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From: Estrid Sørensen <estrid@...>
Date: 2009/5/20
Subject: PhD course: ANT and Learning
To: EUROGRAD@...


Dear colleagues,

please circulate this information to PhD students in the field of learning/education and interested in actor-network theory:


PhD course at the School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen Campus:
*Introduction to Actor-Network Theory and its application in learning research*

Interest in Actor-Network Theory has increased the recent years among students and researchers of learning and education. The aim of the course is to introduce this complex theory and methodology to the educational field. More than a general introduction to ANT the course aims at linking the vocabulary and methods specifically to the area of learning or educational research. Focus of the course will be on the craft of writing in an 'Actor-Network Theory style'. Only very few scholars have yet made the connection between education/learning and Actor-Network Theory, but this course gathers some highly inspiring scholars of the study of children, knowledge and materiality: Helen Verran (Melbourne), Alan Prout (Warwick) and Estrid Sørensen (Copenhagen). The course focuses on the relationship between learning, childhood, knowledge and materiality, on how to investigate and represent these along with the society and culture they are part of.

For details on the course, please visit the following web-site: http://www.dpu.dk/site.aspx?p=6609&newsid1=8720 <http://www.dpu.dk/site.aspx?p=6609&newsid1=8720>

All best,
Estrid Sørensen

Danish School of Education, Aarhus University
Department of Learning
Tuborgvej 164
2400 Copenhagen NV
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