Subjectivity and Learning Conference

Ros­kil­de Uni­ver­si­ty, Den­mark, 26 to28 May 2010

This con­fe­rence focu­ses on the ever­y­day prac­ti­ces of per­sons, and the inter­play bet­ween actors and social struc­tures in ever­y­day life. Ever­y­day life in the Nor­dic and Euro­peans socie­ties is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by an unpre­ce­den­ted rup­tu­re of eco­no­mic and poli­ti­cal sys­tems, cul­tu­ral mea­nings and indi­vi­du­al iden­ti­ties. Glo­bal and envi­ron­men­tal chan­ges force us to revi­se and recon­sider our way of life and affects us at all levels of exis­tence. It appears as if that which seems sta­ble today will be ren­de­red unsta­ble tomor­row. The con­fe­rence focu­ses on the­se chan­ges and trans­for­ma­ti­ons and aims to deba­te and dis­cuss how this can be unders­tood and explo­red. What theo­ries, metho­do­lo­gies and ana­ly­ti­cal con­cepts help us to stu­dy the trans­for­ma­ti­ons of ever­y­day life in chan­ging socie­ties?
The con­fe­rence will be the third in a series of inter­na­tio­nal con­fe­ren­ces orga­ni­zed by the Nor­dic Rese­arch Net­work for Ever­y­day Life Pro­ces­ses in Euro­pean Socie­ties (ELPiES). The net­work was foun­ded in 2007 by Kaj­sa Elle­gård, Depart­ment of Tech­no­lo­gy and Social Chan­ge, Lin­kö­ping Uni­ver­si­ty, Swe­den, Lars Den­cik and Allan Wes­ter­ling, Depart­ment of Psy­cho­lo­gy and Edu­ca­tio­nal Stu­dies, Ros­kil­de Uni­ver­si­ty, Den­mark, and Pir­jo Kor­ve­la, Depart­ment of Home Eco­no­mics and Craft Sci­ence, Uni­ver­si­ty of Hel­sin­ki, Fin­land. In 2009 the ELPiES net­work recei­ved a major grant by the Nor­dic Coun­cil of Minis­ters to deve­lop a Nor­dic Mas­ter Pro­gram in Ever­y­day Life Stu­dies.
During the con­fe­rence scho­lars will meet, dis­cuss and exch­an­ge ide­as, per­spec­ti­ves and rese­arch prac­ti­ces in ever­y­day life stu­dies. The rese­arch field com­pri­ses mul­ti- and inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry approa­ches and dwells on dif­fe­rent com­ple­xes of pro­blems con­cer­ning people’s dai­ly lives in dif­fe­rent pha­ses of the life cour­se. A gene­ral focus of the con­fe­rence will be on the theo­re­ti­cal and metho­do­lo­gi­cal chal­lenges in the stu­dy of ever­y­day life.
The con­fe­rence will com­pri­se six sub-the­mes during the con­fe­rence. Key­note pre­sen­ta­ti­ons will be given the first day and work­shops on each sub-the­me will be held the second day. The third day will focus on the theo­re­ti­cal and metho­do­lo­gi­cal chal­lenges of ever­y­day life rese­arch.

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