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2017 Positioning Theory Conference

“Positioning Theory Across the Disciplines”

9 -12th July 2017Linacre College, Oxford University, UK

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Table of ContentsConference Program:.................................................................................................................................3

Keynote Presentations...............................................................................................................................6

Lunch Arrangements:.................................................................................................................................6

Abstracts:...................................................................................................................................................7

Session 1 - Cynthia Brock, Samantha McCarthy and Simon Kelley...................................................7

Session 2 – Katherine Frankel............................................................................................................7

Session 3 – Cheryl Jakab....................................................................................................................7

Session 4 – Deborah Wise..................................................................................................................7

Session 5 – Heli Mutanen..................................................................................................................7

Session 6 – Helen Haste.....................................................................................................................7

Session 7 – K Tao Han........................................................................................................................8

Session 8 – Luke Buhagiar & Gordon Sammut..................................................................................8

Session 9 – Janette Allen....................................................................................................................8

Session 10 – Joanne Blannin..............................................................................................................8

Session 11 – Brian Edmiston & Iona Towler-Evans...........................................................................8

Session 12 – Marta Lenartowicz........................................................................................................9

Session 13 - Pasi Hirvonen.................................................................................................................9

Session 14 – James R. King, Steven Hart, Deborah Kozdras, Stephanie Bennett..............................9

Session 15 – Geke Klapwijk................................................................................................................9

Session 16 – Rachael Gabriel, PhD; Sarah Woulfin, PhD...................................................................9

Session 17 – Grace Pigozzi...............................................................................................................10

Session 18 – Nazli Ellidokuz Avdan..................................................................................................10

Session 19 – Duncan Symons, Dr Christine Redman and Robyn Pierce..........................................10

Session 20 – Christine Redman........................................................................................................10

Session 21 – Pauline Thompson......................................................................................................10

Session 22 – Susan Rodrigues and Celia McDonald........................................................................10

Session 24 – Darian Thraikill............................................................................................................10

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Conference Program:

DAY ONESunday July 9th

Time Event Key Personnel LocationSunday July 9th

5.30pm for 6.00 start

Welcome Dinner Christine Redman & Joanne Blannin

Pizza Express,Golden Cross Walk, 8

Cornmarket St, Oxford OX1 3EX

DAY TWOMonday July 10th

8.30am for 8.45am Registration Christine Redman & Joanne

Blannin

Linacre CollegeSt. Cross Rd, Oxford

OX1 3JA

8.45 - 9.00 WelcomeChristine Redman and

Professor Luk Van Langenhove

Linacre College

9.00 - 9.45 Keynote Introduction Keynote

Melanie JamesProfessor Luk Van

Langenhove10.00 to

10.30 Morning Tea Linacre College

10.30-11.00

Session 1Cynthia Brock

Chair Christine Redman Linacre College

11.00-11.30

Session 2Katherine Frankel

11.30-12.00

Session 3Cheryl Jakab

12.00-12.30

Session 4Deborah Wise

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch

Oxford University Club 11 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ

5 min walk

1.30-2.00 Session 5Heli Mutanen

Chair Joanne Blannin Linacre College2.00-2.30 Session 6

Helen Haste

2.30-3.00 Session 7K.Tao Han

3.00-3.30 Session 8Luke Buhagiar

3.00 - 3.20 Afternoon tea Linacre College

3.25 – 4.10 Plenary Keynote A/Professor Melanie James Linacre College

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DAY THREETuesday July 11th

Time Event Key personnel Location

9am for 9.15 start

Christine Redman & Joanne Blannin

Linacre CollegeSt. Cross Rd, Oxford OX1

3JA,

9.15-10.00 Keynote Introduction Keynote

Professor Luk Van Langenhove

Professor Ali Moghaddam

Linacre College

10.10 to 10.30 Morning Tea Linacre College

10.30-11.00

Session 9Janette Allen

Chair Prof Luk Van Langenhove

Linacre College11.00-11.30

Session 10Joanne Blannin

11.30-12.00

Session 11Brian Edmiston

12.15-1.15 LunchOxford University Club

11 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ5 min walk

1.30 – 2.00 Session 12Marta Lenartowicz

Chair Melanie James Linacre College

2.00 – 2.30 Session 13Pasi Hirvonen

2.30 – 3.00 Session 14James King

3.00 – 3.30 Session 15Geke Klapwijk

3.30 – 4.00 Session 16Rachel Gabriel

4.00 – 4.20 Afternoon tea Linacre College

4.20 – 5.00 Plenary Keynote Professor Mary McVee Linacre College

Conference Dinner – TBA

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DAY FOURWednesday July 12th

Time Event Key personnel Location

9am for 9:15am start

Christine Redman & Joanne Blannin

Linacre CollegeSt. Cross Rd, Oxford OX1

3JA,

9:15-9:45 Session 17Grace Pigozzi

Chair Mary McVee Linacre College9:45 – 10:15 Session 18

Nazli Avdan

10:15 -10:45 Morning Tea Linacre College

10:45-11:15 Session 19Duncan Symons

Chair Mary McVee Linacre College11:15-11:45 Session 20

Christine Redman

12:00-1:00 LunchOxford University Club

11 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ5 min walk

1:15 – 1:45 Session 21Pauline Thompson

Chair Deb Wise Linacre College1:45-2:15 Session 22

Robert Roe

2:15-2:45 Session 23Susan Rodrigues

2:45-3:15 Session 24Darian Thraikill

3:15-3:30 Afternoon tea Linacre College

3.30 – 5.00 Future conferences

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Keynote Presentations

Professor Luk Van LangenhoveVarieties of Moral Orders and the dual Structure of Society

A/Professor Melanie JamesEmergent Strategic Positioning in Organisational Communication

Professor Ali Moghaddam Positioning and Political Plasticity

Professor Mary McVeePositioning Theory and Education: A Call for a Trans-disciplinary Truth

Lunch Arrangements:For lunch please make your way to Oxford University Club. You will be provided with a voucher to choose your lunch.

