Event overview
“Your Voice Matters”: a phrase increasingly seeping into public consciousness as opinions are sought in surveys from supermarkets to students’ unions. Similarly, the voices of domestic abuse victims/survivors are increasingly recognised for their importance in contributing their ‘lived experiences’ towards service improvement across statutory and private institutions. However, most research with this typically perceived hard-to-reach group has taken a thematic approach, with researchers citing victim/survivor voices to reveal and reflect gaps between expectation and service delivery, without explanation of the “why”. My research and presentation however will show how critical discourse analysis (CDA) prioritises victim/survivor voices as a map towards explanation rather than mere reflection, adding value to the themes of typical sociological enquiry, and providing a “basis for action” (Fairclough 2018: 13). My presentation also seeks to explore and discuss the challenges of explaining the complexities of CDA to non-specialists in real-world environments, to highlight the potential contribution CDA can make towards concrete change for the better.
Theresa Norton (PhD candidate, Goldsmiths) will be presenting this seminar as part of the Cross-London Sociolinguistics Seminar Series.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
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