Voices, silences and silencing: creative arts and applied linguistics, applied linguistics and creative arts

On 6th June 2019, Lecturer in Literacies Jessica Bradley co-convened a colloquium at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with Emilee Moore (UAB) and Lou Harvey (Leeds) as part of the IV symposium of the Asociación de Estudios sobre Discurso y Sociedad (EDiSo). The theme for this year’s symposium was ‘Voices, Silences and Silencing in Discourse Studies’ and the colloquium focused on research which uses arts-based or arts-informed approaches. This activity builds on the AILA Research Network in Creative Inquiry and Applied Linguistics. The panel had three papers, including research into identity in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon (Pamela Murgia), participatory arts with young people in South Africa (Lou Harvey) and the Global StoryBridges project which links young people from across the world using digital story-telling (Maggie Hawkins, Julia Llompart, Emilee Moore and Claudia Vallejo). A summary of the papers and the discussion can be found here.

For more information about the AILA Research Network in Creative Inquiry and Applied Linguistics please contact Jessica Bradley (Jessica.bradley@sheffield.ac.uk). A call for papers for the Creative Inquiry colloquium of the AILA Congress 2020 will be circulated shortly.