Hidden features in global knowledge production: (re)positioning theory and practice in academic writing
ABSTRACT A key challenge for applied linguistics is how to deal with the historical power imbalance in knowledge production between the global north and south. A central objective of critical applied linguistics has been to provide new epistemological foundations that address this problem, through t...
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| description | ABSTRACT A key challenge for applied linguistics is how to deal with the historical power imbalance in knowledge production between the global north and south. A central objective of critical applied linguistics has been to provide new epistemological foundations that address this problem, through the lenses of post-colonial theory, for example. This article shows how the structure of academic writing, even within critical traditions, can reinforce unequal transnational relations of knowledge. Analysis of Brazilian theses and publications that draw on the multiliteracies framework identifies a series of discursive moves that constitute “hidden features” (STREET, 2009), positioning “northern” theory as universal and “southern” empirical applications as locally bounded. The article offers a set of questions for critical reflection during the writing process, contributing to the literature on academic literacies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c332fe54f7ed4428af3421f8938cda652022-12-22T01:32:40ZengUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisRevista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada1984-63982017-05-0117235537810.1590/1984-6398201610966S1984-63982017000200355Hidden features in global knowledge production: (re)positioning theory and practice in academic writingJoel WindleABSTRACT A key challenge for applied linguistics is how to deal with the historical power imbalance in knowledge production between the global north and south. A central objective of critical applied linguistics has been to provide new epistemological foundations that address this problem, through the lenses of post-colonial theory, for example. This article shows how the structure of academic writing, even within critical traditions, can reinforce unequal transnational relations of knowledge. Analysis of Brazilian theses and publications that draw on the multiliteracies framework identifies a series of discursive moves that constitute “hidden features” (STREET, 2009), positioning “northern” theory as universal and “southern” empirical applications as locally bounded. The article offers a set of questions for critical reflection during the writing process, contributing to the literature on academic literacies.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-63982017000200355&lng=en&tlng=enEpistemologycritical applied linguisticsglobalisationpost-colonial theorymultiliteraciesacademic literacies |
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| title | Hidden features in global knowledge production: (re)positioning theory and practice in academic writing |
| title_full | Hidden features in global knowledge production: (re)positioning theory and practice in academic writing |
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| title_short | Hidden features in global knowledge production: (re)positioning theory and practice in academic writing |
| title_sort | hidden features in global knowledge production re positioning theory and practice in academic writing |
| topic | Epistemology critical applied linguistics globalisation post-colonial theory multiliteracies academic literacies |
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