[Fwd: First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry]

[Peter Smagorinsky <smago@coe.uga.edu>]

> The
> First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
>
> The website www.qi2005.org now
> accepts submissions for the First International Congress of Qualitative
> Inquiry which will 
> take place at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from May 5-7,
> 2005. You are all welcome to visit our site and 
> submit your abstracts for both papers and sessions. 
>
> Half-day (morning and afternoon) pre-conference workshops (May 5), will
> precede the two-day Congress (May 6-7) which will 
> consist of plenary, spotlight, regular, and poster sessions. There will
> also be an opening reception with hors d'oeuvres and 
> cash bar, and a closing reception with cash bar and a barbecue-cookout.
>
> CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND WORKSHOP FACILITATORS INCLUDE: 
> Arthur Bochner " Liora Bresler " Nick Burbules " Kathy
> Charmaz " Clifford Christians " CL Cole " Norman Denzin
> " Carolyn 
> Ellis " Alice Filmer " Stephen Hartnett "Rodney Hodson
> " Stafford Hood " Ernest House " Valerie Janesick "
> Patti Lather " 
> Yvonna Lincoln " Ernest Lockridge " Cameron McCarthy "
> Kathryn Bell McKenzie " Luis Miron " Jan Morse " Susaan
> Nofke " 
> Virginia Olesen " Cele Otnes " Larry Parker " Ron Pelias
> " Wanda Pillow " Laurel Richardson " Fazal Rizvi "
> Katherine Ryan 
> "James Scheurich " Linda Tuhiwai Smith " Robert Stake
> " Bettie St. Pierre " Noreen Sugrue " Angharad Valdivia
> " Mary Weems 
>
> THEME 
>
> The theme of the First International Congress of Qualitative Research
> focuses on "Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of Global 
> Uncertainty." We call on the international community of interpretive
> scholars to gather together in common purpose to 
> address the implications of the recent attempts by federal governments
> and their agencies to define what is 'good science', 
> and what constitutes 'good scholarship'. Around the globe governments are
> attempting to regulate 
> interpretive inquiry by enforcing bio-medical, evidence-based models of
> research. 
>
> These regulatory activities raise basic philosophical, epistemological,
> political and pedagogical issues for scholarship and 
> freedom of speech in the academy. Their effects are interdisciplinary.
> They cut across the fields of educational and policy 
> research, the humanities, communications, health and social science,
> social welfare, business and law. 
>
> In the United States, the evidence-based experimental science movement,
> with accompanying federal legislation (Leave No 
> Child Behind), threatens to deny advances in critical qualitative
> inquiry, including rigorous criticisms of positivist research. 
> This legislation marginalizes indigenous, border, feminist, race, queer,
> and ethnic studies. The international community of qualitative
> researchers must come together to debate and discuss the 
> implications of these new developments. 
>
> The mission of the First International Congress is to provide a forum for
> these critical conversations, to build and expand the 
> already robust tradition of 
> Qualitative Inquiry. This congress gathers together vibrant strands of
> qualitative research to produce innovative futures. We 
> seek to generate lively, critical debate, foster contacts and the
> exchange ideas, and draw inspiration from each other. We 
> encourage international participation from different countries,
> disciplines and cultural backgrounds, as well as from a wide 
> range of research areas, including the humanities, medical and health
> care scholars. 
>
> We invite your submission of paper and session proposals. To learn more
> about the First International Congress and how to 
> participate, please visit our website
> <www.QI2005.org>. 
>
> Session and paper submissions will be accepted online only from October 1
> until December 1, 2004. (There is a limit of two 
> paper submissions per delegate) 
>
> It is assumed that the topics listed below will in one way or another be
> taken up in the sessions and in pre-conference 
> workshops, but please feel free to nominate your own topic. (Please note
> that we are not soliciting workshop submissions) 
> Conference and workshop registration will begin Dec. 1, 2004. 
