In this project, Amir Kalan and his research team attempt to de-westernize trending research concepts such as multiliteracies and translanguaging. De-westernization addresses the imbalance in academic knowledge production by moving beyond conceptualizations in the West. It suggests an epistemic shift away from Eurocentric theorization by integrating the intellectual traditions of the Global South. We use Reconstructive Discourse Analysis as a methodology that can enable us to revisit and reconstruct Western concepts popular in literacy research through the lens of non-Western discourses about the same theories, notions, and pedagogies.
Principal Investigator:听Amir Kalan听
amir.kalan [at] mcgill.ca
This project听is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Development Grant (2022-2024).
