Introduction. Multilingual literacy practices - global perspectives on visuality, materiality, and creativity

ABSTRACT

In this special issue introduction, we briefly discuss the history of multilingual writing research before we examine the research presented in the issue in light of three cross-cutting themes: visuality, materiality, and creativity. We conclude with a summary of the papers and the insights they add to our understanding of shifting multilingual literacy practices in the twenty-first century.

KEYWORDS:

• Multilingual writing
• literacy practices
• creativity
• linguistic landscape
• multilingualism
• writing

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on the papers. We would also like to thank the participants at the workshop Multilingual Writing - methodologies and concepts across contexts, 10–11 October 2018, at MultiLing, University of Oslo. The work was supported by the Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence funding scheme, project number 223265.

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Funding

The work was supported by the Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence funding scheme, project number 223265.