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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]