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>Contexts, Fields, Positions: Situating Cultural Research
>Postgraduate Conference, University of East London
>25-26 May 2006
>
>This conference will provide an opportunity to consider how research contexts
>shape our study of culture. In the humanities and social sciences researchers
>think about and deploy the concept of culture in different ways, and this is
>what we want to explore. We refer to 'research contexts' in their broadest
>sense, including cultural, institutional and disciplinary locations,
>theoretical positions and methodologies. How do the conditions created and
>maintained within these contexts determine or shape our object of study?
>
>Questions central to this conference are:
>
>* What kinds of analysis of culture are possible in different cultural,
>institutional and disciplinary contexts?
>* How has your research situation constituted the methods and findings
>of your research?
>* How has your theoretical framework helped you to select the subject
>you are researching and directed the approach you have taken?
>* What concepts of culture circulate in your field? How do these relate
>to other concepts such society, politics, history, nation, experience, and
>memory? And what are the connections between these and theorisations of
>identity?
>* Is your work part of an intellectual tradition? Has it been shaped by
>contemporary academic trends? Are your research interest strategic, and if so
>what has conditioned them?
>* Are there other contexts which have shaped your research but are not
>widely recognised as significant?
>* We expect the conference theme to be broadly interpreted. Some
>speakers may choose to focus on the findings of their research, while others
>may wish to address their methodological or theoretical approaches.
>Primarily, this conference presents an opportunity to reflect on the factors
>which have organised and shaped your research in a supportive and
>intellectually stimulating environment. It is open to postgraduate students
>from all disciplines and at all stages in their study.
>
>
>Confirmed keynote speakers:
>Professor Derek Robbins, University of East London, 'The Conflict of the
>Faculties'
>Dr Joanna Zylinksa, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 'Beyond
>Moralism: Cultural Studies, Politics, Ethics'
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>'Contexts, Fields, Positions' is a postgraduate conference organised by
>postgraduate students in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural
>Studies, East London. It is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
>Council through the Collaborative Training Provision scheme. The conference
>will be held at the University's Docklands Campus.
>
>To apply please submit an abstract of 300 words (for a 20 minute paper) , or
>a panel proposal (3 papers).
>By email: [log in to unmask] or by post to: Karen Cross / Rebecca
>Bramall, School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies, University of
>East London, Docklands Campus, 4-6 University Way, London E16 2RD.
>
>More info: www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/research/cfp/index.htm
>
>When submitting your application please include the following details:
>Name:
>University:
>Title of paper:
>Abstract:
>Contact telephone number:
>Postal address:
>Email address:
>IT/AV request:
>
>Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2006
>
>The conference will be free to attend. We are also please to offer a limited
>number of travel bursaries for students living outside London. If you wish to
>be considered, please submit a brief statement outlining your reasons
>(maximum 50 words).
David Mills,
Anthropology Co-ordinator,
Sociology, Anthropology, Politics (C-SAP),
The Higher Education Academy
01865 741287
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www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk
Muirhead Tower,
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B15 2TT
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