[EDLING:2409] CFP: Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference

[Tamara Warhol]

    via the AAAL listserv . . .

    CALL FOR PAPERS
    Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference

    29, 30 November & 1 December 2007

    www.education.uts.edu.au/research2/conferences/conferences.html
    <http://www.education.uts.edu.au/research2/conferences/conferences.html>

    *INVITED SPEAKERS*
    Professor Claire Kramsch University of California, Berkeley;
    Professor Frances Christie, University of Sydney and University of
    Melbourne; Professor Theo van Leeuwen University of Technology,
    Sydney; Professor Alastair Pennycook University of Technology,
    Sydney; Professor Ruth Wodak Lancaster University

    *INVITED COLLOQUIA*
    Organisational Communication, Discourse and Intercultural
    Communication, Discourse and Professional Communication, Discourse
    and Sexuality, Language Education, Discourse and Identity

    *CONFERENCE PAPERS SUBMISSION DATES*
    Friday 29 June 2007 Submission of abstracts for review
    Friday 17 August 2007 Notification of acceptance of papers

    *ABOUT THE CONFERENCE*

    The aim of the conference is to explore discourses and cultural
    practices from a range of perspectives. We are interested in
    theoretical and applied research on discourses and cultural
    practices eg discourse and subjectivity, theories of discourse,
    practices as ‘the new discourse’; descriptive studies of discourse
    and cultural practices in specific contexts eg work, play, popular
    culture, organizations, media; and applications to professional and
    pedagogical contexts. The third day of the conference (Saturday)
    will have a particular focus on discourse and cultural practices in
    relation to language and literacy education.

    Papers, plenaries and colloquia will address themes and questions
    such as:

    • Discourses in professional practice: What roles do linguistic and
    cultural practices play in the organization and enactment of work?

    • Discourses and identity: How do we and others construct our sense
    of self through talk and text?

    • Academic discourses: Why do the discourses and cultural practices
    of the academy work as they do?

    • Discourse and intercultural communication: How do discourses
    differ in relation to different cultural practices?

    • Gendered discourses: How do discourse, gender and sexuality
    interrelate?

    • Classroom discourses: How do the language practices of the
    classroom relate to learning and order?

    *
    CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY
    *The TESOL Research Network, Faculty of Education and Social Work,
    University of Sydney
    NSW AMES
    Changing Practices, Faculty of Education, University of Technology,
    Sydney

    *
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT US*

    Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference Convenors
    c/o Renata Atkin,
    Faculty of Education
    University of Technology, Sydney
    PO Box 123
    Broadway, NSW 2007
    Email: Renata.Atkin at uts.edu.au
    Telephone: +61 2 9514 3973
    Fax: +61 2 9514 3030