[Commlist] Call for Participation in Prague PhD course on Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical Analysis and Discursive-Material Analysis

Call for Participation in
PhD course
Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical Analysis and 
Discursive-Material Analysis
https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/phd-program/phd-course
at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

About the course

Course title: Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical 
Analysis and Discursive-Material Analysis
Course coordinator and leader: Professor Nico Carpentier
Course credits: 5 credits
Course timing: The course will be organised on 10 February - 14 February 
2020
Course location: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Course background and purpose

The course aims to discuss two methods in the field of discourse 
studies: Discourse-theoretical analysis (DTA) and Discursive-material 
analysis (DMA). Both are grounded in so-called high theory, with 
discourse theory as its main starting point, but with elements of actor 
network theory and new materialism. This course will start with an 
introduction to these theoretical models, but will then move on to their 
analytical deployment in communication and media studies research.
Special attention will be spent on the creation of a theory-grounded 
analytical model to guide the research. Apart from attending lectures, 
participants will be expected to participate in both theoretical and 
research-driven workshops.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course successful students will be able to:
•	have a deeper understanding of the field of discourse studies, and in 
particular of its discourse-theoretical component
•	have a deeper understanding of the theoretical relationship between 
the discursive and the material -know how to translate 
discourse-theoretical models into analytical practice, through the use 
of the notion of the sensitizing concept (applied to discourse theory, 
and to discourse-theoretical rereading of other theories) -be able to 
set up an analytical model for a discourse-theoretical analysis and a 
discursive-material analysis

Teaching and evaluation

The one-week course will be organised in 10 teaching slots, combining 
lectures and workshops. These workshops are partially theoretical 
(presenting an article or chapter), and partially research-driven 
(presenting an analytical model).
A certificate (with a grade “Pass”) is given after 1) attendance of 
minimally 8 meetings, 2) a working group theoretical presentation, 3) an 
individual case study presentation.

Available participant slots and costs

A total number of 20 participant slots are available. The participation 
fee is 50 Euro, and only covers course attendance. Participants are 
required to pay themselves for their travel and accommodation costs, and 
all other expenses.

Registration

The registration for Discourse Studies and Method PhD course opens on 1 
November 2019, and closes when the maximum number of participants has 
been reached.

To register for this course, Filip Šourek (at (sxufil /at/ gmail.com)) has to 
be emailed the following three documents:
•	A motivation letter
•	A brief description/abstract of the ongoing (PhD) research (including 
the current stage of the research)
•	A CV (including information about your university affiliation and your 
contact information)

Payment

The fee for course participation is 50 Euro. Selected participants will 
be informed about the payment procedure. The deadline for fee payment is 
1 February 2020.

Contact information

•	Registration: Filip Šourek at (sxufil /at/ gmail.com)
•	Course content: Nico Carpentier at (nico.carpentier /at/ fsv.cuni.cz)

Course readings

Main reading:

Carpentier, Nico (2017) The Discursive-Material Knot: Cyprus in Conflict 
and Community Media Participation. New York: Peter Lang.

Secondary readings:

Butler, Judith (1993) Bodies that matter. On the discursive limits of 
'sex'. New York, London: Routledge.
Dolphijn, Rick, van der Tuin, Iris (2012) New materialism: Interviews 
and cartographies. Ann Arbor: Open humanities press.
Glynos, Jason, Howarth, David (2007) Logics of critical explanation in 
social and political theory. London and New York: Routledge.
Howarth, David (2000) Discourse. Buckingham, Philadelphia: Open 
University Press.
Howarth, David (2012) "Hegemony, political subjectivity, and radical 
democracy", in Simon Critchley and Oliver Marchart (eds.) Laclau: A 
critical reader. London: Routledge, pp. 256-276.
Howarth, David, Stavrakakis, Yannis (2000) “Introducing discourse theory 
and political analysis”, in David Howarth, Aletta J. Norval and Yannis 
Stavrakakis (eds.) Discourse theory and political analysis. Manchester: 
Manchester University Press, pp. 1-23.
Laclau, Ernesto, Chantal Mouffe (1985) Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: 
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics. London: Verso.
Latour, Bruno (2005) Reassembling the social. An introduction to 
Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mouffe, Chantal (2005) On the Political. London: Routledge.
Philips, Louise, Jørgensen, Marianne W. (2002) Discourse Analysis as 
Theory and Method. London: Sage.
Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (1988) "Can the subaltern speak?", in Cary 
Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg (eds.) Marxism and the Interpretation of 
Culture. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, pp. 271-313.
Torfing, Jacob (1999) New Theories of Discourse. Laclau, Mouffe and 
Žižek. Oxford: Blackwell.



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