Title: Temporalities in/of Ethnography: Queer(ing) Time in Studying School Literacy and Language Practices
Presenter: Dr. Ryan Schey, Department of Language and Literacy
When: Wednesday October 11, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST
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Abstract: Ethnographers studying oral and written oral language practices discuss time as an integral part of ethnography, such as the traditional idea that ethnographies have a minimum time requirement of fieldwork, often of at least a year (e.g., Blommaert & Jie, 2020; Heath & Street, 2008). In this talk, rather than treating time as a background ambience, I consider how time is actively constructed by ethnographers and cultural members. I discuss examples from an ethnography I conducted at a high school in the midwestern U.S. in which I explored how students and teachers talked, wrote, and read about sexual and gender diversity. I then read these ethnographic vignettes through queer theories of time, ultimately reflecting on how ethnographers might rethink time in fieldwork, data analysis, and ethnography broadly as a genre.
Dr. Ryan Schey is Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Georgia. A former high school English teacher and GSA co-adviser, his research explores language and literacy practices and social change, focusing on queer and trans youth and their teachers. His recent scholarship can be found in journals such as Curriculum Inquiry, English Teaching: Practice & Critique, Equity & Excellence in Education, and Reading Research Quarterly.
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