Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 1 Number: 1 Page: 40–56
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Writing the Other, Writing the Self: Transforming Consciousness Through Ethnographic Writing
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Shirley Ann Jordan
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This article examines the theoretical and methodological concerns of the new ethnographic writing, analysing writing practices of both professional anthropologists and student ethnographers who undertake
ethnographic research as part of a modern languages degree course in universities in the UK. The emphasis is on qualitative writing as a heuristic process, on self-reflexivity in the text, and on self-transformation
through writing. A selective discussion of some of the most salient contemporary debates is followed by a detailed exposition of student writing practices. Sub-sections of the article focus on seven issues
which are seen as challenges to the writers of ethnographic texts: writing the self, ethnographic description, the question of evidence, drawing on concepts, using verbatim data, concluding and –
of particular interest to teachers of language-and-culture – writing in the foreign language.
© Multilingual Matters 2001
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