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ESRC seminar on Abjection and Alterity, 21st May, University of Warwick

  • 1.  ESRC seminar on Abjection and Alterity, 21st May, University of Warwick

    Posted 05-11-2009 06:09
    Apologies for cross-posting. There are still a few places available at this seminar, including travel bursaries of up to £100 for anyone currently registered for a PhD. A full timetable is attached. To book a (free) place, please follow the link below or contact the organiser, Philip Hancock (philip.hancock@wbs.ac.uk):
     

    ESRC Seminar Series - Abjection and Alterity in the Workplace

    Seminar Three  - Being, Doing and Representing Abjection at Work

    Thursday May 21st 2009, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

    Radcliffe House, University of Warwick, UK

     

    This seminar builds on the conceptual, theoretical and methodological insights of the previous two, and will explore in a more concrete manner both the representation and the lived experiences of abjection and alterity. As such, the speakers invited to this session all have first-hand experience of research on social groups who have, in one way or another, been designated as abject within the world of work and organisation.

     The seminar will seek to address questions such as:

    ·        How do particular groups of employees, and those subject to the organizational gaze, perhaps experience their own alterity and abjection?

    ·        How, and with what consequences is the status of the abject ascribed to certain groups of employees and organisational clients, and with what consequences?

    ·        What are the implications of such a catergorisation for those who research and work with such subject groups?

    ·        What forms and patterns of reappropriation and resistance emerge within and amongst such stigmatised groups?

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    Confirmed speakers are:

    Professor Bobby Banerjee - University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Daniel Doherty - University of Bristol, UK

    Steve Lowe, Derbyshire County Council, UK

    Dr Kat Riach, University of Essex, UK

    Dr John Troyer - University of Bath, UK

    Attendance (which includes the seminar pack and lunch) is free. There will also be 10 bursaries of up to £100 each to fund travel to the seminar for doctoral students.

     

    To register for this event please go to:

     

    http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/projects/aaw/

     

    Please email Philip Hancock [philip.hancock@wbs.ac.uk] for further details.