29.3380, Summer Schools: English; Spanish; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Linguistic Theories; Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics : The Transformation and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Discourse, Power, and Critique | DiscourseNet Winter School No 4./Spain

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Subject: 29.3380, Summer Schools:  English; Spanish; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Linguistic Theories; Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics :  The Transformation and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Discourse, Power, and Critique | DiscourseNet Winter School No 4./Spain

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Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:16:24
From: Johannes Beetz [j.beetz at warwick.ac.uk]
Subject: The Transformation and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Discourse, Power, and Critique | DiscourseNet Winter School No 4./Spain

The Transformation and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Discourse, Power, and Critique | DiscourseNet Winter School No 4.

Host Institution: University of Valencia
Coordinating Institution: University of Valencia
Website: https://www.discourseanalysis.net/wiki.php?wiki=en::Events&id=2300&rank=1

Dates: 16-Jan-2019 - 18-Jan-2019
Location: Valencia, Spain

Focus: The DiscourseNet Winter School brings together advanced MA as well as PhD students (BA students with their own research project are also welcome) who want to pursue research on questions revolving around Discourse, Power and Critique with respect to Social Inequalities and to discuss the methodological and theoretical challenges of their thesis projects or first ideas. Its aim is to bring young and established discourse researchers together to address practical challenges in discourse research. The event will provide a collaborative exchange and hands-on research experience in a rather informal workshop setting. Introductory workshops on the following fields of inquiry will be given by more experienced scholars from the Universities of Giessen, Warwick and Valencia, together with guests from other international universities:
- Discourse, Exclusion and Inequality
- Power, Inequality and Discourse Studies
- Critique, Inequality and Discourse Studies.
Minimum Education Level: BA

Special Qualifications:
BA students with their own research project are also welcome

Description:
Today’s world is marked by different forms of power, inequality, exploitation
and exclusion. Global inequalities on the level of international political
economy as well as more localised inequalities and inequalities along the
lines of race, gender, social class and other social categories affect people
acting in different social contexts and taking symbolic positions through
discursive practices. Financial crises, migration processes, economic and
technological changes, political upheavals, ideologies, and transformations in
global power relations all take part in reproducing and transforming
structures and processes of power and inequality.

The relatively new field of Discourse Studies approaches these social
phenomena in a number of ways. Some studies show how power and inequality are
(re)produced in micro-practices and interactions, while others focus on
inequality and dominance in macro-structures. Often, these investigations take
the form of a critique of the social phenomena in question. Importance is also
given to the theoretical and empirical investigation of ideology, identities,
processes of subjectivation, and frames in texts, spoken communication,
gestures or pictures. What the different approaches within Discourse Studies
share is a concern for the different ways in which meaning is produced. 

Our keynote speaker Prof David Howarth (University of Essex) will provide a
lecture and will be a discussant of some of the papers presented.

Participants from the disciplines and fields of sociology, political science,
literary and cultural studies, media and communication, education, geography,
linguistics and related areas in the social sciences and humanities are all
invited.

The Winter School is a Giessen-Warwick-Valencia event, organised by members of
the DIPE (Discourse, Ideology, and Political Economy) research group within
DiscourseNet. DiscourseNet is an interdisciplinary and international network
of discourse researchers existing since 2007. The Winter School is supported
by the University of Giessen, the University of Valencia, and the University
of Warwick and “Grupo de investigación de Teoría Crítica y Escuela de
Frankfurt de la Universitat de València.”

Organization team:
Johannes Beetz, University of Warwick (UK)
Benno Herzog, University of Valencia (Spain)
Jens Maesse, University of Giessen (Germany)

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                      Discourse Analysis
                      Linguistic Theories
                      Philosophy of Language
                      Pragmatics
                      Sociolinguistics

Subject Languages: English
                    Spanish

Tuition: 0 USD

Tuition Explanation: The Winter School is free of charge

Registration: 20-Aug-2018 to 15-Oct-2018

Contact Person: Benno Herzog
                Email: critica at uv.es

Apply by Email: critica at uv.es

Registration Instructions:
Applicants are expected to send in proposals which include an abstract of
one’s project (no more than 250 words) as well as an academic CV. The abstract
will consist of a title and a description of the proposed research project
which can deal with political, educational, economic, media, academic, social
class, gender, migration or other discourses and/or methodological questions
in discourse research.

Proposals should be sent in by the 15th of October 2018. We will inform you on
25th of October whether you have been accepted or not. The DiscourseNet Winter
School is free of charge. There are places for up to 20 participants. The
working language is English.
In case of acceptance, each participant will be asked to send in a 10-page
version of the research project by December 15th 2015. These longer texts
should delineate the research object, lay out the research questions, situate
the project in the field, and reflect on the preferred methods. These versions
will be circulated among the participants prior to the event and will be used
by the commentators. Each participant will get two comments on their paper by
two experts. During the Winter School, the students will not present their
entire papers but elaborate on specific points, practical problems and
methodological challenges of their projects. If they wish, the participants
can stay the weekend after and join in the social activities with the
organisers in the Valencia region.

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