This workshop, run by the Language and Communication Research Cluster, is designed to foster further development of the interface of current research into reading, textual analysis, distributed language and associated perspectives.
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 8 May 2019, in Room CG06
1230 to 1315 Arrival and lunch
1315 to 1330 Introduction – PAUL COBLEY and JOHAN SIEBERS (both Middlesex University)
1330 to 1415 ‘Rereading Whorf: The Aufhebung of linguistic relativity and its implications for textual analysis’ – JOHAN SIEBERS
1415 to 1500 ‘Reading, reality and distributed perspectives’ – PAUL COBLEY
1500 to 1545 ‘Deflating symbols’ – STEPHEN COWLEY (University of Southern Denmark)
1545 to 1615 Tea/Coffee
1615 to 1700 “Reading close in class” – ALAN DURANT (Middlesex University)
1700 to 1745 ‘Shared acts of reading across digital platforms’ – BRONWEN THOMAS (Bournemouth University)
Thursday, 9 May 2019, in Room CG11
1000 to 1045 ‘Wikipedia and the social construction of neutrality’ – STEFAN LUTSCHINGER (Middlesex University)
1045 to 1130 ‘Reading beyond the reader: a multiscale view on reading’ – SARAH BRO TRASMUNDI (University of Southern Denmark)
1130 to 1215 ‘Hearing narratives’ – ADAM LIVELY and TANSY SPINKS (both Middlesex University)
1215 to 1245 Lunch
1245 to 1500 Project discussion
1500 Close
For more details, feel free to email Professor Paul Cobley at p.cobley@mdx.ac.uk.