Affiliation:
1. University College London
Abstract
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.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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