DeXus 1.0 - Discourse Studies summer school

[Anne Roberti]

Hi, Anne --

Just in case any of your students are interested...I am!

I've met Carmen a few times.  Not only is she a seasoned scholar/critical
discourse analyst but also she is a down-to-earth, humorous, person.

Anne

Quoting Paul McIlvenny <paul at SPROG.AUC.DK>:

> Sorry for cross-posting...
> Please circulate this information to interested parties...
>
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>
>         DeXus - Discourse Nexus 1.0 
>   An alternative international summer school 
>
>              Invited guests:
>      Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard, University of Birmingham
>      Rick Iedema, The University of New South Wales
>      Jay Lemke, University of Michigan
>      Stef Slembrouck, Ghent University
>
>                 Dates:
>         18th - 23rd August, 2003
>
>                Location:
>        Centre for Discourse Studies
>     Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
>
>                 Web site:
>     <http://diskurs.humfak.auc.dk/dexus>
>
> DeXus is the name given to the Discourse Nexus alternative summer school
> for discourse studies to be held yearly in the Centre for Discourse
> Studies at Aalborg University. This year it will take place for the first
> time in August 2003. The code 1.0 signifies version 1.0, the first
> actualisation, with progressively refined versions to come. 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, group work and
> discussion sessions. 
>
> 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. The exact format
> and thematics of DeXus has not yet been finalised, but there are some
> features that are essential. We have invited a number of guests to play
> the role of 'wayfinders' or 'midwives'. Their job is to provide different
> resources for learning: to promote discussion, to clarify methods, and to
> illustrate analysis.
>
> Following the first day of lectures by the invited guests, which will
> establish a common ground work, we concentrate over the following three
> days on two or three themes around which the group work will cluster. 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, linguistic
> anthropology, multimodal discourse analysis, organisational discourse
> analysis, social semiotics, practice theory, gender and discourse, and
> workplace studies.
>
> DeXus themes include: 
>   - Movement/Mobility/Flow/Scale
>   - Structure/Ordering/Organisation
>   - Change/Intervention/Critique
>   - Interaction/Technology/Artefact
>   - Nature/Environment/Habitus
>   - Belonging/Citizenship/Linking/Relationality
>   - Mediation/Mode/Action/Practice
>   - Care/Risk
>
> The summer school is international and open to all researchers, PhD and
> graduate students. 
>
> For more academic information, contact the organisers:
>        Paul McIlvenny <paul at sprog.auc.dk>
>     or Pirkko Raudaskoski <pirkko at hum.auc.dk>
>
> Please register online at <http://diskurs.humfak.auc.dk/dexus>.
>
> The deadline for registration is 15th June 2003.
>
> The participation fee is 1800 Danish kroner, 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.
>
> Location, travel and accommodation information is available on the web
> site. Travel and accommodation is the responsibility of the participant.
>
> For practical information contact the DeXus secretariat at
> <dexus at sprog.auc.dk>.
>
> A poster (PDF) for DeXus 1.0 is available online.
>    <http://diskurs.humfak.auc.dk/dexus/dexus.pdf>
> Please download, print, post and redistribute... thanks.
>
> Note: DeXus draws upon the progressive pedagogical model at Aalborg
> University to experiment with a problem-based, project-centred research
> summer school for postgraduates and scholars in the field of discourse
> studies. The core concept is the free play of ideas within the thematic
> context of group-derived problems and reflexive project work developed
> during the six fruitful days of DeXus - Dissective, Dissensual, Dextrous
> and Delectable!
>