Notions of Community and Intisari: Reflections on Researching Language Ideologies in Multilingual Eastern Indonesia
- Jenny Zhang (University of California, Berkeley)
- Yanti Yanti (Atma Jaya Catholic University)
Abstract
This autoethnographic account draws on observations and reflections about the process of conducting research in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province (Indonesia) with a multilingual research team, the negotiations that went into translating and refining the survey and interview protocols, and the substantive discussions that emerged about community and intisari, or essence. The research process reveals that the study of language ideologies brings its own set of methodological tensions, as researchers’ own language ideologies emerged during the translation process.
Keywords: multilingual research methods, language ideologies, translation
How to Cite:
Zhang, J. & Yanti, Y., (2019) “Notions of Community and Intisari: Reflections on Researching Language Ideologies in Multilingual Eastern Indonesia”, Critical Multilingualism Studies 7(1), 85–97.
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