The theme for the 5th Discourse Power Resistance conference is “Research as a Subversive Activity”. It will be taking place at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK from 20 to 22 April 2006. Keynote speakers are Frank Furedi, Bob Lingard and Griselda Pollock. Here is part of the blurb:
Does research always need to know exactly where it is going, and why? Under what circumstances should research resist the demands for accountability, certainty and scientific ‘rigour’ that dominate policy discourses worldwide? How can researchers subvert their own assumptions in order to contribute more meaningfully to the needs of learners, teachers and policy-makers?
DPR is increasingly drawing upon the insights of the creative and performing arts. The 2006 conference will take advantage of the superb exhibition and performance spaces offered by the Geoffrey Manton Building at MMU. We are hoping that creative and performance artists will help to show why - and how - research can be profoundly, and brilliantly subversive.
We encourage a range of presentations on the theme of research as a subversive activity: papers, posters, symposia and workshops, together with work for exhibition and presentations in the visual and performing arts. Exhibitors will be encouraged to lead discussion of their work. Proposals should be in the form of abstracts of between 150 – 250 words, making clear the intended format of the presentation. The closing date for the first call for papers is Friday 13 January 2006. Abstracts should be submitted in Word format via disc or email, to dpr at mmu.ac.uk
