Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama
Title | Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Blackledge |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | 95 |
Release | 2021-09-06 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1800413726 |
This book is both research report and performance piece. Here is a team of researchers as they study communication on the volleyball court. And here are the voices and actions of the volleyball coach and his players as they practise and play. Research in process and research findings are represented in a play script which brings vividly to life both ethnographic research methods and communication in the world of sport. This highly original book adds innovation and imagination to the representation of language in social life.
Essays in Linguistic Ethnography
Title | Essays in Linguistic Ethnography PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Blackledge |
Publisher | Channel View Publications |
Total Pages | 223 |
Release | 2023-09-12 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1788925610 |
This book argues for an approach to linguistic ethnography which departs from the singular gaze of the academic researcher, to amplify instead the voices of participants, researchers and collaborators. The authors offer an account of writing ethnography polyphonically, incorporating the complexity of individual voices. In doing so they challenge the imperative to make meaning from, and explain the culture of, ‘the other’. Together, the essays open up the emic perspective by considering the experiential, aesthetic, emotional, moral and ethical value people bring to encounters with others. The book is an essential addition to research methods courses in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and an invaluable contribution to knowledge about research-based drama, theatre and creative practice.
My Freshman Year
Title | My Freshman Year PDF eBook |
Author | Rebekah Nathan |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2006-07-25 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780143037477 |
After fifteen years of teaching anthropology at a large university, Rebekah Nathan had become baffled by her own students. Their strange behavior—eating meals at their desks, not completing reading assignments, remaining silent through class discussions—made her feel as if she were dealing with a completely foreign culture. So Nathan decided to do what anthropologists do when confused by a different culture: Go live with them. She enrolled as a freshman, moved into the dorm, ate in the dining hall, and took a full load of courses. And she came to understand that being a student is a pretty difficult job, too. Her discoveries about contemporary undergraduate culture are surprising and her observations are invaluable, making My Freshman Year essential reading for students, parents, faculty, and anyone interested in educational policy.
An Ethnographic Study of an Urban High School
Title | An Ethnographic Study of an Urban High School PDF eBook |
Author | Doris Marie Jorde |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 664 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
An Ethnographic Study on Peace and Justice Education
Title | An Ethnographic Study on Peace and Justice Education PDF eBook |
Author | Magaly Altagracia Piña Martinez |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 478 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Christianity and justice |
ISBN |
Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts
Title | Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts PDF eBook |
Author | Aneta Pavlenko |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781853596469 |
This volume highlights the role of language ideologies in the process of negotiation of identities and shows that in different historical and social contexts different identities may be negotiable or non-negotiable.
Why We Play
Title | Why We Play PDF eBook |
Author | Roberte Hamayon |
Publisher | Hau |
Total Pages | 343 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9780986132568 |
Play is one of humanity's straightforward yet deceitful ideas: though the notion is unanimously agreed upon to be universal, used for man and animal alike, nothing defines what all its manifestations share, from childish playtime to on stage drama, from sporting events to market speculation. Within the author's anthropological field of work (Mongolia and Siberia), playing holds a core position: national holidays are called "Games," echoing in that way the circus games in Ancient Rome and today's Olympics. These games convey ethical values and local identity. Roberte Hamayon bases her analysis of the playing spectrum on their scrutiny. Starting from fighting and dancing, encompassing learning, interaction, emotion and strategy, this study heads towards luck and belief as well as the ambiguity of the relation to fiction and reality. It closes by indicating two features of play: its margin and its metaphorical structure. Ultimately revealing its consistency and coherence, the author displays play as a modality of action of its own. "Playing is no 'doing' in the ordinary sense" once wrote Johan Huizinga. Isn't playing doing something else, elswhere and otherwise ?