Conferences
ASFLA holds annual conferences presenting research into and applications of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Below are links which outline presentations, venues, dates and other details of past and upcoming conferences, organised by ASFLA as well as other associations working with Systemic Functional Linguistics.
ASFLA Annual Conference 2009
Kelvin Grove, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
September 30 - October 2, 2009
A dedicated conference website with detailed information and a registration facility is now available at http://www.meanjin.edu.au/asfla
With a Pre-Conference Institute for teachers and other interested parties September 28 - 29
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Theme: Practising Theory: Expanding understandings of Language, Literature and Literacy
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The theme is designed to be at once both focused and general. The inclusion of ‘Language, Literature and Literacy’ is a deliberate reference to the three elements proposed for the National English Curriculum about to be developed in Australia. With appropriately broad definitions, it is hoped that these will also be able to encompass any work currently being done in, or using, SFL.
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Within this theme the program will be organized around the three strands of school, workplace and community. The first day of the conference will have a particular focus on SFL in school teaching but it is intended that all three strands will be evident each day.
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Co-convenors: Garry Collins (gazco48 “at” bigpond.net.au), Dr Beryl Exley (b.exley “at” qut.edu.au)
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We look forward to welcoming you to the River City this September.
Towards Restorative Justice
The Challenges, Promises and Processes of a New Paradigm
University of Sydney
December 7-9, 2009
http://www.asfla.org.au/towardsrestorativejustice/
A conference on Language, Law and Social Justice co-presented by the Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association and the Sydney Institute of Criminology. 7th-9th December 2009, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney.
Governments around the world are actively experimenting with new ways of doing justice. Family group ‘conferencing’, circle sentencing, native title tribunals, land rights claims, truth commissions—all in various ways attempt to deliver a better quality of justice for those most immediately affected by a crime and to redress the disadvantages that certain social groups have historically experienced before the law. How are acts of repair and reconciliation negotiated in the fine detail of such processes? How do they compare to more familiar genres of police work and legal-judicial practice? Where does the vision of restorative justice begin and end?
Notes for Conference Organisers (revised)
Terms and Conditions
Refunds for cancellations are payable at the discretion of the ASFLA executive or conference committee as appropriate. Refunds may be subject to an administration fee (minimum 10%) to cover any costs the association may have incurred. In the event of a conference being cancelled by the association all monies will be refunded in full.