Networks for Methodological Innovation 2008

Discourse Analysis Network

List of Events || Approaches || Events Formats || Background readings
Registration Form || Funding Form || Contact

List of Events

A) Expert Seminars/Mini-Conference: 10th-11th October 2008
Venue: University of Essex
Cost: £15.00 (excluding all meals)
Programme

B) Master Classes

• 15th October 2008: (a) Critical Discourse Analysis and (b) Political Discourse Theory 
Venue: University of Essex
Cost: £10.00 (excluding all meals)
Programme
• 5th November 2008: (a) Discursive Psychology and (b) Interpretive Policy Analysis
Venue: University of Essex
Cost: £10.00 (excluding all meals)
Programme
• 12th November:  Q-Methodology
Venue: University of Birmingham
Cost: £10.00 (excluding all meals)
Programme

C) Exploratory workshop: 19th-20th November 2008
Venue: University of Essex
Cost: £15.00 (excluding all meals)
Programme

D) Policy Practitioner Seminar: 22nd January 2009
Venue: University of Birmingham
Cost: Cost: £20.00 (excluding all meals)
Contact person: Dr Steven Griggs

Venues: All events are to be held at the University of Essex (Colchester Campus), unless otherwise indicated.

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Approaches

• Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
• Discursive Psychology (DP)
• Political Discourse Theory (PDT)
• Interpretative Policy Analysis (IPA)
• Q-methodology (venue: Birmingham)

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Events Formats

• Open workshop/mini-conference
• Focus: Outlining basic assumptions and methodology of each approach
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Paper-givers address questions such as:

- What is understood by discourse?
- How are objects of analysis delimited?
- How are texts/documents selected?
- What are criteria of selection? (e.g. representativeness)
- Are distinctions drawn between text and context; the linguistic and non-linguistic; the discursive and non-discursive?
- In what ways do agency and subjectivity play a role in your approach?
• Background reading for each session provided
• Format: Mini-conference over 2 days; 5 sessions (each focussing on a particular approach) followed by a closing plenary

Expert seminars:

Master classes

• Open workshops
• 10 funded places for early career researchers. Funding application form is available here
• Focus on use of different methodologies; hands-on experience and comment on work of ECR (presenters to provide short background reading material for participants)
• Format: each master class to be followed by plenary session raising more general issues for discussion

Exploratory Workshop

• Focus: Reflecting on the analysis of a particular policy document/policy area from the perspective of each distinctive approach.
• Format: Separate in-depth analysis of a common document/related policy areas from each perspective, followed by a plenary
• Area of work: ‘Identity, difference and community cohesion’
• To facilitate constructive engagement across approaches and disciplines
• Funded places for 2 ECRs

Policy Practitioner Seminar
Contact person: Dr Steven Griggs

Registration cost:

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Expert Seminar/Mini-Conference (2 day event): £15.00
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Master Classes (1 day events): £10.00
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Exploratory Workshop: (2 day event): £15.00
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Policy Practitioner Seminar: Contact Dr Steven Griggs (S.F.Griggs@bham.ac.uk ) for further information.

 

Note: Registration cost does not include any meals, travel or accommodation costs.

Registration form is available here

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Contact

Please note non-Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full e-mail address.

Academic Programme:
Aletta J. Norval
Email: alett

Administration and Registration:
Emilio Allier
Email: eallie

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