Kubanyiova, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-8848-0293 and Creese, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-0039 (2024) Introduction: applied linguistics, ethics and aesthetics of encountering the Other. Applied Linguistics Review. ISSN 1868-6303
Abstract
This article explains the rationale for proposing an applied linguistics of ethical encounters. It does so by extending the current reach beyond the critical and ideological commentary of unjust linguistic practices and considers how applied linguistics research might play an active role in both theorising and enabling ethical encounters. By ethical encounters we mean those that enact the political vision of an inclusive and just society in face-to-face meetings with particular others, i.e. the Other. We ground our inquiry in a relational framework, which places the subject’s responsibility at the heart of ethical relationships and as a basis for a political achievement of just society in settings of trauma, social stigma and unequal power relationships. We argue that the subject’s ethical responsibility is not merely interactionally accomplished but also aesthetically experienced in particular moments of proximity to others. We examine opportunities for an engaged applied linguistics that arise when its inquiry is pursued through the ethical and aesthetic lens.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. This is an author produced version of an article accepted for publication in Applied Linguistics Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | relational ethics; aesthetics; ethical encounters; responsibility |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2024 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2024 11:41 |
Published Version: | https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/app... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/applirev-2024-0083 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211871 |