Doing Research within Communities

Kerry Taylor-Leech is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Griffith University, Australia.Donna Starks is an Associate Professor in Language Education at La Trobe University, Australia.

"Sociolinguistics recognizes the effects of an outside observer: these scholars, outsiders but increasingly involved with the communities they have studied and tried to help, provide a clear picture of the problems and solutions that they have met. It can be highly recommended to new and experienced researchers; I know I would have benefited in my own interactions with Navajo, Māori and Samoan groups."Bernard Spolsky, Bar Ilan University, Israel"This is an inspiring and timely book that will contribute to the growing movement of researchers involved in research with communities. The collection offers an insightful and essential read to both researchers and practitioners interested in the co-production of research and knowledge with communities."Lisa Goodson, University of Birmingham, UK

• Doing research within communities: Strands within and across the narratives – Kerry Taylor-Leech and Donna Starks Human Rights: Journeys start with experiences - Pandora Petrovska This doesn’t feel right: Selecting a site for school-based ethnography - Louisa Willoughby Challenges in conducting ethical classroom-based research across cultures - Richard J. Sampson What happens when a community withdraws? Managing relationships with an Indigenous community - Arapera Ngaha Labeling community and language - Kara Tukuitonga, Donna Starks and Jason Brown Taking an interest: Competence in and affiliations with the expected languages of schooling - Fiona Willans Navigating the multilingual field: Language choice and sociolinguistic fieldwork - Kerry Taylor-Leech and Danielle Boon Interpreter-mediated data collection: Experiences of talking to migrants through interpreters - George Major and Beth Zielinski Being a part of and working with an overlooked linguistic community: - Genevieve Leung Building relationships with whānau to develop effective supports for Māori Deaf children - Kirsten Smiler Establishing connections: A tale of two communities - Ilana Mushin and Rod Gardner Multiplexity in sign language research - Rachel McKee Engaging with communities and languages in multilingual urban settings - John Hajek Imagined linguistic identity: Reflections on an interview - Loy Lising Becoming an adopted insider: A researcher’s journey - Judith Kearney The narrative journey: Adapting research design to capture the voice of the community - Anikó Hatoss Doing research within communities: Connecting practice to theory - Donna Starks and Kerry Taylor-Leech