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1 Discourse Analysis Workshop Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis 7 th August 2015, University of Canberra 10am5pm| Building 23, Room 22B13 Convenors: Selen Ercan (University of Canberra), Lucy J Parry (University of Sheffield) The purpose of the workshop is to discuss different conceptions of ‘discourse', the application of these concepts to political and policy analysis, and the challenges of using this approach. Confirmed speakers include: John Dryzek (UC), David Marsh (UC), Selen Ercan (UC), Carolyn Hendriks (ANU), Nicole Curato (UC), Lucy J Parry (University of Sheffield, UK), Leonie Pearson (UC), Jonathan Pickering (UC), David Carter (UC), Marion Carter (UC), Stefan Mann (Agroscope, Switzerland) Format: Session 1 (10am 12.15pm) will focus on the discussion of three key articles (concept, method, empirical application). All participants required to read following three readings (attached): 1. Dryzek, J. (2013) Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses, Oxford University Press, ch. 1, pp. 3 24 2. Schmidt, V. (2008) Discursive Institutionalism: The Explanatory Power of Ideas and Discourse, Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 11, pp. 303 326 3. Hajer, M. (2005) ‘Coalitions, Practice and Meaning in Environmental Politics: From Acid Rain to BSE, in: Howarth, D. and J. Torfing (eds.), Discourse Theory in European Politics, London: Palgrave Macmillan Further recommended reading can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/thw3mgi0cgqtg9x/AAB- 3f3eGUntENq5-TZG2A__a?dl=0 Session 2 (1.15pm 5pm) will consist of participant presentations (15 mins) which aim to address one or more of the following key questions, followed by discussion: Q1. What concept of discourse do you use? Q2. How do you empirically study discourses? Q3. Why do you use discourse analysis for your particular research area what is the value added? Q4. What are the challenges and limitations you face while studying discourses on a particular issue?

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Discourse  Analysis  Workshop  

Centre  for  Deliberative  Democracy  and  Global  Governance  

Institute  for  Governance  and  Policy  Analysis  

7th  August  2015,  University  of  Canberra  

10am-­‐5pm|  Building  23,  Room  22B13    

Convenors:  Selen  Ercan  (University  of  Canberra),  Lucy  J  Parry  (University  of  Sheffield)    The  purpose  of  the  workshop  is  to  discuss  different  conceptions  of  ‘discourse',  the  application  of  these  concepts  to  political  and  policy  analysis,  and  the  challenges  of  using  this  approach.    Confirmed  speakers  include:  John  Dryzek  (UC),  David  Marsh  (UC),  Selen  Ercan  (UC),  Carolyn  Hendriks  (ANU),  Nicole  Curato  (UC),  Lucy  J  Parry  (University  of  Sheffield,  UK),  Leonie  Pearson  (UC),  Jonathan  Pickering  (UC),  David  Carter  (UC),  Marion  Carter  (UC),  Stefan  Mann  (Agroscope,  Switzerland)  

Format:  

Session  1  (10am-­‐  12.15pm)  will  focus  on  the  discussion  of  three  key  articles  (concept,  method,  empirical  application).  All  participants  required  to  read  following  three  readings  (attached):  

1.  Dryzek,  J.  (2013)  Politics  of  the  Earth:  Environmental  Discourses,  Oxford  University  Press,  ch.  1,  pp.  3  -­‐  24  

2.  Schmidt,  V.  (2008)  Discursive  Institutionalism:  The  Explanatory  Power  of  Ideas  and  Discourse,  Annual  Review  of  Political  Science,  vol.  11,  pp.  303  -­‐  326  

3.  Hajer,  M.  (2005)  ‘Coalitions,  Practice  and  Meaning  in  Environmental  Politics:  From  Acid  Rain  to  BSE,  in:  Howarth,  D.  and  J.  Torfing  (eds.),  Discourse  Theory  in  European  Politics,  London:  Palgrave  Macmillan  

Further  recommended  reading  can  be  found  at:  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/thw3mgi0cgqtg9x/AAB-3f3eGUntENq5-TZG2A__a?dl=0  

Session  2  (1.15pm-­‐  5pm)  will  consist  of  participant  presentations  (15  mins)  which  aim  to  address  one  or  more  of  the  following  key  questions,  followed  by  discussion:  

Q1.  What  concept  of  discourse  do  you  use?  

