Voices From the Field: Identity, Language, and Power in Multilingual Research Settings

Abstract

This introduction situates the theme of this special issue across several disciplines where there is a growing body of literature, critique, and research on critical reflexivity and reflection of being in the field. The articles explore issues of identity, language, power, and positionality by and of the researcher in multilingual fields in Canada, Spain, China, and the United States. Through an examination of pre-, in-, and post-field experiences, the articles in this special issue focus diverse “methodological rich points” (Hornberger, 2006, p. 221) in relation to the politics of “being in the field” when researching multilingual practices across transnational spaces.