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Thu Feb 16 2006

Confs: discourse Analysis/Aalborg, Denmark

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        1.    Paul McIlvenny, DeXus - Discourse Nexus: An international summer school in discourse studies
Message 1: DeXus - Discourse Nexus: An international summer school in discourse studies
Date: 12-Feb-2006
From: Paul McIlvenny <cdshum.aau.dk>
Subject: DeXus - Discourse Nexus: An international summer school in discourse studies



DeXus - Discourse Nexus: An international summer school in discourse studies
Short Title: DeXus 4.0


Date: 14-Aug-2006 - 19-Aug-2006
Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Contact: Paul McIlvenny
Contact Email: < click here to access email >
Meeting URL: http://diskurs.hum.aau.dk/english/Dexus4/index.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Meeting Description:

DeXus is the name for the Discourse Nexus summer school, which was held
very successfully for the first time in 2003 at the Centre for Discourse
Studies, Aalborg University. The code 4.0 signifies the fourth
actualisation, a progressively refined version of the summer school. DeXus
will focus on innovative research in discourse studies and its application
to a variety of settings and data sets, using a mix of lectures, workshops,
group project work and discussion sessions.

Guests this year are:
- Michael Bamberg, Clark University, USA
- Michelle Lazar, National University of Singapore
- David Middleton, Loughborough University, UK
- Sigrid Norris, Georgetown University, USA

The goal of DeXus is to create a space in which attendees - invited guests, students, postgrads and established scholars - can discuss the latest moves in discourse studies, apply approaches in discourse studies to 'real world' problems, learn hands-on in a positive environment and find new relays between academic work and social change. We have invited a number of guests to play the role of 'wayfinders' or 'midwives'. Their job is to provide a diverse range of resources for learning, for example to promote discussion, to clarify methods, and to illustrate analysis.

Following the first two days of lectures and workshops by the invited guests, which will establish a common ground work, we concentrate over the following days on group project work. On the last day, all groups will come together to report on their findings, solutions and applications, with commentary and discussion from the wayfinders. A poster session will take place during the first day for those who wish to present their research publicly. More details on the DeXus web site.

DeXus will interest students and scholars who work in the diverse fields of discourse studies, particularly mediated discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, discursive psychology, multimodal discourse analysis, narrative inquiry, political discourse analysis, social semiotics, practice theory, and language and gender studies.

In relation to theorising and analysing discourse, DeXus themes this year
include:
- Narrative/Memory/Experience/Autobiography
- Mediation/Modality/Action/Practice
- Belonging/Citizenship/Linking/Relationality
- Identity/Gender/Sexuality/'Race'/Ethnicity/Kinship
- Habitus/Embodiment/Mediational Means/Context
- Change/Intervention/Critique

The summer school is international and open to all researchers, PhD and graduate students.

Please register online at http://diskurs.hum.aau.dk/dexus4/

The deadline for registration is 15th June 2006. The participation fee is 3000 Danish kroner (approx. 400 Euros), which covers administrative costs, tea/coffee and lunches every working day, and one evening drinks reception (Monday) and one evening dinner (Thursday). More information on the DeXus web site.

The summer school is supported by the Centre for Discourse Studies and the Doctoral School in Human Centred Informatics at Aalborg University.



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