[ecrea] CfP COST Doctoral Workshop: Reminder and Deadline extension (Sept 1st)

FIELDWORK IN CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCE STUDIES - Extended submission
deadline: September 1st, 2013

A doctoral workshop co-organized by the Young Scholars Network of ECREA
and the COST Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming
Societies, and presented in collaboration with the Audience and
Reception Studies section of ECREA

University of Ljubljana, February 8, 2014

(PDF available here:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/node/1486)

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OVERVIEW

This workshop will explore the joys and challenges of fieldwork.
Fieldwork describes a stage in empirical research and is an essential
component of audience research.
The workshop addresses issues of doing fieldwork (especially
methodological questions) as well as practical challenges (e.g. how to
plan and finance a project).

We would like to invite PhD students (doing fieldwork) based on a short
description of their research project and aiming to answer questions
that they face doing so. They will have the opportunity and platform to
talk about their experience in fieldwork and to address problems they
have/had to face. They will benefit from the experiences and support of
their peers and of established and proficient scholars in the field. A
further aim of this workshop is to optimize exchange and networking
between PhD students and experts in the respective fields of research.
Contributions from PhD students dealing with issues including, but not
restricted to the following, are welcome:

- What is meant by FIELD? It is a metaphoric term that can relate to
many different actual meanings - A geographically defined locality, a
socio-political location, a network. Is this traditional concept still
valid?

- The internet as a new FIELD? Which interesting aspects do the new
forms of communication and interaction offer? What are the challenges of
fieldwork without face-to-face contact with the FIELD?

- What is to be considered when conducting interviews? Which aspects
should the researcher take into account when constructing questions? For
example, how can the interviewer enable the participant to fully
articulate how or why he interprets a film, music video etc. in a
particular way?

- How can be dealt with the complexity of data? How can data of complex
observations be analyzed in fine detail? Which possibilities exist to
combine different kinds of data?

- Fieldwork can be expensive. What should be considered in terms of
preparing fieldwork? Which funding possibilities are available for
research projects?

FORMAT

The workshop tries to address the whole process of fieldwork - from
start to finish. It aims to give PhD students a platform to present and
discuss their ideas.

Established researchers will give short talks about certain aspects of
fieldwork. Following this, each participant will have the opportunity to
present his/her research project and will get detailed feedback and
advice by peers and experienced researchers.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

- The workshop is open to all PhD students interested. PhD students are
invited to submit a brief outline of the research project (no more than
500 words).
- The outline should also address questions or problems regarding the
methodological approach and practical issues that the applicant would
like to be discussed during the workshop.
- The application should include a short CV.
- Please indicate if you are a member of the COST Action “Transforming
Audiences, Transforming Societies”.
- Applications should be sent to: Julia Hünniger
<(julia.huenniger /at/ phil.uni-augsburg.de)>  and cc to Helena Bilandzic
<(helena.bilandzic /at/ phil.uni-augsburg.de)>; Geoffroy Patriarche
<(patriarche /at/ fusl.ac.be)>
- NEW submission deadline: September 1st, 2013
- Participants will be notified by: October 1st, 2013

APPLICATIONS FOR TRAVEL GRANTS (FOR COST ACTION MEMBERS ONLY)

There are 4 funded places available only for students who are members
of the COST Action Transforming Audiences Transforming Societies (travel
grants of up to 600 EUR). Applications for these travel grants should be
sent along with the proposal to the workshop. The application should
contain a motivation letter of 2 pages max. explaining (1) what the
benefit of the participation in the workshop for the current research of
the PhD student will be, and (2) in what way the research of the PhD
student contributed to the work of his/her Working Group of the COST
Action.



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