Past event
Introducing Autoethnography in Applied Linguistics: Prospects and Possibilities - Free
Abstract
Beginning with an overview of ethnography and the different types of ethnography that exist in the field, I then focus on autoethnography — a methodology that is increasingly adopted by critical applied linguists who work in identity politics and are committed to decolonizing language education. After introducing several principles that underpin autoethnography, I describe how to conduct autoethnographic research. Specifically, I will draw on a range of examples from recent studies. I will also illustrate variations of autoethnography that include duoethnography and collaborative autoethnography in order to demonstrate the versatility and relevance of the processes and procedures associated with this methodology.
Speaker's Bio
Peter I. De Costa is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages & Cultures and the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, where he directs the Master's in TESOL program in the College of Arts & Letters. He is also the English as a Second Language (ESL) graduate director in the College of Education. As a critical applied linguist, his research areas include emotions, identity, ideology and ethics in language learning, language teaching, and language policy. In addition, his ecologically- and social justice-oriented work looks at the intersection between second language acquisition (SLA), second language teacher education (SLTE), and language policy. He is the co-editor of TESOL Quarterly and the President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.