Q2.  How  do  you  empirically  study  discourses?  

Q3.  Why  do  you  use  discourse  analysis  for  your  particular  research  area  -­‐  what  is  the  value  added?  

Q4.  What  are  the  challenges  and  limitations  you  face  while  studying  discourses  on  a  particular  issue?  

 

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Workshop  Program  

Time   Session   Speakers     SESSION  1    

09.45-­‐10.00   Registration  and  welcome   Selen  Ercan  &  Lucy  J  Parry  10.00-­‐10.30   What  is  a  discourse?  

   

John  Dryzek    

Required  reading:  Dryzek,  J.  (2013)  Politics  of  the  Earth:  

Environmental  Discourses,  Oxford  University  Press,  3rd  Edition,  ch.  1,  pp.  3  –  24  

 Chair:  Jonathan  Pickering  

10.30-­‐11.00   The  power  of  discourses?  A  critical  realist  perspective  

David  Marsh    

Required  reading:  Schmidt,  V.  (2008)  Discursive  Institutionalism:  The  Explanatory  Power  of  Ideas  and  Discourse,  Annual  Review  of  Political  Science,  vol.  11,  pp.  

303  –  326    

Chair:  Jonathan  Pickering  11.00-­‐11.20   Morning  Tea    11.20-­‐11.50   Studying  Discourse   Carolyn  Hendriks  

 Required  reading:  

Hajer,  M.  (2005)  ‘Coalitions,  Practice  and  Meaning  in  Environmental  Politics:  From  Acid  Rain  to  BSE,  in:  Howarth,  D.  and  J.  Torfing  

(eds.),  Discourse  Theory  in  European  Politics,  London:  Palgrave  Macmillan  

 Chair:  Lucy  J  Parry  

11.50-­‐12.15   Q  and  A  panel    

An  opportunity  to  discuss  any  questions  and  insights  from  the  three  readings  and  beyond  

John  Dryzek,  David  Marsh  &  Carolyn  Hendriks  

   

Chair:  Lucy  J  Parry  12.15-­‐13.15   Lunch  

We  have  reserved  a  table  at  Retro  Café,  but  you  will  need  buy  or  bring  

your  own  lunch!  

 During  lunch  Lucy  J  Parry  will  also  

demonstrate  how  to  conduct  a  Q  Sort  

  SESSION  2    13.15-­‐14.15   Doing  Discourse  Analysis  I  

Integrating  empirical  and  normative  discourse  analysis:  examples  from  climate  politics  

 Discourse  when  using  visuals:  

insights  from  Q-­‐sort  with  pictures    

 Jonathan  Pickering  

     

Leonie  Pearson      

Chair:  Selen  Ercan  14.15-­‐15.15   Doing  Discourse  Analysis  II  

     

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Objective  Hermeneutics  as  a  method  for  discourse  analysis  

 A  tale  of  four  discourses:  using  Q  to  map  out  the  UK  hunting  debate  

   

Stefan  Mann      

Lucy  J  Parry      

Chair:  Selen  Ercan  15.15-­‐15.30   Afternoon  Tea    

15.30-­‐16.30   Different  Approaches  A  critical  approach  to  Discourse  

Analysis    

Contestation  of  Discourses      

 David  Carter  &  Marion  Carter  

   

Nicole  Curato    

Chair:  Lucy  J  Parry  16.30-­‐17.00   Final  remarks  and  reflections   Selen  Ercan,  Lucy  J  Parry  &  all  participants  

 

Reading  List  (required  reading  in  bold)  

Theory  

Boswell,  J.  (2013)  Why  and  How  Narrative  Matters  in  Deliberative  Systems,  Political  Studies,  Volume  61,  Issue  3,  pages  620–636.  

Dryzek,  J.  (2013)  Politics  of  the  Earth:  Environmental  Discourses,  Oxford  University  Press,  ch.  1,  pp.  3  –  24.    Schmidt,  V.  (2008)  Discursive  Institutionalism:  The  Explanatory  Power  of  Ideas  and  Discourse,  Annual  Review  of  Political  Science,  vol.  11,  pp.  303  –  326.    Bacchi,  C.  (2012)  ‘Introducing  the  “What’s  the  Problem  Represented  to  be?”  Approach’,  in:  Bletsas,  A.  and  C.  Beasley  (eds.),  Engaging  with  Carol  Bacchi.  Strategic  Interventions  and  Exchanges,  Adelaide:  University  of  Adelaide  Press:  21-­‐24.  

