Multilingual scholarship and the paradox of translation and language in management and organization studies
Journal
Organization
ISSN
1350-5084
ISSN-Digital
1461-7323
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2013-01
Author(s)
Abstract
This article questions the unreflexive use of English in academic practices by highlighting the paradox of multilingual scholarship and the need for practices that may help both scholars and journals to become inventive in performing multilingual scholarship. Even when academic outputs are only in English, language multiplicity exists and needs to be reflected upon. To do so, we introduce the three strategies of scandalization, scrutinization, and invention which respectively
document and question the naturalization of English as lingua franca, inquire into linguistic negotiations and its effects, and make multiplicity visible. It is our belief that there is currently too little agony about and critique of the hegemony of English based on a kind of pragmatism; this situation prevents us from being more imaginative and experimental in the ways we include other languages and language differences.
document and question the naturalization of English as lingua franca, inquire into linguistic negotiations and its effects, and make multiplicity visible. It is our belief that there is currently too little agony about and critique of the hegemony of English based on a kind of pragmatism; this situation prevents us from being more imaginative and experimental in the ways we include other languages and language differences.
Language
English
Keywords
invention
lingua franca
multilingualism
paradox
reflexivity
translation
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage Publications
Publisher place
London
Volume
20
Number
1
Start page
131
End page
142
Pages
12
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
219056