Centre for Discourses in Transition (C-DiT)

Two new journals start this year!

Paul McIlvenny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:30:02 +0000

These two new journals could be interesting for C-DiT:ers:

Discourse, Context & Media with Elsevier
and Learning, Culture and Social Interaction also with Elsevier

New book: “Tracking Discourses: Politics, Identity and Social Change”

Paul McIlvenny — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:52:00 +0000

A new book has been published by Nordic Academic Press: http://www.nordicacademicpress.com/bok/tracking-discourses/

The blurb says:

“Discourse Theory (DT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) are theoretical traditions that have gained intense research interest in recent decades. Both are concerned with critical studies of politics, identity, and social change with a focus on issues of power and language, yet the dialogue between DT and CDA scholars has been negligible until only recently.

In Tracking Discourses – Politics, Identity and Social Change, twelve researchers explore the opportunities presented by an increased exchange of ideas between the two traditions. The authors examine what closer collaboration could offer, both theoretically and empirically, in an interdisciplinary context. The Scandinavian reception, development, and use of DT and CDA are presented for the first time in a concise way.

The studies in Tracking Discourses are of pivotal interest to the practical application of theoretical concepts and the empirical analysis of specific discourses based on one or both of the analytical perspectives. The case studies presented are valuable sources for comparison with similar research undertaken in other countries and contexts.”

Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD), Braga, Portugal, 4-6 July 2012

Paul McIlvenny — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:14:27 +0000

The fourth international conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) will take place at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal, 4-6 July 2012.

CADAAD conferences are intended to promote current directions and new developments in cross-disciplinary critical discourse research. We welcome papers dealing with any contemporary social, scientific, political, economic, or professional discourse/genre.

Further information is available at www.cadaad.net/cadaad_2012.

Crisis 2: Communicating Crisis in an Age of Complexity, Aarhus, 6-8th October 2011

Paul McIlvenny — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:11:59 +0000

“Crisis 2: Communicating Crisis in an Age of Complexity”
6-8 October 2011 in Aarhus, Denmark***

The conference “Crisis 2: Communicating Crisis in an Age of Complexity” organized by the Centre for Corporate Communication at
Aarhus University in Denmark has now got the ECREA Temporary Working Group on Crisis Communication as partner. The participants
will explore the complexity characterizing all types of organizational and societal crises, be they national or international. All
types of organizations and nation-states have to pay attention to this complexity in their crisis management and crisis
communication efforts. The conference is going to take up this challenge for both scholars and practitioners to develop concepts,
models, theories, and practical approaches where this complexity is reflected and integrated.

The first international conference on “Crisis Communication at the Beginning of the 21st Century” took place at the Ilmenau
University of Technology, Germany, in 2009. The second international conference, organized by ASB Centre for Corporate
Communication, Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences at Aarhus University, will take place on October 6-8, 2011. Confirmed
plenary speakers include Professor Priscilla Murphy (Temple University, Philadelphia) and Professor Christophe Roux-Dufort (Laval
University, Quebec).

Conference website and registration information: http://www.asb.dk/crisis2/

A conversation with Transition Network founder Rob Hopkins (hosted by Richard Heinberg)

Paul McIlvenny — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:15:29 +0000

Rob Hopkins is the originator of the Transition concept and co-founder of the Transition Network. He spent many years teaching permaculture and cob building, mostly when living in Ireland. Now based in Totnes, he is a member of Transition Town Totnes, works part time for Transition Network, publishes www.transitionculture.org, is author of the ‘Transition Handbook’ and generally spends far too much time thinking about Transition stuff. He is also a Trustee of the Soil Association.

He spoke recently to Richard Heinberg about his new take on the Transition process that will be both “more reflective of what people are actually doing” out in the world and a less of a strict recipe than “a collection of ingredients and tools” from which local Transition Initiatives are encouraged to bake their own unique cake. However, there are still, Rob believes, general stages through which most initiatives pass.

His new book is The Transition Companion, which he wrote in collaboration with thousands of people around the world via his blog, transitionculture.org, over the past 18 months.

