Windle, Joel

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Articles • Rev. bras. linguist. apl. 17 (02) • Apr-Jun 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398201610966 copiar

Características ocultas na produção de conhecimento global: (re)posicionando teoria e prática na escrita acadêmica

Autoria SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

RESUMO

Um dos principais desafios da Linguística Aplicada é como lidar com o desequilíbrio de poder entre os países do “norte” e do “sul” global na produção de conhecimento. Um objetivo central da Linguística Aplicada Crítica tem sido providenciar novas bases epistemológicas para enfrentar esse problema, por meio de perspectivas pós-coloniais, por exemplo. Este artigo mostra como a estrutura da escrita acadêmica, mesmo dentro de tradições críticas, pode reforçar relações de conhecimento desiguais. A análise de teses e publicações brasileiras que se apoiam no quadro teórico dos multiletramentos identifica uma série de movimentos discursivos que configuram “elementos ocultos” (STREET, 2009STREET, B. “ Hidden” Features of Academic Paper Writing. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics (WPEL), v. 24, n. 1, p. 1, 2009.), posicionando a teoria do “norte” como universal e aplicações empíricas no “sul” como localmente restritas. O artigo oferece um conjunto de perguntas para reflexão crítica durante o processo de escrever, contribuindo à literatura sobre letramentos acadêmicos.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE:
Epistemologia; linguística aplicada crítica; globalização; teoria pós-colonial; multiletramentos; letramentos acadêmicos

Framing: Genre Audience
How does my writing reflect and claim a different position from that produced in the metropole?
How do I acknowledge and position myself in relation to local, northern and southern audiences?
Contribution/“so what?” To knowledge; To field; To future directions/research
To whom do I seek to demonstrate the value of my contribution?
Whose knowledge am I building on? Whose interests does this knowledge serve?
What knowledge is valued and marginalised in the field to which I seek to contribute?
How and by whom is this field defined? Where is this field located? To what realities does it speak?
Am I assuming a contribution to a single, unified transnational field in my writing?
Where and for whom are future directions to be located?
What ends is my research serving? Who do I seek to benefit?
What body of knowledge most speaks to the realities I seek to interpret?
Voice
Does my ‘voice’ make it clear that I have commitments outside of the metropolitan intellectual field?
Do I position myself as a producer of theory or merely an applier to new terrain?
Do I consider my various commitments as valid sources of a plurality of knowledge and epistemology?
Am I able to affirm my identity and authority as founded in fields beyond the metropolitan intellectual field?
Stance Person/Agency Reflexivity
Does my credibility rely on my ability to project myself as a member of the metropole?
Is my authority based on contributing to northern concerns and interests?
Is my involvement as an author based on the realities my text seeks to address?
Do I problematize northern epistemologies?
Signalling Setting Theory Method
Does my signalling identify or locate important information (spatially, temporally)?
Are extensions of concepts to new settings or applications recognised as such?
Structure Opening (Vignette, Personal, Declarative), Setting, Theory, Methods, Conclusions
Will bracketing into traditional structural elements impede my ability to position my work as a critical contribution to multiple fields?
How can I make sure that the “setting” is considered in relation to theory and methods?
How can I organise my engagement with the literature(s) critically in order to position it and my engagement with it?
How can I establish myself as a theorist, not merely a craftsperson applying theory with “fidelity” and “reliability”?

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