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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** *Vital Signs 2: Engaging Research Imaginations The 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference* 7-9th September 2010 University of Manchester, UK Organised by: Realities, part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods Keynote speakers: * Nigel Rapport (Anthropology, St Andrews University) * David Inglis (Cultural Sociology, University of Aberdeen) * Gillian Rose (Geography/Visual Culture, Open University) * Jennifer Mason (Sociology, University of Manchester) How can we engage our research imaginations and rise to the challenge of generating knowledge that is vital and resonates with complex and multi-dimensional lived realities? Vital Signs 2 will provide a major forum for lively and engaged discussion of these issues. Abstracts are invited in the following kinds of areas. These are intended to inspire the imagination, and should not be seen as prescriptive. * Approaches to researching nature, culture, the material and the social * Researching visual, auditory, tactile and other sensory realms * Researching in/tangibility, intersubjectivity, memory, feelings * Bridging different disciplines in understanding real life; for example, combining ‘social science’, ‘science’, ‘art’, ‘literature’, ‘history’, ‘policy’ and ‘journalism’ * Crossover, hybrid and mixed methods in real life research * Authenticity, rigour, rhetoric and imagination. What counts as ‘evidence’? How is knowledge about real lives constituted, substantiated and made believable? * Using different ‘registers’, modes and media to represent and communicate knowledge * Thinking and theorising with real life data * Real life research ethics, moralities and politics Deadline for abstracts: 9.30am, Monday 15th March 2010. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/realities/events/vitalsigns/ Realities, part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods: www.manchester.ac.uk/realities ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * ***************************************************************