This workshop aims to introduce discourse analysis as a method in social sciences and humanities. In this interactive workshop, students will familiarise themselves with the history and context of various approaches to discourse analysis, such as conversation analysis, CDA, feminist discourse analysis and multimodal analysis, and they will be encouraged to think about how DA is used in their own disciplines and projects. At the end of the workshop, student groups will design a project using DA, and they will have a chance to discuss it with a panel of DA experts.
The workshop aims to support interdisciplinary orientation to research and offers a confident starting point for those who wish to employ a form of discourse analysis in their research. Following the focus on online learning during the pandemic, this workshop also prioritises face-to-face engagement, with an aim to build and strengthen cohort development through networking across institutions and/or disciplines.
The training will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team of QMU researchers as well as external DA specialists.
Session 1: Friday 06 May (online)
Session 2: Monday 09 May (in person, Queen Margaret University)
Session 3: Tuesday 10 May (in person, Queen Margaret University)