@inbook{18f900d68de140cd98d7a28d2411f2c6,
title = "Embodied reflexivity and researching the literacy practices of an adolescent multilingual refugee who is d/Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing",
abstract = "In this chapter I extend recent scholarship on researcher subjectivities in Applied Linguistics by considering affective, spatial, and corporeal dimensions of reflexivity and positionality. I draw from ethnographic research on the multisemiotic language and literacy practices of Madou (a pseudonym), an adolescent refugee student from the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who was diagnosed as having a severe hearing impairment upon his arrival to the United States as a middle schooler. I conclude by presenting implications for how considering positionality as embodied can yield novel analyses and foster relational ethics in research on the literacy development of multilingual learners from immigrant, transnational, and refugee backgrounds, including those who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DML).",
keywords = "embodied reflexivity, d/Deaf and hard of hearing, multilingual, positionality",
author = "D{\'a}vila, {Liv T.}",
year = "2025",
month = apr,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1075/rmal.11.10dav",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9789027219800",
series = "Research Methods in Applied Linguistics",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "184--205",
editor = "Kibler, {Amanda K.} and Karam, {Fares J.}",
booktitle = "Innovative Qualitative Methodologies in Multilingual Literacy Development Research",
address = "Netherlands",
}