World Economic Forum’s report on global risks: climate change, energy price volatility and financial crisis

Paul McIlvenny — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:56:15 +0000

The WEF published a report this year on global risks. It seems the neoliberal powers now recognise the likelihood of interlocking crises such as:

Climate change
Economic price volatility around energy
Financial crisis

PhD Course in Crisis Communication: Studying Crisis Communication: New Theories and Methodologies, October 3-5 2011

Paul McIlvenny — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:04:26 +0000

Information about PhD Course in Crisis Communication:

Studying Crisis Communication: New Theories and Methodologies

October 3-5 2011, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences,
Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210 Aarhus V, Denmark, R Building,

The course is organized by the ASB Centre for Corporate Communication.

Course teachers

W. Timothy Coombs, Professor of Public Relations, Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida
Sherry J. Holladay, Professor of Public Relations, Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida
Finn Frandsen, Mag.Art., Professor of Corporate Communication, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Centre for Corporate Communication
Winni Johansen, PhD, Associate Professor of Corporate Communication, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Centre for Corporate Communication

For detailed information about the course and how to register, please visit the course website.

Critical Discourse Analysis – a two-day doctoral seminar with Norman Fairclough and Isabela Letcu-Fairclough)

Paul McIlvenny — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:53:43 +0000

Together with his wife, Isabela Letcu-Fairclough, Norman Fairclough, who is honorary doctor at Aalborg University, will conduct a two-day workshop focusing on Critical Discourse Analysis of political texts in a broad sense. The workshop is organized by the doctoral programme Discourse and Contemporary Culture.

Thursday 29. September 2011 at 9:00 – Friday 30. September 2011 at 16:00

Isabela Letcu-Fairclough has specialized in argumentation theory, pragma-dialectics, Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Thinking. Having spent most of her working life in Romania, she is now attached to the University of Lancaster, where she was a PhD-student until 2004, and she is currently working on a book (with Norman Fairclough) entitled ‘Political Discourse Analysis’ (forthcoming in 2011). Isabela letcu-Fairclough has published numerous journal articles, including e.g. ‘Populism and the Romanian “Orange Revolution”. A Discourse-Analytical Perspective on the Presidential Election of 2004’.

AGENCY IN THE MEDIATIZED WORLD Ørecomm festival, 9 – 13 September 2011

Paul McIlvenny — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:36:05 +0000

ÖRECOMM FESTIVAL 2011

AGENCY IN THE MEDIATIZED WORLD is the overarching theme for the first Ørecomm festival, 9 – 13 September 2011, a five-day event taking place on both sides of the Öresund strait. The event is organized by the transnational research centre, Örecomm, which works to strengthen research in the interdisciplinary field of media, communication and social change. Do take a look at our website.

The festival will start in Malmö with an open three-day seminar (9-11 September) in conjunction with the international master programme in Communication for Development, stopping over in Copenhagen for a professional practitioner hearing on social media in development cooperation (12 September), and ending in Roskilde with an academic conference by the Glocal NOMAD (Network on Media and Development) on 13 September.

The aim of the festival is to make researchers, students and practitioners meet and share experiences, and critically examine the field of media, communication and development in the light of mediatization, with special regard to the conditions for agency.

The speakers at the festival will include Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Karin Wilkins among many others, and there will be representatives from the major regional players in the field, DANIDA, IMS, SIDA, SPIDER and UNDP. Please see the full
programme and follow its updates.

Mohan Dutta’s workshop on health communication – Sep 2011

Paul McIlvenny — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:38:31 +0000

The Centre for Health Communication, Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark, is pleased to invite PhD students to a workshop conducted by Professor Mohan Dutta on September 27, 2011.

The title of Professor Mohan Dutta’s workshop is: “The Culture-Centred Approach to Health Communication: Marginalization, Health Inequalities, and Social Change”.

Please find more information about the workshop and about registration at this link:
http://www.healthcom.aau.dk/Workshop+-+September+27%2C+2011/