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Research Intersections in Language Studies

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Language studies in Australian universities have weathered considerable crises over the last two decades, and they have done so possibly better than in most English-speaking countries. Many language and culture programs have proved astoundingly resistant, and undergraduate numbers are not only stable, but over the last decade they have been on the rise in many places. Our disciplinary home bases continue to expand to include other areas of the humanities such as film studies, cultural history and socio-linguistics. Recent changes in the higher education sector, such as the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Engagement and Impact Assessment (EIA), present us with a further set of challenges. One way forward, which can capitalize on our transdisciplinarity, is offered by Ottmar Ette, who suggests that we reconceptualize the humanities in terms of what kind of knowledge they produce, and how. In considering this approach, I will explore strategies for developing research collaborations across schools and faculties with cognate and complementary disciplines.

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    See Research Block Grants Calculation Methodology (Australian Government. Department of Education and Training 2019).

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    See ARC Schemes (Australian Government. Australian Research Council 2018) and also Aidan Byrne (2014).

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    See Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Proposals (Australian Government. Australian Research Council 2019).

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    See Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Proposals (Australian Government. Australian Research Council 2020).

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    Jean Fornasiero , Sarah M. A. Reed  & Rob Amery ,  & 

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    Eric Bouvet

  3. School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Kayoko Enomoto

  4. Department of International Studies: Languages & Cultures, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia

    Hui Ling Xu

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Lewis, A. (2020). Research Intersections in Language Studies. In: Fornasiero, J., Reed, S.M.A., Amery, R., Bouvet, E., Enomoto, K., Xu, H.L. (eds) Intersections in Language Planning and Policy. Language Policy, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50925-5_2

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