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Telling Tales about and through the Body: Narrative and experience-based research methods between phenomenology and social constructionism
REPS – PhD course
Aim
To give PhD students a more in depth overview of the current research perspectives and methodological approaches of embodied narrative inquiry.
Background
Against the backdrop of the crisis of representation within social sciences there is a growing endeavor to find new forms of data representation by giving a distinct voice to the participants of our research, e.g., through life history, narrative or performative approaches. These stories express the lived experiences of the individual and give a picture of how research participants deal with life challenges. Many of these challenges are faced by more or less everyone in the (post)modern era – an era that can be characterized by growing diversity, social diversification and a break-up into innumerable lifestyles. As a consequence of these fundamental social changes, a number of social issues become key topics for further reflections, topics that are broadly discussed in different social and human sciences and that also have influence on the research in relation to sport, movement and the body.
Topics
The narrative approach will be presented through examples from research that somehow throw light on the growing personal and social challenges of our (post)modern society and which have relationship to the field of health, sport, movement and the body: Body and self, self-presentation in and through movement, sports, health and well-being as a personal life-style, sport and disrupted identities, sport/movement and creativity or sport/movement as part of a community of practice.
Format
Each day entails the speakers’ presentation, workshops, students’ presentations as well as practical exercises
Credits
4 ECTS.
Students willing to present their PhD project during the course (30 min. presentation) may be awarded with one additional ECTS point (=5 ECTS points total). It is a prerequisite for the successful participation to have read the obligatory course literature.
Speakers
Andrew Sparkes, University of Exeter
David Gilbourne, University of Cardiff
David Carless, Leeds Metropolitan University
Kitrina Douglas, University of Bristol
Helle Winther, Dept. of Exercise and Sport Scienses, University of Copenhagen
Lis Engel, Dept. of Exercise and Sport Scienses, University of Copenhagen
Reinhard Stelter, Dept. of Exercise and Sport Scienses, University of Copenhagen
Language
English
Dates
7 - 10 June 2010.
The course begins on the 7th at 10:00 and ends on the 10th at 16:00.
Place
Sankt Helene Center, Bygmarken 30, DK-3220 Tisvildeleje, Denmark
Tisvilde is a small town 60 km north of Copenhagen. Nearest airport is Copenhagen.
Contact
Professor Reinhard Stelter, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, rstelter@ifi.ku.dk
Registration
Please, fill in the online application form.
Deadline is 1 May, 2009. Soon after you will receive an acceptance of your participation with a guidance to payment of course fee.
Price for the participants
PhD students enrolled at a Danish university: 1600/2500 DKR Including full room (double / single room) and board
PhD students not enrolled at a Danish university: 2600/3500 DKR Including full room (double / single room) and board
