[ecrea] Second International conference on "Power & Knowledge

>*Second International conference on Power & Knowledge,*
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>*Tampere, (Finland), September 6-8, 2010***
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>The organizing team has decided to reopen the call for papers and
>continue to receive abstracts until June 15.
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>A new round of submissions is therefore open for the panel
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>The Power of Visual Discourse. Theoretical and Empirical Developments
>after Postmodernity
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>Panel chair: Matteo Stocchetti (PhD)
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>This panel invites theoretical and empirical contributions on the
>application of Critical Discourse Analysis to visual communication. Our
>main purpose is to discuss the nature of constraints and opportunities
>associated to the use of this method in the analysis of the way in which
>relations of power are established, reproduced and challenged in visual
>discourse.
>
>
>We welcome participation in form of papers (about 8000 words) or
>research notes (2000 words) that seek to give an original contribution
>through theoretical discussion of and/or empirical engagements with the
>role of visual communication in contemporary societies
>
>
>Questions of special interest include (but are not limited to):
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>· What is the distinctive contribution of CDA to visual analysis?
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>· How CDA addresses the intellectual challenge of postmodernity and in
>particular the elusive or liquid nature of power and the crisis of truth?
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>· How CDA relates to mainstream and non mainstream approach within the
>broad field of Visual Studies?
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>· Is it possible to assess the actual efficacy of CDA in antagonizing
>oppression and support emancipatory practices in visual communication?
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>· What is the role of ideology in the practical possibility of
>establishing an effective ground to challenge hegemonic neoliberalism in
>visual communication and to oppose the marketization of visuality and
>public imaginary?
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>· How CDA does meet critical requirements in the communicative
>conditions of cultural diversity and cosmopolitanism?
>
>*
>Abstracts: *These should be between 150-200 words and must include the
>presenters name, institutional affiliation, email and postal address,
>together with the title of the paper and a brief biographical note. *New
>deadline for abstracts is June 15th *
>
>Abstracts should be submitted through the conference management system at
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>http://www.paredix.net/ocs1/index.php/PaK/pak10
>
>For more information please contact
>
>matteo.stocchetti(at)arcada.fi
>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
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