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Recontextualising Research, Glocalising Practice

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What comes to mind when you look at the photo in Figure 8.1? What is interesting to you about it in the context of your own work? What questions does it raise for you?

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Auerbach, E. (2014). Recontextualising Research, Glocalising Practice. In: Prinsloo, M., Stroud, C. (eds) Educating for Language and Literacy Diversity. Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137309860_9

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