Reference : (T)Apping the linguistic landscape. Methodological challenges and the scientific pote...
Scientific journals : Article
Arts & humanities : Languages & linguistics
Multilingualism and Intercultural Studies
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/34143
(T)Apping the linguistic landscape. Methodological challenges and the scientific potential of a citizen science approach to the study of social semiotics
English
Purschke, Christoph mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
2017
Linguistic Landscape
Benjamins
3
3
Methodology in Linguistic Landscapes Research
Yes
International
[en] This article explores methodological challenges and scientific perspectives of a citizen science approach to linguistic landscapes research. Starting from the outline of a disciplinary landscape, the text first discusses development strategies and practical implementation of crowdsourcing via mobile applications as means to data collection in two participatory research projects. The comparison highlights the complex trade-off between empirical benefits and methodological drawbacks in relation to mobile app setups for crowdsourcing. In a second step, the use of crowdsourcing technology is embedded in a methodological framework for a citizen science approach to the study of social semiotics and discussed against the background of five guiding principles: participatory research, lifeworld orientation, societal engagement, computational analysis, and open research practice. The discussion points out that a citizen science approach brings about numerous opportunities as well as substantial challenges for academic practice in terms of a democratization, social embedding, and opening of research activities.
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/34143
10.1075/ll.17023.pur
https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/ll.17023.pur/details

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