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<b><big>The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry </big></b><br>
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The website <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.qi2005.org">www.qi2005.org</a> now accepts
submissions for the First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
which will <br>
take place at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from May
5-7, 2005. You are all welcome to visit our site and <br>
submit your abstracts for both papers and sessions. <br>
<br>
Half-day (morning and afternoon) pre-conference workshops (May 5), will
precede the two-day Congress (May 6-7) which will <br>
consist of plenary, spotlight, regular, and poster sessions. There will
also be an opening reception with hors d'oeuvres and <br>
cash bar, and a closing reception with cash bar and a barbecue-cookout.
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND WORKSHOP FACILITATORS INCLUDE: <br>
Arthur Bochner • Liora Bresler • Nick Burbules • Kathy Charmaz •
Clifford Christians • CL Cole • Norman Denzin • Carolyn <br>
Ellis • Alice Filmer • Stephen Hartnett •Rodney Hodson • Stafford Hood
• Ernest House • Valerie Janesick • Patti Lather • <br>
Yvonna Lincoln • Ernest Lockridge • Cameron McCarthy • Kathryn Bell
McKenzie • Luis Miron • Jan Morse • Susaan Nofke • <br>
Virginia Olesen • Cele Otnes • Larry Parker • Ron Pelias • Wanda Pillow
• Laurel Richardson • Fazal Rizvi • Katherine Ryan <br>
•James Scheurich • Linda Tuhiwai Smith • Robert Stake • Bettie St.
Pierre • Noreen Sugrue • Angharad Valdivia • Mary Weems <br>
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THEME <br>
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The theme of the First International Congress of Qualitative Research
focuses on "Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of Global <br>
Uncertainty." We call on the international community of interpretive
scholars to gather together in common purpose to <br>
address the implications of the recent attempts by federal governments
and their agencies to define what is 'good science', <br>
and what constitutes 'good scholarship'. Around the globe governments
are attempting to regulate <br>
interpretive inquiry by enforcing bio-medical, evidence-based models of
research. <br>
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These regulatory activities raise basic philosophical, epistemological,
political and pedagogical issues for scholarship and <br>
freedom of speech in the academy. Their effects are interdisciplinary.
They cut across the fields of educational and policy <br>
research, the humanities, communications, health and social science,
social welfare, business and law. <br>
<br>
In the United States, the evidence-based experimental science movement,
with accompanying federal legislation (Leave No <br>
Child Behind), threatens to deny advances in critical qualitative
inquiry, including rigorous criticisms of positivist research. <br>
This legislation marginalizes indigenous, border, feminist, race,
queer, <br>
and ethnic studies. The international community of qualitative
researchers must come together to debate and discuss the <br>
implications of these new developments. <br>
<br>
The mission of the First International Congress is to provide a forum
for these critical conversations, to build and expand the <br>
already robust tradition of <br>
Qualitative Inquiry. This congress gathers together vibrant strands of
qualitative research to produce innovative futures. We <br>
seek to generate lively, critical debate, foster contacts and the
exchange ideas, and draw inspiration from each other. We <br>
encourage international participation from different countries,
disciplines and cultural backgrounds, as well as from a wide <br>
range of research areas, including the humanities, medical and health
care scholars. <br>
<br>
We invite your submission of paper and session proposals. To learn more
about the First International Congress and how to <br>
participate, please visit our website <<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.QI2005.org">www.QI2005.org</a>>.