A short walk from Linacre College will take you to the venue for lunch: Oxford University Club 11 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ.

Please note the time of the afternoon session and allow adequate time for the return walk to Linacre College.

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Abstracts:Each presenter will have 15-20 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes of interactive discussion. The

chair of each session will monitor the time and facilitate discussion.

Session 1 - Cynthia Brock, Samantha McCarthy and Simon KelleyUniversity of Wyoming, U.S.A. & Catholic Education, South Australia

Using Positioning Theory to Explore Disciplinary Literacy In a Primary Classroom: The Role of Children’s Talk in a Grade Five/Grade Six History Unit

Session 2 – Katherine FrankelAssistant Professor, School of Education, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(Re)Positioning Readers in a Peer Mentorship Model of Literacy Instruction for Adolescents

Session 3 – Cheryl JakabMelbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

A positive positioning research interview design: How to explore children's meaning-making in supported activity.

Session 4 – Deborah WiseSchool of the Creative Industries Faculty of Education and Arts University of Newcastle Australia

A quest for, and the pursuit of, power: a case study applying James’ (2014) Framework for Intentional Positioning in Public Relations and Tobias’ (2011) concept of master plots to

examine political positioning.

Session 5 – Heli MutanenUniversity of Eastern FinlandPhilosophical Faculty/School of Educational Sciences and Psychology

Narrative positioning in the interview situation: Young adults resisting identities of “being at risk”

Session 6 – Helen HasteHarvard Graduate School of Education

Repositioning ‘Liberal’ Assumptions:How new populism, counter-narratives and discourses challenge dominant meaning-making

Session 7 – K Tao HanUniversity of Wyoming

Voices from Red States: Challenging Racial Positioning in Some of the Most Conservative Communities in America

Session 8 – Luke Buhagiar & Gordon SammutUniversity of Malta

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Argumentation and Positioning: Empirical insights and arguments for argumentation analysis

Session 9 – Janette AllenMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

From the “Telling” to “Tentative Truth”: How the use of the Positioning Theory triangle enabled multiple truths to become evident

Session 10 – Joanne BlanninMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Primary Teachers’ Relationships to the use of Web 2.0 Technologies: a positioning theory approach

Session 11 – Brian Edmiston & Iona Towler-EvansUniversity of Eastern Finland

Interaction, Positioning, and Small Groups: Developing a Meso-Level: Understanding of Small Groups Through Positioning Theory

Session 12 – Marta LenartowiczVrije Universiteit Brussel; The Evolution, Complexity and Cognition (ECCO) research group& United Nations University, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies

Repositioning the positioning theory: Four takeaway points for complexity science

Session 13 - Pasi HirvonenUniversity of Eastern Finland

Interaction, Positioning, and Small Groups: Developing a Meso-Level: Understanding of Small Groups Through Positioning Theory

Session 14 – James R. King, Steven Hart, Deborah Kozdras, Stephanie BennettUniversity of South Florida, California State University-Fresno, University of South Florida, Mississippi State University

Authentic Literacies and Becoming Someone Else: Examining Role Affordances within Adolescents’ Service-Learning for Literate Identities

Session 15 – Geke KlapwijkOpen University

Dutch parents’ and teachers’ positioning in their collaborating practices

Session 16 – Rachael Gabriel, PhD; Sarah Woulfin, PhDUniversity of Connecticut

Positioning Dyslexia : Discourses of Policy & Advocacy

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Session 17 – Grace PigozziDominican University

Young authors online: Exploring the meaning making process through positionings in place and space

Session 18 – Nazli Ellidokuz AvdanDepartment of Culture and Communication, Linköping University

Stance Theory Complements Positioning Theory in the Analysis of Blue-card Questions

Session 19 – Duncan Symons, Dr Christine Redman and Robyn PierceMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Evolving Positioning within Online Collaborative Mathematical Problem Solving

Session 20 – Christine RedmanMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Positioning theory as a contributor to teaching and learning practices

Session 21 – Pauline ThompsonMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Conducting and researching professional learning as an ‘insider’ – using a positioning theory lens

Section 22 – Robert RoeMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Dramaturgical Representations of Social Drama in Educational Settings: Opening a New Dimension in Positioning Analysis

Session 23 – Susan Rodrigues and Celia McDonaldLiverpool Hope University

Making Sense of Diagrams in Science: Teacher and Pupil Tacit and Explicit agency

Session 24 – Darian ThraikillUniversity of Wyoming

Creating Barriers: The Effects of Teacher Educators’ Positions Within the Discipline

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