Methods  

Bennett,  A.  (2015)  ‘Found  in  Translation:  Combining  Discourse  Analysis  with  Computer  Assisted  Content  Analysis’,  Millenium  Journal  of  International  Studies,  43(3),  pp.  984  –  997    

Gill,  R.  ‘Discourse  Analysis’,  in  Martin  W.  Bauer  and  Goerge  Gaskell  (eds)  Qualitative  researching  with  Text,  Image  and  Sound:  A  Practical  Handbook.  Sage,  2000.      Glynos,  J,  Howarth,  D  et  al  (200)  Discourse  Analysis:  Varieties  and  Methods,  ESRC  National  Centre  for  Research  Methods  Review  Paper,  ESRC.    Empirical  Research  

Hajer,  M.  (2005)  ‘Coalitions,  Practice  and  Meaning  in  Environmental  Politics:  From  Acid  Rain  to  BSE,  in:  Howarth,  D.  and  J.  Torfing  (eds.),  Discourse  Theory  in  European  Politics,  London:  Palgrave  Macmillan.  

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Hajer,  M.  and  Versteeg,  W  (2005).  'A  Decade  of  Discourse  Analysis  of  Environmental  Politics',  Journal  of  Environmental  Policy  and  Planning  7,  vol.  7(3),  pp.  175  –  184.  

Jerolmack,  C.  (2008)  How  Pigeons  Became  Rats:  the  cultural-­‐spacial  logic  of  problem  animals,  Social  Problems,  Vol.  55,  No.  1,  pp.  72-­‐94.    Mann,  S.  (2015),"Web-­‐based  discourse  on  agriculture  among  the  general  public",  British  Food  Journal,  Vol.  117  Iss  1  pp.  388  –  399.    Stevenson,  H  (2015)  Contemporary  Discourses  on  the  Environment-­‐Economy  Nexus,  SPERI  Paper  No.  19,  Sheffield  Political  Economy  Research  Institute,  March  2015.    Woods,  M.  (1998)  Mad  cows  and  hounded  deer:  political  representations  of  animals  in  the  British  countryside,  Environment  and  Planning  A,  vol  30,  pp.  1219  –  1234.    Niemeyer,  S.  ,  Ercan,  S.  and  Hartz-­‐Karp,  J.  (2013)  Understanding  Deliberative  Citizens:  The  Application  of  Q  Methodology  to  Deliberation  on  Policy  Issues,  Operant  Subjectivity,  36(2):  114-­‐34      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

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Participants  

Name   Surname   Affiliation   Email  Razan     Alzighaibi   UC   [email protected]  David   Carter   UC   [email protected]  Marion     Carter   UC   [email protected]  Mick   Chisnall   UC   [email protected]  Nicole     Curato   UC   [email protected]  

John     Dryzek   UC   [email protected]  

Sonya   Duus   UC   [email protected]  

Selen   Ercan   UC   [email protected]  

Paul   Fawcett   UC   [email protected]  Jean-­‐Paul   Gagnon   UC   Jean-­‐[email protected]  Lyndal     Hasselman   UC   [email protected]  

Carolyn   Hendriks   ANU   [email protected]  

Daniel   Jantos   -­‐   [email protected]  Stefan     Mann   The  Swiss  Federal  Research  

Station  Agroscope  [email protected]  

David     Marsh   UC   [email protected]  

Hitomi   Nakanishi   UC   [email protected]  Kei     Nishiyama   UC   [email protected]  

Lucy     Parry   University  of  Sheffield   [email protected]  

Leonie   Pearson   UC   [email protected]  

Jonathan     Pickering   UC   [email protected]  

Richard     Reid   UC   [email protected]  Pia     Rowe   UC   [email protected]  Emerson   Sanchez   UC   [email protected]  Hamish   Sinclair   UC   [email protected]  Andrea     Soriano   ANU   [email protected]  

Viv   Straw   UC   [email protected]  Ana     Tanasoca   UC   [email protected]  

Grant     Walton   ANU   [email protected]