DeXus 1.0 - Discourse Studies summer school

[Anne Roberti]

Break a leg!

Anne

Quoting Nancy Bell <nbell at CC.USU.EDU>:

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