Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Stirling, UK. He has published widely on both multilingualism and sociolinguistics. Together with Angela Creese he is the author of Voices of a City Market: An Ethnography (Multilingual Matters, 2019), Interpretations – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021), Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021) and Ode to the City – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2022). He was Birmingham Poet Laureate from 2014-2016. Angela Creese is Professor of Linguistic Ethnography at the University of Stirling, UK. She has published widely on multilingualism and ethnographic methods.

• AcknowledgementsPart 1: Encounters in Linguistic EthnographyEssay 1. Linguistic EthnographyEssay 2. Developing an Ethical-Aesthetic Perspective in Linguistic EthnographyPart 2: Enacting Linguistic EthnographyEssay 3. PolyphonyEssay 4. PoetryEssay 5. Ethnographic DramaEssay 6. PerformanceEssay 7. PoliticsPart 3: Relations in Linguistic EthnographyEssay 8. Relational EthicsEssay 9. Responsibility and TrustEssay 10. Strangeness and ProximityEssay 11. DifferenceEssay 12. Movement and AffectReferencesIndex

Building on fieldwork and data from the wonderful TLANG research project, these reflections explore linguistic ethnography’s interdisciplinarity in a wide-ranging and provocative conversation with philosophy and the creative arts.

Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Stirling, UK. He has published widely on both multilingualism and sociolinguistics. Together with Angela Creese he is the author of Voices of a City Market: An Ethnography (Multilingual Matters, 2019), Interpretations – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021), Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021) and Ode to the City – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2022). He was Birmingham Poet Laureate from 2014-2016. Angela Creese is Professor of Linguistic Ethnography at the University of Stirling, UK. She has published widely on multilingualism and ethnographic methods.

• AcknowledgementsPart 1: Encounters in Linguistic EthnographyEssay 1. Linguistic EthnographyEssay 2. Developing an Ethical-Aesthetic Perspective in Linguistic EthnographyPart 2: Enacting Linguistic EthnographyEssay 3. PolyphonyEssay 4. PoetryEssay 5. Ethnographic DramaEssay 6. PerformanceEssay 7. PoliticsPart 3: Relations in Linguistic EthnographyEssay 8. Relational EthicsEssay 9. Responsibility and TrustEssay 10. Strangeness and ProximityEssay 11. DifferenceEssay 12. Movement and AffectReferencesIndex

Building on fieldwork and data from the wonderful TLANG research project, these reflections explore linguistic ethnography’s interdisciplinarity in a wide-ranging and provocative conversation with philosophy and the creative arts.

Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Stirling, UK. He has published widely on both multilingualism and sociolinguistics. Together with Angela Creese he is the author of Voices of a City Market: An Ethnography (Multilingual Matters, 2019), Interpretations – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021), Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021) and Ode to the City – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2022). He was Birmingham Poet Laureate from 2014-2016. Angela Creese is Professor of Linguistic Ethnography at the University of Stirling, UK. She has published widely on multilingualism and ethnographic methods.

• AcknowledgementsPart 1: Encounters in Linguistic EthnographyEssay 1. Linguistic EthnographyEssay 2. Developing an Ethical-Aesthetic Perspective in Linguistic EthnographyPart 2: Enacting Linguistic EthnographyEssay 3. PolyphonyEssay 4. PoetryEssay 5. Ethnographic DramaEssay 6. PerformanceEssay 7. PoliticsPart 3: Relations in Linguistic EthnographyEssay 8. Relational EthicsEssay 9. Responsibility and TrustEssay 10. Strangeness and ProximityEssay 11. DifferenceEssay 12. Movement and AffectReferencesIndex

Building on fieldwork and data from the wonderful TLANG research project, these reflections explore linguistic ethnography’s interdisciplinarity in a wide-ranging and provocative conversation with philosophy and the creative arts.