<br>
<br>
Session and paper submissions will be accepted online only from October
1 until December 1, 2004. (There is a limit of two <br>
paper submissions per delegate) <br>
<br>
It is assumed that the topics listed below will in one way or another
be taken up in the sessions and in pre-conference <br>
workshops, but please feel free to nominate your own topic. (Please
note that we are not soliciting workshop submissions) <br>
Conference and workshop registration will begin Dec. 1, 2004. <br>
<br>
Norman K. Denzin , Chair of the Organizing Committee <br>
<br>
SUGGESTED CONFERENCESESSION TOPICS <br>
• Autoethnography & Performance Studies <br>
• Critical Ethnography as Performance <br>
• Critical Pedagogy <br>
• Critical Race Theory & Moral Activism <br>
• Cultural Policy <br>
• Cultural Studies, Education & Pedagogy <br>
• Decolonizing Neo-colonial Methodologies <br>
• Decolonizing the Academy <br>
• Democratic Methodologies <br>
• Developments in Participatory Action Research <br>
• Discourse Analysis <br>
• Ethics, IRBs & Academic Freedom <br>
• Ethnicity & Race <br>
• Evaluating Inquiry <br>
• Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century <br>
• Foucault's Methodologies <br>
• Funded Qualitative Research <br>
• Global Ethnography <br>
• Globalization & Transnationalism <br>
• Governmental Regimes of Truth <br>
• Grounded Theory & Social Justice Research <br>
• Human Rights <br>
• Human Subject Research <br>
• Indigenous Approaches to Creating Knowledge <br>
• Indigenous Policy Studies <br>
• Investigative Poetry <br>
• Mixed-methods designs & inquiry in Global Studies <br>
• Nationhood & Nationalism <br>
• New developments with focus groups <br>
• New Media & Information Technology <br>
• Participatory Action Inquiry <br>
• Postcolonial Methodologies <br>
• Qualitative Evaluation & Social Policy <br>
• Social Policy Formation <br>
• The Active Interview <br>
• The Audit Culture & Neoliberalism <br>
• The Global Consumer Culture <br>
• The Science Wars <br>
• Video, Dance & Performance Technologies <br>
• Working with Multi-cultural Populations <br>
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (May 5, 2005) <br>
1. Focus Groups: New Developments (TBA) <br>
2. Case Study: Access and Intrusion (Robert Stake and Brinda
Jegatheesan) <br>
3. Performance Ethnography (Norman K Denzin) <br>
4. Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century (Virginia Olesen) <br>
5. Foucault's Methodologies (James Scheurich (TBA) and Kathryn Bell
McKenzie) <br>
6. Grounded Theory Methodologies for Social Justice Projects (Kathy
Charmaz) <br>
7. Ethics, Human Subject Review Board & Qualitative Inquiry
(Clifford Christians) <br>
8. Interpreting. Writing Up & Evaluating Qualitative Materials
(Robin Jarrett) <br>
9. Investigative and Ethno-Poetics (Stephen Hartnett) <br>
10. Autoethnography (Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner) <br>
11. Democratic Evaluation (Ernest House and Katherine Ryan) <br>
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For more information contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@QI2005.org">info@QI2005.org</a> <br>
Visit our web site at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.QI2005.org">http://www.QI2005.org</a> <br>
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<b><big>Deadline Extended: The First International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry</big></b><br>
<br>
Due to the growing interest in new conference panels and increasing
volume of requests for submission deadline extension, <br>
the deadline for submissions of open-panel session proposals and all
papers to the First International Congress of Qualitative <br>
Inquiry is now extended to January 15, 2005, while the previous
deadline of December 1, 2004 still holds effect for closed-<br>
panel session proposals. Notification of the acceptance of closed-panel
proposals will be given by December 15, 2004. Please <br>
continue to visit our conference website <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.qi2005.org">www.qi2005.org</a>
for more information, and take advantage of this extension to work <br>
on your proposal and papers.<br>
<br>
The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry will take place
at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from May <br>
5-7, 2005. The theme of the First International Congress of Qualitative
Research focuses on "Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of <br>
Global Uncertainty." The mission of the conference is to provide a
forum for conversations on the interdisciplinary implications <br>
of positivist legislation and academia for critical qualitative
scholarship especially in indigenous, border, feminist, race, queer, <br>
and ethnic studies, and to build and expand the already robust
tradition of Qualitative Inquiry.<br>
<br>
Following topics are supposed to be taken up in the conference<br>
• Autoethnography & Performance Studies <br>
• Critical Ethnography as Performance <br>
• Critical Pedagogy <br>
• Cultural Policy <br>
• Cultural Studies, Education & Pedagogy <br>
• Decolonizing Neo-colonial Methodologies <br>
• Developments in Participatory Action Research <br>
• Ethics, IRBs & Academic Freedom <br>
• Ethnicity & Race <br>
• Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century <br>
• Foucault's Methodologies <br>
• Global Ethnography <br>
• Grounded Theory & Social Justice Research <br>
• Human Subject Research <br>
• Indigenous Approaches to Creating Knowledge <br>
• Indigenous Policy Studies <br>
• Mixed-methods designs & inquiry in Global Studies <br>
• Nationhood & Nationalism <br>
• New Media & Information Technology <br>
• Postcolonial Methodologies <br>
• The Audit Culture & Neoliberalism <br>
• The Global Consumer Culture <br>
<br>
The organization committee of the conference is chaired by Professor
Norman K.Denzin.<br>
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