[eccr] Text, Interaction and Communities conference in Tampere, Finland

>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>The second conference on
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>Text, Interaction and Communities
>Qualitative Approaches to Society and Social Action
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>May 25.-26. 2005, University of Tampere, Finland
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>http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/sospol/conf/
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>Qualitative research is increasingly characterised by a diversity of
>approaches. The aim of this conference is to encourage dialogue among these
>different perspectives. The specific theme "Text, Interaction and
>Communities" was chosen to explore how society and communities are
>perceived in different research methods and practices. What is the policy
>of qualitative research? What specific insight can different qualitative
>methodologies offer to the study of social action? Dialogue on these themes
>will be carried out both in the keynote lectures, discussant comments as
>well as in workshops.
>
>Keynote speakers of the conference are:
>" Dr. Vivien Burr
>" Prof. Paul Drew
>" Prof. Christine Sylvester
>
>Deadline for abstracts: January 28, 2005.
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>PRE CONFERENCE COURSES
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>May 23.-24 2005
>Tampere Postgraduate Centre for Social Sciences (TAMCESS)
>University of Tampere
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>Three doctoral courses will be arranged before the conference. The courses
>are lead by Dr. Vivien Burr and Professors Paul Drew and Christine
>Sylvester in cooperation with their Finnish colleagues. Each course is
>based on the overall theme of the conference with special emphasis on a
>particular qualitative research orientation. These courses are designed to
>support doctoral students and scholars using a qualitative approach in
>their work.
>
>Conversation analysis: The active patient (Prof. Paul Drew)
>Qualitative research as participation and communication (Prof. Christine
>Sylvester)
>Social constructionism and discourse analysis (Dr. Vivien Burr)
>
>ORGANIZERS:
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>The Qualitative Social Research Unit (LYHTY) in collaboration with The
>Department of Social Policy and Social Work, The Research Institute for
>Social Sciences, and Tampere Graduate Centre for Social Sciences (TAMCESS),
>The University of Tampere.
>
>More information is available at:
>http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/sospol/conf/
>
>Welcome to Tampere!

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