td>\n

Present-ation<\/td>\nCollaboration in socio-linguistics and multi-lingualism<\/p>\n

research<\/td>\n

Bod\u00f3, C., Fazakas, N., & Szab\u00f3, G. (2025). Towards participation: Collaboration, responsibility, and shared knowledge production in doing multilingualism research. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development,<\/em> 1\u20139. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01434632.2025.2524067<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Gergely Szab\u00f3 & R\u00e1hel Katalin Turai (K\u00e1roli G\u00e1sp\u00e1r University, Hungary)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb.<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wed<\/p>\n

4-5<\/p>\n

BST<\/td>\n

Present-ation<\/td>\nReverse ethnography<\/td>\nSilva, D. N. (2025). Reverse ethnography and the prefiguration of expertise in sociolinguistics. Multilingua<\/em>, 44(6), 817-841. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/multi-2024-0223<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Daniel Silva<\/p>\n

(Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mar.<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wed<\/p>\n

4-5<\/p>\n

BST<\/td>\n

Present-ation<\/td>\nGen AI in ethnographic training and writing<\/td>\nLongkumer, T. (2025). Generative AI in anthropology: Redefining fieldwork, textualisation, and collaborative knowledge production. Teaching Anthropology,<\/em> 14(2), 118-140.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22582\/ta.v14i2.778<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tiatemsu Longkumer (Thimphu College, Royal University of Bhutan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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