Building on fieldwork and data from the wonderful TLANG research project, these reflections explore linguistic ethnography’s interdisciplinarity in a wide-ranging and provocative conversation with philosophy and the creative arts.

Ben Rampton, King’s College London, UK

This is an intriguing exploration of the ethics and aesthetics of researching everyday encounters. The authors draw on a rich and vibrant study of social life in cities in the UK as capturing a moment in time. Their insights on communicating the everyday will be illuminating for researchers across disciplines and this book represents a major step for linguistic ethnography.

Sari Pöyhönen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

This book expands applied linguistics in general and linguistic ethnography in particular to accommodate ethics, affect, and aesthetics in much-needed new directions. The authors not only discuss theories from multiple disciplines to justify this expansion but also demonstrate how to undertake this task by transforming data into drama, poetry, and performance in a multi-genre book.

Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, USA