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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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