Technical and Research Skills: Other (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Deconstruction Theory and Your Research

2 hours

This workshop will serve as a brief introduction to deconstruction and will offer a 'user's guide' to its application in humanities and social sciences research. The seminar will be in two parts: the first part will provide a brief history of deconstruction, identifying its key theorists and most important conceptual innovations; the second part will be a discussion of individual participants' research projects.

The workshop will approach deconstruction as a 'toolbox' for creating new problem-solutions in research and show how its tools can be accessed and utilised. Consideration will be given to how deconstruction can be applied to different disciplines (e.g. humanities, social sciences, hard sciences). Through attendance at the workshop, you will be:

• familiar with the history of deconstruction
• able to identify some key theorists and main concepts in deconstruction
• able to reflect critically on the usefulness of deconstruction for advanced research in humanities and social science

Provider: UGC
Target Audience: RS & PGR