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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Discourses of Disorder: Representations of Riots, Strikes and Protests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Newcastle University</span></b><span style="color:black">, 15-16 October 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Organisers</span></b><span style="color:black">: Darren Kelsey and Christopher Hart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.criticaldiscoursegroup.net/discourses-of-disorder">http://www.criticaldiscoursegroup.net/discourses-of-disorder</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Instances of civil disorder in the form of riots, strikes and protests have become increasingly frequent in response to economic decline and other structural conditions, in the UK, Europe
and globally. Far from political apathy, these activities suggest increased levels of public concern and civic engagement. We see such forms of engagement, as well as media coverage and government responses, as part of a political process which contains
a significant discursive dimension. Discourse plays a fundamental part in defining agendas, voicing objections, framing debates, legitimating or delegitimating actions, and in formulating policies. We therefore understand the discursive practices of social
movements, the media and policy-makers, as political practices. Understanding the complexities of this political process and the discursive dimensions involved requires a multidisciplinary approach addressing issues of language, image, journalism, media, power
and political economy. In so far as media and discourse research each provide insights into our understanding of social, historical, political and economic contexts and conflicts, the symposium will be of interest for scholars concerned more broadly with semiotics
and social practice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">From a multidisciplinary perspective, this two-day symposium seeks to explore the discourses of social movements, the media and policy makers, the relations between them, and the role
they play in the political process. Papers presenting perspectives from Social Movement Studies, Media and Journalism Studies, as well as Critical (Multimodal) Discourse Studies are particularly welcome. We are interested in papers which explore, within
international social and political settings, the discursive dimensions of disorder representing or responding to a range of causes/contexts which might include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Industrial disputes and trade unions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Environmental activism <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Ethnic and race relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Austerity discourse and protests
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Capitalist conditions and conflicts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">“Populist” protest movements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">International protest movements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Digital activism and power<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Surveillance, control and protests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Policing and law & order
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Whilst we are currently witnessing renewed levels of civil disorder, this is by no means a recent phenomenon. We are therefore interested in historical as well as contemporary instances
of civil disorder and, further, in the intertextual relations between Discourses of disorder past and present.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">We are pleased to confirm the participation of two guest speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Tracey Jensen</span></b><span style="color:black"> (University of East London)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Nicholas Jones</span></b><span style="color:black"> (author and journalist)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Abstracts of up to 400 words should be submitted in a MS Word document to
</span><a href="mailto:c.hart@lancaster.ac.uk">c.hart@lancaster.ac.uk</a><span style="color:black"> by
<b>31<sup>st</sup> May 2015</b>. Please include in the document your name, affiliation and paper title.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus time for questions. All papers will be in plenary format with equal time for discussion. Only a limited number of submissions can therefore
be accepted. However, non-presenters are welcome to attend. Some sessions will be designed for roundtable discussion and open debate, so participation will be inclusive to all delegates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">It is hoped that the symposium will lead to an edited volume of the same theme. Following the symposium, presenters will therefore be invited to submit a written version of their presentation
to be considered for publication in an edited volume to be submitted to a major international publisher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Christopher Hart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics and Discourse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Linguistics and English Language<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lancaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.hartcda.org.uk">www.hartcda.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.cadaad.net">www.cadaad.net</a>
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