Maggie Kubanyiova is Professor of Language Education at the University of Leeds, UK, where she is Director of the Centre for Language Education Research. Her research interests cut across sociolinguistics, education and arts. She led an Arts and Humanities Research Council project, Ethics and Aesthetics of Encountering the Other (ETHER), one of the outcomes of which is this book.

Parinita Shetty is a postdoctoral researcher, public library assistant and children's book writer. She is interested in exploring online fan communities of popular media, children's literature, critical literacies, fan podcasts, public pedagogy and intersectionality. She is passionate about including diverse voices in academic and cultural spaces, and finding creative ways to make knowledge accessible to diverse audiences.

This book asks what it takes for people to encounter one another ethically when practices, worldviews and imaginations clash. It uses 'listening' as an encompassing metaphor for attending to others and engages over 40 contributors across geographies, disciplines, art forms and practices in a conversation which the reader is invited to join.