In photography, the lens of a camera can be tilted and shifted to create new perspectives. Using discourse analysis as a lens enables us to gain new perspectives on the social world and generate new insights into influences and changes in a range of social phenomena. Discourse analysis encompasses a diverse range of analytical techniques and draws on a variety of theoretical and epistemological perspectives. Through an examination of talk, text and associated social practices, issues of identity, agency, structure, representation, power and practice can be addressed.
Abstract submission deadline: Extended to 10th August 2009
Keynote speakers
Professor Rick Iedema, Centre for Health Communication, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Cynthia Hardy, International Centre for Research on Organisational Discourse, Strategy and Change, University of Melbourne
Professor David Grant, Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
Themes
The conference organisers invite abstracts for presentations that use discourse analysis to address theoretical, methodological or empirical research issues in a variety of themes including, but not limited to:
Community and health
Education and learning
Finance and capital
Culture and identity
Marketing and consumption
Public policy and the state
Professions and institutions
Work, management and organisation
Gender and diversity
Globalisation and development
Ideology, power and knowledge
Media
Place, space and time
Practice and praxis
Language and communication
Science and technology
Jennie Billot, Bill Doolin, Darryl Hocking, Sigrid Norris, Philippa Smith, Kristie Elphick