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Remembering Dr Janet Cotterill (1968–2022) Open
It is with great sadness, but many memories, that we write to commemorate the life and work of our colleague Dr Janet Cotterill.Her vigour and drive were illustrated by her significant achievements in her inspirational career, since Janet
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Speeding up or reaching out? Open
The Welsh Assembly, a devolved legislature in the UK, and its executive the Welsh Government, have a distinctly intensive commitment to equality – emphasising universality with weighty obligations on public services. This article uses the …
Shifting ground: exploring the backdrop to translating and interpreting Open
Previous scholarship has assumed a monolingual norm. This norm has been noted across disciplines and societies, where it demands assimilation and language shift. However, socially responsible language scholars have increasingly rejected th…
‘Apparently the chap is a bit of a rogue’ Open
This paper examines how risk communication features in telephone calls to one British non-emergency police number. Using a collection of naturally occurring telephone calls to a police non-emergency line the paper takes an approach grounde…
The ethics of digital ethnography in a team project Open
This article draws on researcher vignettes to explore ethical decisions made in the process of collecting and analysing mobile messaging data as part of a team ethnographic project exploring multilingualism in superdiverse UK cities. The r…