DeXus 1.0 - Discourse Studies summer school

[Nancy Bell]

Yeah - I'm this list, too - are you going?  Looks like fun!

N.

PS - did I tell you that I'm going to Indiana, PA for a campus visit?  Yay!
You probably saw the job posting - it looks like a great job!

>
>Quoting Paul McIlvenny <paul at SPROG.AUC.DK>:
>
>> Sorry for cross-posting...
>> Please circulate this information to interested parties...
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>>         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!
>>