CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd International Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference
7, 8 and 9 July 2009
University of Sydney

WEBSITE
http://www.education.uts.edu.au/dcp/index.html

CONFERENCE PAPERS SUBMISSION DATES
Friday 27 February 2009 Submission of abstracts for review
Friday 27 March 2009 Notification of acceptance of papers

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The aim of the conference is to explore discourses and cultural practices from a range of perspectives. We are interested in theoretical and applied research on discourses and cultural practices eg discourse and subjectivity, theories of discourse, practices as ‘the new discourse’; descriptive studies of discourse and cultural practices in specific contexts eg work, play, popular culture, organizations, media; and applications to professional and pedagogical contexts.
Papers, plenaries and colloquia will address themes and questions such as:
• Discourses in professional practice: What roles do linguistic and cultural practices play in the organization and enactment of work?
• Discourses and identity: How do we and others construct our sense of self through talk and text?
• Academic discourses: Why do the discourses and cultural practices of the academy work as they do?
• Discourse and intercultural communication: How do discourses differ in relation to different cultural practices?
• Gendered discourses: How do discourse, gender and sexuality interrelate?
• Classroom discourses: How do the language practices of the classroom relate to learning and teaching?
• Discourses and international communication: What is the relationship between discourses, development and globalization?
• Digital discourses: how are new technology producing new discourses?
• Discourses and popular culture: What is the impact of popular culture on the formation of new discourses?
These are the main themes so far. If you would like to organize a paper of colloquium on other themes please let us know.

PLENARY SPEAKERS
Professor Deborah Cameron – University of Oxford
Professor Don Kulick – New York University
Professor Lesley Farrell – University of Technology, Sydney
Professor Phil Graham – Queensland University of Technology
Professor Rick Iedema – University of Technology, Sydney

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT US
c/o Renata Atkin, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney
Email: Renata.Atkin@uts.edu.au
Telephone: +61 2 9514 3973 Fax: +61 2 9514 3030
PO Box 123 Broadway, NSW 2007

[extracted from email from Renata Atkin 14/10/08]