Biographical approaches give access to individuals' learning trajectories across the lifespan, societal influences and language ideologies and the construction of language use in social spaces, as such they are prone to be used globally in different settings. For example, 'language portraits' have become a staple method in research on multilingualism, language repertoires and lived experience of language, to name just a few examples. While the colourful drawings of the portraits originated in research on language awareness in primary school education, biographical methodology in multilingualism research has since developed into an approach in its own right, covering and combining visual, verbal and multimodal data and analysis. This symposium will thus invite contributions working on the interplay between language use in individuals and societies, language-related inequalities and opportunities for speakers and salient moments of multilingual encounter that can be gained with a focus on speakers' lived experience of language (Busch 2006, 2013). These insights shall contribute to an understanding of e.g., how biographical research can contribute to our understanding of linguistic diversity, how we as researchers can empirically account for experiences of lived languages, and how to embed them in a larger discussion on social (in)equality.
Biographical approaches give access to individuals' learning trajectories across the lifespan, societal influences and language ideologies and the construction of language use in social spaces, as such they are prone to be used globally in different settings. For example, 'language portraits' have become a staple method in research on multilingualism, language repertoires and lived experience of language, to name just a few examples. While the colourful drawings of the portraits originated in research on language awareness in primary school education, biographical methodology in multilingualism research has since developed into an approach in its own right, covering and combining visual, verbal and multimodal data and analysis. This symposium will thus invite contributions working on the interplay between language use in individuals and societies, language-related inequalities and opportunities for speakers and salient moments of multilingual encounter that can be gained with a focus on speakers' lived experience of language (Busch 2006, 2013). These insights shall contribute to an understanding of e.g., how biographical research can contribute to our understanding of linguistic diversity, how we as researchers can empirically account for experiences of lived languages, and how to embed them in a larger discussion on social (in)equality.
Room 1 AILA 2021 aila2021@gcb.nl
Judith Purkarthofer
Julia Sonnleitner
Sarah Muller
Natalia Ganuza
Maria Rydell
Boglárka Straszer
BethAnne Paulsrud
Sandra Radinger
Jonas HassemerTechnical Issues?
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