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Workshops
Running for approximately 90 minutes, workshops are learning opportunities with the aim of pedagogical or professional development on a certain topic of interest or relevance to the general theme of the conference.
اصول ترجمه متون ادبي و علوم انساني
(دکتر علي خزاعي فريد (دانشگاه فردوسي مشهد
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"Comparative Cultural Studies: Competing Discourses in American and Persian Popular Music"
Bilingual workshop (English, Persian)
Dr. Anna Oldfield (Coastal Carolina University, USA)
Dr. Azra Ghadeharion (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad)
The rivalry in social and cultural institutions, commodification, and appearance of new forms of wealth and power are well represented in the study of new media and popular culture. However, there is an academic gap in the study of comparative popular media and the transitional process of media in America and Iran. Only a comparative approach can discover the complex processes of competing discourses in popular culture and their pedagogical aspects where cultural borders of tradition and modernity are blurred. This workshop will use the comparative study of American Blues music and Persian popular music as sites where competing ideas meet and dialogue in the fluid medium of song.
The dynamic of creative dialogue and conflict between the modern and traditional is strong in both American and Persian popular music. Contemporary American genres, such as Hip-Hop and Rock and Roll, arose from the American Blues tradition. Blues is a genre that arose in African-American culture in the early 20th century, melding African song traditions with American realities and the western guitar. Blues music, passed from master to apprentice, was part traditional, part innovative, using improvisation and reinterpretation to give old songs new meanings. As the voice of a marginalized people, Blues music offered an alternative voice with the pedagogic function to teach alternative histories that were absent from official cultural narratives. Modern commercial genres, which inherited musical traditions of the Blues, also inherited the impulse to be a site where social conflicts can be opened and addressed. Despite their modern and westernized style, Iranian hit songs are heavily indebted to classical Persian literature and didacticism. With melancholic or euphoric tone and recurring imageries, they are the site of rivalry between the reinforcing discourse of national tradition and the subversive discourse of modernized Iran. That said, modern genres in both American and Persian music have also been heavily commercialized, and often reinforce stereotypes as much as they challenge them.
After the introductory notes on American and Persian Music, (un)official and cultural narratives, and stereotypes, the flow of the workshop is based on the interaction of participants and their discussions of the samples. The workshop will end with some recommendations for using comparative cultural studies, especially musicology, more systematically.
کارگاه، با دو مدرس و به صورت دو زبانه برگزار خواهد شد. لذا داشتن دانش بالا در زبان انگليسي براي علاقه مندان اجباري نمي باشد
SMART Classroom
Management: Systematic Mediation and Reasonable Treatment
Dr. Nematullah Shomoossi (Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences)
SMART Classroom Management (Systematic Mediation and Reasonable Treatment) is an
interdisciplinary approach to understanding teachers’ classroom practices and
learners’ responses (both positive reactions to learning and disruptive
behaviors hampering the classroom learning flow). Undoubtedly, English teachers
are among those who need to manage an ongoing moment-by-moment interaction in
the class, and wish to constructively respond to learners’ reactions. By SMART Classroom
Management, teachers are expected to take actions, rather than blindly wait for
learners’ reactions, in order to successfully manage their classes. The workshop will provide participants with a theoretical
basis on individual differences (e.g. gender differences,
brain laterality, learning styles, personality types, cognitive styles,
attribution styles, differences in motivation, and multiple
intelligences); also, practical evidence and
examples will be presented for better understanding learners’ disruptive
behavior, barriers against proper communication, conflict resolution, etc. All
novice teachers including BA, MA and PhD candidates wishing to prospectively
succeed in teaching English are honorably requested to attend this workshop.
Nematullah Shomoossi, Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics,
is the head of English Department at Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences,
Iran. He has experienced teaching English for over two decades; his
publications include interdisciplinary books and articles on learning and
classroom practices. In addition to journal papers and conference
presentations, he is currently involved in developing an interdisciplinary approach
to understanding teachers’ role in the classroom as mediators of the classroom
scenario; the result has been a number of publications including a successful
book (SMART
Classroom Management, 2017), demanded in most teacher training programs.
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