COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
COURSE: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Course facilitator:
General information:
Course dates: Weekly sessions every Saturday, from 20 septiembre to 1 november
Time: 16:00 - 19:00 (CEST/CET)
Total hours of course sessions: 21
Place: Online (Zoom Meetings)
Primary language: Spanish
Price: €200 for full course
Course certificate included in price
Registration (open until 18/09):
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Registration for full for course only. If you wish to register for an individual class session please contact us directly at: centre@discoursestudies.org.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The fall course in Discourse Analysis focuses on the social and cognitive dimensions of discourse. In relation to the social aspect, the course addresses relevant concepts such as social group, institution, power, abuse of power, counterpower, and social resistance. These and other sociological and political notions are necessary for analyzing the use of discourse in society. Regarding the cognitive aspect, the course deals, on the one hand, with some cognitive structures such as script, framing, and mental model to explain the cognitive processing of discourse; on the other hand, the course focuses on the relationship between discourse and ideology. This latter aspect is fundamental, especially in the field of Critical Discourse Analysis, where it is important to analyze the role of ideologies and discourse in the reproduction of social problems such as racism or sexism, but also in the reproduction of social resistance, such as anti-racism or feminism.
The course also reviews the main textual structures of discourse (syntax, semantics, pragmatics, rhetoric, etc.), which are key to analyzing discourse and its relationship with society and ideologies.
The course will be taught by Dr. César Colorado.
Program:
Session 1. September 20th (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST time zone): From structure to the use of discourse in society. Discourse as social practice.
Session 2: September 27th (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST time zone): Discourse and society, a relationship mediated by cognition.
Session 3: October 4th (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST time zone): Social dimension structures. The social and communicative situation, and social interaction.
Session 4: October 11th (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST time zone): Structures of the social dimension. The social situation: the group, the institution, power relations, social change.
Session 5: October 18th (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST time zone): The influence of social cognitions on society: ideology, knowledge, and attitudes.
Session 6: October 25th (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST time zone): The role of discourse in the construction and reproduction of social practices.
Session 7: November 1st (Saturday), 16:00 to 19:00 (CET time zone): Social discrimination based on race, religion, and social class. Resistance and social struggle.