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With apologies for cross-posting. This series may be of interest to colleagues working with practice theory or on community and voluntary action. There will be a series of events, the first two are described below. ECRs especially welcome!
From: Sara Bragg <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Thursday, 24 March 2016 09:46
To: uni info all faculties <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: New practices for new publics seminar series - call for participants
Please circulate widely including to community and voluntary sector organisations, postgraduate students and early career researchers:
New Practices for New Publics is a series of events supported by funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. It is designed to bring together cutting edge thinking in social science with the experiences of civil society organisations, especially those in the community and voluntary sector.
Many civil society organisations are facing significant challenges, not only responding to austerity, but also developing new relationships with public or private sectors and with each other. We want to use theories of social practice to explore what these organisations ‘do’ – attending to the complexities of everyday work in fields including health, education, social care, housing and other community action. In particular we want to explore whether and how ‘practice theory’ in the social sciences might offer new ways for organisations to think about their activities.
We have identified at least three sets of ‘practices’ that provide a starting point for our thinking: caring, learning and peopling (volunteering and peer support). The seminar series will specifically aim to identify the ‘practices’ that civil society organisations use to support communities and citizens, to create opportunities to share those that work, and to address problems. We’re interested in fostering new exchanges between organisations or groups in different fields, and between new and older organisations.
Our launch event - entitled Spaces to Care - will be held in Brighton on 4th May 2016 in a central town venue (BMECP near Brighton station). We are delighted to have Professor Vicky Singleton from Lancaster University as our keynote speaker and we will also be asking local community and voluntary organisations to tell us about their work and experiences.
It will be followed by another event on June 22/23 2016, again in Brighton, at which Professor Davide Nicolini from the University of Warwick will give a keynote.
If you are a postgraduate or early career researcher and you are interested in attending, there is (limited) funding to support you, for instance by covering travel expenses, plus accommodation and subsistence costs. If you represent a Community or Voluntary organisation and would like to attend we have a limited number of small bursaries to support attendance. Priority will be given to those who can commit to attending all the seminars and can show how it will benefit their work or research. We will also aim to maintain a balance between participants at different stages in their careers (i.e. doctoral / early career / established) and from different sectors (eg community and university sectors).
Please write to us telling us a bit about yourself and explaining your interest in the series, how it connects to your own work, and an indication of the costs you would need to be covered.
Please write to us at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The seminar organisers
Kay Aranda
Sara Bragg
Mary Darking
Nadia Edmond
(all University of Brighton)
Kate Weiner
(University of Sheffield)
Catherine Will
(University of Sussex)
New Practices for New Publics
An ESRC seminar series
Twitter: New Practices
Handle: @newpractices16
Email
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Website
http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/newpracticesfornewpublics/
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