OK, my bad - now I know not to answer my e-mails after a cocktail party... My comment was intended tongue-in-cheek and I should have put a smiley after it, perhaps. Irrespective of that the wording was inelegant and the whole came over as crass and boorish, two things I abhor. My profound apologies to Jan and her defenders. Dr Jon Cloke LCEDN/MEGS Research Associate Geography Department Loughborough University Loughborough LE11 3TU Office: 01509 228193 Mob: 07984 813681 ________________________________________ From: Lawrence Berg [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 02 July 2012 05:12 To: Jonathan Cloke Subject: Re: Discourse Analysis workshops? Jon... Is it necessary to respond in this manner to a colleague who is asking nicely for information about research approaches that fit very well within the list remit? Lawrence On 12-07-01 5:18 PM, "Jon Cloke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You're a senior lecturer in tourism and events *needing* training in critical > discourse analysis? Is that, like, a surrealist joke? > > Go and read Max Ernst's novel, A Week of Kindness, then come back to the list > and tell us what it is you really want.... > > > Dr Jon Cloke > LCEDN/MEGS Research Associate > Geography Department > Loughborough University > Loughborough LE11 3TU > > Office: 01509 228193 > Mob: 07984 813681 > ________________________________________ > From: A forum for critical and radical geographers > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jan Mosedale > [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 29 June 2012 14:06 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Discourse Analysis workshops? > > Dear List Members, > > I am looking to identify upcoming training workshops on Critical Discourse > Analysis and would appreciate any suggestions from the list. > > Of course, I would be happy to compile a list to share. > > Thanks > > Jan > > > ******************************************** > > Dr Jan Mosedale > Senior Lecturer in Tourism & Events > University of Sunderland > Business School > The Reg Vardy Centre, > Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's, > St Peter's Way, > Sunderland, SR6 0DD > UK > > http://www.janmosedale.com > > Co-editor 'Current Developments in the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism' > http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=4463 Lawrence D. Berg BA (dist.), MA, DPhil Professor and Co-Director | UBC Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice Community, Culture, & Global Studies | The University of British Columbia Arts 368-368D | 3333 University Way | Kelowna, BC, Canada, V1V 1V7 Phone +1 250 807 9392 | Fax +1 250 807 8001 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/ccgs/faculty/berg.html Editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies http://www.acme-journal.org