Research proposal in preparation for institutional approval

technical data for the project

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Raúl A. Mora
• Co-investigators: María Elizabeth Agudelo, Jhon Jairo Arrendondo, Yuly Cárdenas, Millie Cardona, Sebastián Castrillón, , Ana María Herrera, Helena Yepes
• Design stage: September 2016 - October 2017
  

Urban Literacies Phase 3 (#TeamUL3) - Standing, from left: Yuly Cárdenas, Sebastián Castrillón, Dr. Raúl A. Mora, Helena Yepes, Ana María Herrera Sitting, from left: María Elizabeth Agudelo, Millie Cardona, Jhon Jairo Arredondo

Description

Phase Three, as we have initially conceived it in our first conversations, will expand on some topics that we were very interested in, but were not able to explore in Phase Two. This phase shares the initial goal to understand the different narratives related to English in our city and the language helps the city itself and its dwellers develop more nuanced spaces.

The City as Routes with individual and


collective narratives

Every phase is an expansion of the previous one. We have moved from looking at static spaces (Phase One) to spaces in transit and flux with individual literacy narratives (Phase Two). For this stage, we are interested in looking at what we tentatively call community spaces, or the different organic communities of affinity that English generates, due to the ubiquitous presence of this (and other second languages) and the new diasporas that we are discovering in Medellín.

Phase three - Academic Presentations

Coming later in 2017 and beyond.