>
> Norman K. Denzin , Chair of the Organizing Committee 
>
> SUGGESTED CONFERENCESESSION TOPICS 
> " Autoethnography & Performance Studies 
> " Critical Ethnography as Performance 
> " Critical Pedagogy 
> " Critical Race Theory & Moral Activism 
> " Cultural Policy 
> " Cultural Studies, Education & Pedagogy 
> " Decolonizing Neo-colonial Methodologies 
> " Decolonizing the Academy 
> " Democratic Methodologies 
> " Developments in Participatory Action Research 
> " Discourse Analysis 
> " Ethics, IRBs & Academic Freedom 
> " Ethnicity & Race 
> " Evaluating Inquiry 
> " Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century 
> " Foucault's Methodologies 
> " Funded Qualitative Research 
> " Global Ethnography 
> " Globalization & Transnationalism 
> " Governmental Regimes of Truth 
> " Grounded Theory & Social Justice Research 
> " Human Rights 
> " Human Subject Research 
> " Indigenous Approaches to Creating Knowledge 
> " Indigenous Policy Studies 
> " Investigative Poetry 
> " Mixed-methods designs & inquiry in Global Studies 
> " Nationhood & Nationalism 
> " New developments with focus groups 
> " New Media & Information Technology 
> " Participatory Action Inquiry 
> " Postcolonial Methodologies 
> " Qualitative Evaluation & Social Policy 
> " Social Policy Formation 
> " The Active Interview 
> " The Audit Culture & Neoliberalism 
> " The Global Consumer Culture 
> " The Science Wars 
> " Video, Dance & Performance Technologies 
> " Working with Multi-cultural Populations 
>
> PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (May 5, 2005) 
> 1. Focus Groups: New Developments (TBA) 
> 2. Case Study: Access and Intrusion (Robert Stake and Brinda Jegatheesan)
> 3. Performance Ethnography (Norman K Denzin) 
> 4. Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century (Virginia Olesen)
> 5. Foucault's Methodologies (James Scheurich (TBA) and Kathryn Bell
> McKenzie) 
> 6. Grounded Theory Methodologies for Social Justice Projects (Kathy
> Charmaz) 
> 7. Ethics, Human Subject Review Board & Qualitative Inquiry (Clifford
> Christians) 
> 8. Interpreting. Writing Up & Evaluating Qualitative Materials (Robin
> Jarrett) 
> 9. Investigative and Ethno-Poetics (Stephen Hartnett) 
> 10. Autoethnography (Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner) 
> 11. Democratic Evaluation (Ernest House and Katherine Ryan) 
>
> For more information contact
> info@QI2005.org 
> Visit our web site at
> http://www.QI2005.org 
>
> Deadline
> Extended: The First International Congress of Qualitative
> Inquiry
>
> Due to the growing interest in new conference panels and increasing
> volume of requests for submission deadline extension, 
> the deadline for submissions of open-panel session proposals and all
> papers to the First International Congress of Qualitative 
> Inquiry is now extended to January 15, 2005, while the previous deadline
> of December 1, 2004 still holds effect for closed-
> panel session proposals. Notification of the acceptance of closed-panel
> proposals will be given by December 15, 2004. Please 
> continue to visit our conference website
> www.qi2005.org for more information,
> and take advantage of this extension to work 
> on your proposal and papers.
>
> The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry will take place
> at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from May 
> 5-7, 2005. The theme of the First International Congress of Qualitative
> Research focuses on "Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of 
> Global Uncertainty." The mission of the conference is to provide a
> forum for conversations on the interdisciplinary implications 
> of positivist legislation and academia for critical qualitative
> scholarship especially in indigenous, border, feminist, race, queer,
> and ethnic studies, and to build and expand the already robust tradition
> of Qualitative Inquiry.
>
> Following topics are supposed to be taken up in the conference
> " Autoethnography & Performance Studies 
> " Critical Ethnography as Performance 
> " Critical Pedagogy 
> " Cultural Policy 
> " Cultural Studies, Education & Pedagogy 
> " Decolonizing Neo-colonial Methodologies 
> " Developments in Participatory Action Research 
> " Ethics, IRBs & Academic Freedom 
> " Ethnicity & Race 
> " Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century 
> " Foucault's Methodologies 
> " Global Ethnography 
> " Grounded Theory & Social Justice Research 
> " Human Subject Research 
> " Indigenous Approaches to Creating Knowledge 
> " Indigenous Policy Studies 
> " Mixed-methods designs & inquiry in Global Studies 
> " Nationhood & Nationalism 
> " New Media & Information Technology 
> " Postcolonial Methodologies 
> " The Audit Culture & Neoliberalism 
> " The Global Consumer Culture 
>
> The organization committee of the conference is chaired by Professor
> Norman K.Denzin.