Nothing, Anything, and Everything: Introducing Postqualitative Research through Conversation

Host: The Research Engagement and Collaboration Hub (REACH), the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia.Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen is a Professor and Head of the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research scholarship is grounded on relational and cultural-historical inquiries into communication, learning and education to better understand how social, historical, political, cultural and material contexts open and/or disclose educational opportunities for diverse learners.Dr. Melanie Wong is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education. She is a former K-12 educator. Her research explores the experiences of K-12 English Language Learners in technology-enhanced settings.Dr. Zhen Lin recently completed her PhD in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include bilingual and biliteracy education, early bi/multilingual development, heritage language maintenance for immigrant children and youth, and multimodality. Especially, inspired by materialism, posthumanism, and post-qualitative research methodology, her recent SSHRC-funded doctoral research investigates resources and practices for the heritage literacy development of young immigrants in and outside home contexts. Ziwen Mei is a Ph.D. Candidate in Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Her work focuses on multilingual and multicultural education, particularly with children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds. Her doctoral research examines family language policy, deterritorialization, and the intersections of social class and rural–urban labour migration in China.This episode takes shape from the earlier REACH workshop, “Nothing, Anything, and Everything: Introducing Postqualitative Research through Conversation,” during which Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen, Dr. Zhen Lin, Dr. Melanie Wong and Ziwen Mei (Ph.D Candidate) helped advance the discussion and deepen the ideas we explored together. We are excited to extend this conversation.