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Participating in research symposia: tales of reinscription, disruption, and inclusivity

journal contribution
posted on 2017-11-01, 00:00 authored by Peta WhitePeta White, S Birdsall
Having participated in both the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education (NZAEE) and Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) Research Symposia of 2016, the authors provide a critical analysis of the opportunities provided during these symposia for researchers to position themselves within the environmental education field. Each symposium is analysed in terms of its purpose and program structure, and the opportunities for researchers to communicate and share their ideas, build their research community, and frame their field. It was found that there were spaces for researchers to reinscribe the structures and practices of the environmental education field, but less space for its disruption. Furthermore, it seemed that there were some voices from the edge who were unintentionally silenced to some degree; for example, emerging researchers, women, and Indigenous people. It is recommended that symposia organisers and delegates give careful consideration to these spaces for disruption and to inclusivity when planning and attending future symposia.

History

Journal

Australian journal of environmental education

Volume

33

Issue

3

Pagination

131 - 144

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Location

Cambridge, Eng.

ISSN

0814-0626

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2018, The Authors