How Language Matters, episode three
How language matters in the research process, Jayanthi Lingham in conversation with Rashida Bibi
About this episode
How can we practically be truly inclusive when researching populations with multiple languages?
Why it is important to not only consider other languages, but also other individual levels of literacy within those languages?
What practical steps can researchers take when carting out studies in communities that speak different languages?
This episode critically examines the role of language in qualitative research, particularly when working with older, ethnic minority, and refugee populations in the UK, moving beyond standard translation to explore power dynamics, identity, and challenges methodological assumptions.
Jay and Rashida take a comprehensive look at their full research process, providing hints, considerations and practical steps for linguistically Inclusive co-production along the way- an episode not to be missed for researchers working with communities that speak different languages, and for communities that work with researchers!
About our guest, Dr. Rashida Bibi
Rashida Bibi is a researcher who has worked on a number of research projects. Rashida completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, where she explored the everyday lives of British South Asian (BSA) Muslim women across spaces of home, work and public spaces. Her research interests include qualitative research methods, intersectionality, religion and the everyday.
She has published on areas including race, gender, religion and Islamophobia, and is interested in approaching everyday lives and spaces through a socio-cultural and socio-relational lens in order to interrogate normative narratives of place and belonging.
Click here to learn about the ‘Ethnicity and Unequal Ageing’ project, in which participants share their stories for more inclusive ageing in Rotherham and Sheffield.