The DPR team at the University of Plymouth has
combined with members of the Education and Social
Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan
University. To celebrate this new
development the next conference will be held at MMU.
Discourse Power Resistance 5
"Research as a Subversive Activity"
20 - 22 April 2006
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Keynote speakers
Frank Furedi - Bob Lingard - Griselda Pollock
Does research always need to know exactly where it is
going, and why? Under what circumstances should
research resist the demands for accountability,
certainty and scientific rigour that dominate policy
discourses worldwide? How can researchers subvert
their own assumptions in order to contribute more
meaningfully to the needs of learners, teachers and
policy-makers?
DPR is increasingly drawing upon the insights of the
creative and
performing arts. The 2006 conference will take
advantage of the superb exhibition and performance
spaces offered by the Geoffrey Manton Building at MMU.
We are hoping that creative and performance artists
will help to show why - and how
- research can be profoundly and brilliantly
subversive.
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We encourage a range of presentations on the theme of
research as a subversive activity: papers, posters,
symposia and workshops, together with work for
exhibition and presentations in the visual and
performing arts.
Exhibitors will be encouraged to lead discussion of
their work.
Proposals should be in the form of abstracts of
between 150 - 250 words, making clear the intended
format of the presentation. The closing date for the
first call for papers is Friday 13 January 2006.
Abstracts should be submitted in Word format via disc
or email, to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Information on the conference will be posted on the
websites at:
http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/dpr/
<http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/dpr/> and
http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/conf/dpr/
<http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/conf/dpr/>
Email enquiries to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
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The conference is linked with the Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry based in the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 2nd International
Congress will be held there 4 - 7 May, 2006. Details
on http://www.qi2006.org/ <http://www.qi2006.org/>
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