In this brilliant and fascinating piece of ‘ethnographic theatre’, Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese illustrate, in a kaleidoscope of characters and scenes, the complexity of the social, linguistic and, more generally, human problems that migrants and people who try to help them face every day. In the process, they make us rethink what it means to do qualitative research.

Anna De Fina, Georgetown University, USA

<p>This ground-breaking volume transforms outcomes of an ethnographic study into a drama about Chinese migrants’ lives in the UK. It is minimalist, just people talking and telling their stories. Yet, the seemingly mundane conversations bring out rich imageries and emotions. It is a new genre in the making.</p>

Zhu Hua, University of Birmingham, UK

<p><em>Interpretations</em> is an ethnographic drama, an inspiring and thought-provoking arts-based intervention to ethnographic writing. The text brings to life the multiple layers of interpretation that happen in the everyday as people try to make sense of the world, producing interpretations of interpretations, using multiple languages and semiotic resources. Reimagining ethnography as drama challenges conceived ideas about ‘how academics should write’ and opens up new horizons for scholarship in the social sciences.</p>

Ana Deumert, University of Cape Town, South Africa