Researching Across Languages and Cultures: A guide to doing research interculturally
- Submitting institution
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The University of East Anglia
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 182631354
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781138845053
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- In an increasingly globalised knowledge economy researchers collaborate in cross-cultural teams, collect data in a variety of languages and share findings for international audiences unfamiliar with cultural context. This ground-breaking book is based on original research that seeks to document the link between the theoretical approaches offered by Robinson-Pant and Wolf and the practical problems of doing research across languages and cultures encountered by doctoral students. Two authors from different disciplines, but with extensive experience, share their insights about the changing contexts which determine the nature of research interactions. The book draws on research interviews from around the world and explores the various roles involved in interpreting data collected in different cultural contexts. It outlines the key themes and concerns of intercultural research, paying particular attention to the role of the interpreter in the research process, questions of audience, power and voice, the doctoral researcher’s role within the geopolitics of academic publishing, and the pragmatics of mediated communication. These complexities are clarified in stages, including the question of translated data, illuminatingly illustrated through the use of historical and religious examples.
The book is particularly timely for international research and pertinent to a number of disciplinary interests; from the social science fields of education, anthropology, linguistics and translation studies to evidence-based policy making in governmental and non-governmental organisations. An underpinning theme of ‘Researching across Languages and Cultures’ is that of borders and boundaries -not only between disciplines and territories but also between the researched and the researcher-, and what it means to challenge or bridge that gap. In an era when terror strikes at the heart of our communities, the book is a worthwhile reminder that liberation from fear begins when human beings are united in their willingness to engage in dialogue with the Other, interculturally, multilingually.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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