2nd International Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference

Conference date: 7, 8 and 9 July 2009

Program (PDF, 101kB)

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 e.g. 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.

Papers, plenaries and colloquia can 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 teaching?

For further information email Renata.Atkin@uts.edu.au

Sponsored by

• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney
• Centre for Learning and Change, University of Technology, Sydney
• The TESOL Research Network, Faculty of Education & Social Work (opens an external site)
  University of Sydney
• School of Education (opens an external site)
  The University of New South Wales