Subscribers to the list may be interested in details of the event below.
Abstracts are required by Friday 23 October 1998
Please email me ([log in to unmask] (Annette Hastings)) if you
would like to discuss an abstract or potential paper.
For a conventional copy of the flier, please email
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CONFERENCE: Discourse and Policy Change
Date: 3 & 4 February 1999
Organised by: The Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
Following the Discourse and Urban Change conference at the University of
Glasgow in 1997, a conference on the theme of Discourse and Policy Change
is now planned for February 1999. This second event aims to explore the
relevance and application of discourse analysis and language focused
research to understanding of the policy making process, particularly within
the fields of urban, housing and social policy.
Academics involved in policy studies are beginning to explore the
challenges posed by post-positivist conceptions of language, such as
post-structuralism and constructionism. For example, there is growing
interest in examining how the language in which policy is made is involved
in constructing 'knowledge' and 'understanding' of policy problems, how it
is used to legitimate policy interventions (or non-interventions) and how
it is implicated in the maintenance of power relations within the policy
making process.
Papers are invited which address substantive issues within the fields of
urban or social policy from the perspective of discourse studies or theory.
Professor Norman Fairclough (Professor of Language in Social Life in the
Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of
Lancaster) will give a paper setting out the 'state of the art' in relation
to discourse theory and what it can contribute to understandings of social
and political change.
Potential themes for papers might include:
· Language and the new urban governance
· Representations of policy problems and solutions
· The value of discourse analysis for policy studies
· Issues and problems in critical discourse analysis
· Rhetoric and argumentation in the policy process
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Participants offering a paper at the conference are asked to submit a
one-page abstract by Friday 23 October 1998. Acceptance will be confirmed
by the end of October and full copies of papers will be required by
Wednesday 13 January 1999.
Please contact the conference organiser (Annette Hastings) if you would
like to discuss either an abstract or final paper.
CONFERENCE FEE £130.00. [NB: Fee includes lunches, refreshment breaks
and the Conference Dinner. Delegates will also receive a book of abstracts
and copies of all papers.]
Postgraduate Students: A few places** have been made available for
postgraduate students for a fee of only £60.00 each. These places will be
allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis. To secure these places
please contact Elizabeth Nicholson by telephone (Tel: 0141 330 3664).
[** To date, two places are still available at the reduced fee for
postgraduates]
REGISTRATION BOOKING FORM
Discourse and Policy Change
2-Day Conference
Kelvin Park Lorne Hotel, Glasgow
3 & 4 February 1999
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Registration queries after that date should be made to:
Elizabeth Nicholson, Events Co-ordinator,
Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow.
Tel: 0141 330 3664;
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METHOD OF PAYMENT
Cheques should be in pounds sterling and made payable to The University of
Glasgow.
Please send payment with completed Registration Form to:
Elizabeth Nicholson
Conference Co-ordinator
Department of Urban Studies
University of Glasgow
25 Bute Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RS
The University of Glasgow regrets that payment of fees cannot be made by
credit cards of any kind.
Please tick the appropriate box:
I enclose a cheque for £
OR
Please send invoice
PLEASE NOTE
Delegates withdrawing bookings earlier than 10 days in advance of the
Conference will receive a cancellation charge of 25% of the Conference fee
to enable recovery of administration costs. It is regretted that refunds
for withdrawals after that time cannot be made.
We regret that we are unable to offer a daily rate for delegates but we are
happy to accommodate delegates who wish to share a conference place.
Please supply full details if this is the case.
ACCOMMODATION
This conference is a non-residential event. However, if you wish to book
into the Kelvin Park Lorne Hotel, then a rate of £43.50 per night (Bed &
Breakfast) has been arranged for conference delegates.
Alternatively, if you would like information about local hotels, guest
houses etc. who offer cheaper rates to University of Glasgow contacts, then
please tick here.
HOW TO FIND US
Conference Venue: Kelvin Park Lorne Hotel
923 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G3 7TE
Tel: 0141 314 9955
Fax: 0141 337 1659
Glasgow Airport is a taxi-ride of approximately 20 minutes (c.£12.00) and
there are frequent rail services to both Glasgow Central and Queen Street
stations. The nearest underground station to the University is Hillhead.
Annette Hastings
Research Fellow
Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies
Department of Urban Studies
University of Glasgow
25 Bute Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QT
Tel 0141 330 6275
Fax 0141 330 4983
email [log in to unmask]
Annette Hastings
Research Fellow
Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies
Department of Urban Studies
University of Glasgow
25 Bute Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QT
Tel 0141 330 6275
Fax 0141 330 4983
email [log in to unmask]
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