Research as Relational Praxis: Duoethnography in Language and Literacy Studies

Guest Speakers:Dr. Brian Morgan is a senior scholar at Glendon College, York University. His current areas of interest include critical affective literacies and their adoption in Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education. He is also interested in postmemory and supportive research methods such as duoethnography.Dr. Anwar Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Language Education as Anti-oppressive Transformation in Multilingual Settings in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at UBC’s Faculty of Education. He completed his PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. He previously served as an Associate Editor for Curriculum Inquiry and currently serves as a Co-Editor of the journal Critical Inquiry in Language Studies.Host: The Research Engagement and Collaboration Hub (REACH), the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia.Host in This Episode:Aika Ishige is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, the University of British Columbia. Her dissertation project examines the majority-group students’ awareness of privilege in the context of multicultural education in Japan. She has worked as a lecturer at a university in Japan for several years before her Ph.D.This episode builds on our earlier REACH workshop, “Research as Relational Praxis: Duoethnography in Language and Literacy Studies,” where Dr. Brian Morgan and Dr. Anwar Ahmed shared their stories and insights about the methodology in a 'duoethnographic' way! We are grateful for their contributions in co-designing and leading that session, and are honored to host this dialogue that continues and expands their conversation.