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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><EM><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Workshop
on discourse-oriented approaches in LIS</SPAN></B></EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">A NorsLIS
research activity at the Department for cultural sciences,
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"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Lund</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
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</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
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Month="11" Day="22" Year="2007"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">November
22-24, 2007</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Lund</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">,
</SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Sweden</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We invite Ph.D. students and senior researchers
to participate in a workshop on discourse-oriented approaches in LIS. The
workshop will discuss discourse-oriented approaches in a friendly atmosphere as
they are carried out in various fields of application in LIS, such as policy
research, library research, information literacy, document studies, knowledge
organisation, information seeking, institutional interaction, science and
technology studies, and computer-mediated communication. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We invite both Ph.D. students and senior
researchers with experience of discourse-oriented approaches as well as those
without previous experience. The particular discourse-oriented approaches used
by the workshop participants could be exemplified with, but should not be seen
as limited to, ethnography, narrative analysis, discourse analysis,
ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">During the last decades we have witnessed an
increasing awareness of the importance of language in LIS. Discourse-oriented
approaches have emerged as one set of framework for research in LIS, not least
in the Nordic countries, which are sensitive to language and power relations.
Language is to an increasing extent seen as a tool for action in the shaping of
social reality rather than a medium that relates the cognitive state of the
individual with external reality. The workshop will create opportunities for
discussing discourse-oriented approaches from a broad and inclusive perspective;
from theoretical, methodological and empirical vantage points.
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The workshop will be based on the Ph.D.
students’ and senior researchers’ presentations and discussions. Invited talks
and presentations by the participants are given equal weight in the workshop
program in order to provide ample time for constructive and supportive dialogue
between the workshop participants. There will be rich possibilities for the
participants to present questions, test ideas concerning their ongoing research,
as well as to get feedback on papers, research plans and empirical materials.
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Main
organizer:</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Dr. Olof Sundin, Department for
Cultural Sciences, </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:place><st1:City>Lund
University</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:City>, </SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:country-region>Sweden</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:country-region></st1:place>
(</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="mailto:katriina.bystrom@hb.se"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">olof.sundin@kult.lu.se</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Co-organizers:</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><BR>Professor Sanna Talja, Department of
Information Studies, University of </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:City><st1:place>Tampere</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:place></st1:City> (</SPAN><A
href="mailto:sanna.talja@uta.fi"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">sanna.talja@uta.fi</SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">)<BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Dr. Jenny Johannisson, Swedish
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:place><st1:PlaceType>School</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:PlaceType> of
</SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:PlaceName>Library</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:place> and Information
Science, University College of Borås (<A
href="mailto:jenny.johannisson@hb.se">jenny.johannisson@hb.se</A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Application
deadline:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">
<BR></SPAN><st1:date Month="9" Day="15" Year="2007"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:date Month="9" Day="15"
Year="2007">September 15<SUP>th</SUP>, 2007</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:date>. The applicants will receive
notification of acceptance/rejection by 1st October by e-mail.
<BR><BR><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Credits:</SPAN></STRONG>
<BR>The workshop seminar is accredited 3 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).
Note: Final credits are decided by the person in charge of the local Ph.D.
program. <BR><BR><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">How to
apply:</SPAN></STRONG> <BR>Participants are asked to submit an extended abstract
(max. 2500 words) of the topic(s) of the workshop based on ongoing or completed
research. The application should also include a brief CV. This information will
be used for selection purposes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The application should be electronically
submitted at the latest by </SPAN><st1:date Month="8" Day="15" Year="2007"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><st1:date Month="8" Day="15"
Year="2007">August 15th, 2007</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></st1:date> in either Word or RTF-format to
Olof Sundin (<A
href="mailto:olof.sundin@kult.lu.se">olof.sundin@kult.lu.se</A>).
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Participation is primarily reserved for Ph.D.
students registered at one of the 15 NORSLIS departments. Provided that there is
room for more participants, Ph.D. students from outside the NORSLIS departments
in addition to researchers and lecturers at the NORSLIS departments, are welcome
to participate. However, only NORSLIS doctoral students are eligible for NORSLIS
travel and accommodation grants. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #339966; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Visit </SPAN><A href=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">www.norslis.net</SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> to learn more about the workshop and
NORSLIS, the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Nordic</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Research</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">School</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> in Library and Information Science.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We hope to see you in
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Lund</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Olof Sundin, Sanna Talja and Jenny
Johannisson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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