The Faculty of English, Department of Sociolinguistics and Discourse Studies has a pleasure to announce a guest lecture by Prof. Srikant Sarangi (Aalborg University):
The ethical dilemmas in interpretation-driven qualitative inquiry.
Wednesday, 29th May, 18:30p.m., room 109A, Collegium Novum
Abstract:
In this presentation I will make a basic distinction between data-driven vs. interpretation-driven qualitative inquiry, which is premised on demystifying what constitutes bottom-up, data-drivenness as well as the emic-etic dichotomy in qualitative research. My discussion will extend beyond the conventional parameters of research ethics to foreground the ethical dilemmas qualitative researchers face in their everyday interpretive practices across the humanities disciplines (e.g. applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse/pragmatics studies, literary studies). I will also consider the institutional and epistemological consequences surrounding the ‘illusion of choice’ and the ‘imperative of eclecticism’ that qualitative researchers steer through in their ‘engazement’ with qualitative data. In conclusion, I urge for the affordance of critical reflexivity in our research endeavour.
Srikant Sarangi is Professor in Humanities and Medicine and Director of the Danish Institute of Humanities and Medicine (DIHM) at Aalborg University, Denmark. Between 1993 and 2013, he was Professor in Language and Communication and Director of the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University (UK), where he continues as Emeritus Professor. Currently he is also Adjunct Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (Norway), Visiting Professor at University of Jyväskylä (Finland) and Visiting Professor at the College of Medicine, Qatar University. Between 2013-2016, he was Visiting Research Professor at the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, and between 2013-2015 he was Visiting Professor under the Academic Icon scheme at University of Malay. In 2012, he was awarded the title of ‘Fellow’ by the Academy of Social Sciences, UK. In 2015, he was elected as a ‘Foreign Member’ of The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (Societas Scientiarum Fennica).
He is author and editor of twelve books, guest-editor of nine journal special issues and has published more than 250 book chapters and journal articles in leading journals. In addition, he has presented more than 1000 papers (including plenaries, keynotes, masterclasses and workshops) at international conferences and other forums.
He is editor of Text & Talk: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse and Communication Studies (formerly TEXT); founding editor of Communication & Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Healthcare, Ethics and Society; and founding editor of Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (formerly Journal of Applied Linguistics). He is also general editor of the book series Studies in Communication in Organisations and Professions (SCOPE). He serves as an editorial board member for other journals and book series[es], and as a consulting advisor at many national and international levels. Over the last twenty years, he has held visiting academic attachments in many parts of the world.
