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Seeking access. Applied ethnopoetic analysis: Gate keeping or a gateway to poetry as knowing

McAllister, Áine; (2023) Seeking access. Applied ethnopoetic analysis: Gate keeping or a gateway to poetry as knowing. Language, Culture and Society , 5 (2) pp. 212-230. 10.1075/lcs.00042.mca. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper discusses a poetic output of a research project at the intersection of linguistic ethnography (LE) and poetic inquiry (PI) which explores the barriers experienced by refugee and asylum seekers, seeking access to Higher Education. The research draws on Jan Blommaert’s applied ethnopoetics (AEP) work to reconstruct silenced voices (Blommaert, 2006). AEP as a ‘means of recognition’ of marginalised voices is explored. The paper goes on to explore the transformative possibilities for knowledge production offered by combining AEP with PI. This innovative approach and output are presented as act of resistance to normative expectations within academia which freeze conditions for voice (Blommaert, 2008). Questions are then offered to consider how we might advance the approach and its emancipatory potential further.

Type: Article
Title: Seeking access. Applied ethnopoetic analysis: Gate keeping or a gateway to poetry as knowing
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1075/lcs.00042.mca
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1075/lcs.00042.mca
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © John Benjamins Publishing Company. Available under the CC BY 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Applied ethnopoetic analysis; poetic inquiry; poetry
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191176
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