Introduction to Discourse Analysis

Description

This workshop will introduce participants to the basics of social science discourse analysis (and similar approaches such as narrative analysis), i.e. to a family of (interpretive) approaches that emphasise the constructed nature of the social and the importance of struggles for interpretive hegemony for the definition of social and political “realities”. It starts with a brief introduction to the theoretical and epistemological bases of (poststructuralist) discourses analysis, then moves on to practical exercises whose aim is to illustrate how discourse analytical research is concretely done. These exercises will also raise issues such as validity criteria, the nature and limits of interpretation, and how to write up this type of research convincingly. Finally, participants will have an opportunity to briefly consider various “schools” of discourse analysis and discuss the usefulness of discourse analytical work for various disciplines. Workshop Details: https://www.kindinstitute.net/workshop-outlines/sgier-ii-january-2025