ALARA Australian Conference 2009
Melbourne, September 18-19
Conference Theme
Living Differently:
Action Researching our way through the Ecological and Economic Meltdown
Hosted by ALARA, the oases Graduate School
and the Borderlands Cooperative
In the midst of successive waves of ‘bad news’ about our global economy and ecology, Action Learning and Action Research practitioners are turning their visions, objectives and methodologies to the newly emerging context. At the same time, many of us also encounter in the communities, organisations and people with whom we work, an inability to fully engage with the new realities. The liberal use of words like ‘sustainability’ may make things seem well, but is the needed response really galvanising? The Conference will explore how our practice theories and epistemologies, participatory strategies and practices, and our learning/research methods and relational approaches, are best able to actively generate the crucial differences we are seeking in our ecological and social contexts and ways of living.
The Conference will be held at the “Augustine Centre” – home to theoases Graduate School, the Borderlands Cooperative, theAction Research Issues Association and the state-wide SPIRAL network
2 Minona Street, Hawthorn (Melbourne)
For more information, please email info@oases.edu.au or phone (03) 9819 3502 or see the ALARA website on http://www.alara.net.au/2009OrganisingConference
Additional information - including registration, hotels, maps, program, etc. - will be available as the preparations for the Conference progress.
Call for proposals - short one-page catalyst papers, abstracts for papers, workshop outlines, roundtables, panels and other creative methods
The Organising Committee will receive proposals from interested individuals and groups till June 8th 2009 for refereed papers and August 1st for all other proposals (please email to info@oases.edu.au with ‘ALARA Conference’ in the subject line; or give us a ring at 03 – 9819 3239). We will let participants know about the acceptance of refereed papers by July 1st 2009 and all other proposals by mid August (please email to info@oases.edu.au with ‘ALARA Conference’ in the subject line; or give us a ring at 03 – 9819 3239).
We will let participants know about the acceptance of those proposals in relation to the program by June 6th 2009.
The ALARA website - http://www.alara.net.au/2009OrganisingConference - lists the AR and AL ‘streams’ and themes we'd like to pursue in the conference. To date, we're looking at:EducationCommunity and International DevelopmentHealth (incl. Mental Health) Community & Human ServicesIndigenous IssuesSystems (including Business and Management) EnvironmentYouth
Additional themes or areas of application of AR and AL are welcome and we are looking forward to receiving additional stream suggestions!
Call for skills development workshops
As well as the two-day conference on the 18th and 19th, we are seeking offers of proposals for fee-for-service skills development workshops on the 17th September in the same location. Workshops may be full-day or half-day presentations.
The pre-conference workshops are geared to people of differing levels of experience – some who'd like to update their action learning, action research skills; others may wish to deepen and consolidate their mastery of the paradigm, as well as catering for beginners planning to use AL, AR and PAR in their practice.
The conference organising committee is keen to hear from anyone who would like to present a workshop.
Please let Jeannette Kavanagh know on jkavanagh@ains.net.au if you'd like to present a workshop; or preferably speak to her about your ideas, calling her on (03) 9509 4227. A third alternative is to register your interest via the link on the ALARA website above. A fourth means of contact is to phone Jacques Boulet at Oases Graduate School on (03) 9819 3239.
_____________________________________
The ALARA 2009 Melbourne conference website is:
http://www.alara.net.au/2009OrganisingConference
__________________________________________
Conference Theme
Living Differently:
Action Researching our way through the Ecological and Economic Meltdown
Hosted by ALARA, the oases Graduate School
and the Borderlands Cooperative
In the midst of successive waves of ‘bad news’ about our global economy and ecology, Action Learning and Action Research practitioners are turning their visions, objectives and methodologies to the newly emerging context. At the same time, many of us also encounter in the communities, organisations and people with whom we work, an inability to fully engage with the new realities. The liberal use of words like ‘sustainability’ may make things seem well, but is the needed response really galvanising? The Conference will explore how our practice theories and epistemologies, participatory strategies and practices, and our learning/research methods and relational approaches, are best able to actively generate the crucial differences we are seeking in our ecological and social contexts and ways of living.
The Conference will be held at the “Augustine Centre” – home to theoases Graduate School, the Borderlands Cooperative, theAction Research Issues Association and the state-wide SPIRAL network
2 Minona Street, Hawthorn (Melbourne)
For more information, please email info@oases.edu.au or phone (03) 9819 3502 or see the ALARA website on http://www.alara.net.au/2009OrganisingConference
Additional information - including registration, hotels, maps, program, etc. - will be available as the preparations for the Conference progress.
Call for proposals - short one-page catalyst papers, abstracts for papers, workshop outlines, roundtables, panels and other creative methods
The Organising Committee will receive proposals from interested individuals and groups till June 8th 2009 for refereed papers and August 1st for all other proposals (please email to info@oases.edu.au with ‘ALARA Conference’ in the subject line; or give us a ring at 03 – 9819 3239). We will let participants know about the acceptance of refereed papers by July 1st 2009 and all other proposals by mid August (please email to info@oases.edu.au with ‘ALARA Conference’ in the subject line; or give us a ring at 03 – 9819 3239).
We will let participants know about the acceptance of those proposals in relation to the program by June 6th 2009.
The ALARA website - http://www.alara.net.au/2009OrganisingConference - lists the AR and AL ‘streams’ and themes we'd like to pursue in the conference. To date, we're looking at:EducationCommunity and International DevelopmentHealth (incl. Mental Health) Community & Human ServicesIndigenous IssuesSystems (including Business and Management) EnvironmentYouth
Additional themes or areas of application of AR and AL are welcome and we are looking forward to receiving additional stream suggestions!
Call for skills development workshops
As well as the two-day conference on the 18th and 19th, we are seeking offers of proposals for fee-for-service skills development workshops on the 17th September in the same location. Workshops may be full-day or half-day presentations.
The pre-conference workshops are geared to people of differing levels of experience – some who'd like to update their action learning, action research skills; others may wish to deepen and consolidate their mastery of the paradigm, as well as catering for beginners planning to use AL, AR and PAR in their practice.
The conference organising committee is keen to hear from anyone who would like to present a workshop.
Please let Jeannette Kavanagh know on jkavanagh@ains.net.au if you'd like to present a workshop; or preferably speak to her about your ideas, calling her on (03) 9509 4227. A third alternative is to register your interest via the link on the ALARA website above. A fourth means of contact is to phone Jacques Boulet at Oases Graduate School on (03) 9819 3239.
_____________________________________
The ALARA 2009 Melbourne conference website is:
http://www.alara.net.au/2009OrganisingConference
__________________________________________
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