Hi All, Ilene posting here: If you are unsure of what I am doing in Vietnam, fear not, dear reader—you’re not alone. People ask me all the time how I got interested in Vietnam, what I do in Vietnam, and what I write about. Here are some pithy soundbites to digest and/or share. What do you do in Vietnam? I travel in Vietnam looking for experiences, people, artifacts, language, images, and sounds that help me question my most familiar ways of thinking and knowing. I also investigate the effects globalization has had on Vietnamese people’s lives—especially the effects of communications technologies, foreign language literacies, and the shift to a market economy. I use that material as the basis for my writing. On this trip I’ll be taking Vietnamese language classes, re-interviewing women whose literacy narratives I
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