[ecrea] CfP "Online political participation and its critics" ; International symposium of the DEL/CERTOP/CNRS research network, Paris, 19-20 June 2013

Deadline extended : October 1, 2012

International symposium of the DEL/CERTOP/CNRS research network
"Online political participation and its critics"
Paris, 19-20 June 2013

Since its inception in June 2002, at CERTOP/CNRS, under the scientific 
responsibility of Gerard Loiseau, the "Electronic Democracy" network 
(DEL) has been dedicated to enhancing research in the field of 
relationships between democratic processes and digital technologies. In 
2012, with its 150 members in more than twenty countries, DEL has 
contributed to the creation of a place for interdisciplinary discussions 
through the organization of regular meetings and seminars. In addition 
to the individual publications of its members, the network has enhanced 
scientific cooperation among them and has been able to establish solid 
partnerships. DEL now wishes to contribute more directly to the 
scientific production by organizing, ten years after its creation, an 
international symposium. This meeting is aiming at producing several 
publications that will allow both to summarize the mass of research 
conducted so far in the field of "electronic democracy", and to tackle 
new scientific issues.

Therefore, the aim of the conference "A critical approach to online 
political participation" is to confront the scientific work, from 
various fields, devoted to the transformations of contemporary political 
regimes possibly induced by the increasing integration of digital 
technologies, especially Internet, in the various fields of social life. 
Oscillating between a techno-centric enthusiasm and skeptical social 
constructivism, the first analysis of the Internet’s ability to 
revitalize the functioning of representative government through citizen 
appropriation has quickly given way to more substantive questions. Under 
what conditions are citizens able to capture digital networks in order 
to inform themselves, to express preferences or political demands, to 
challenge institutionalized powers or to constitute new forms of social 
mobilizations ? Beyond such a teleological perspective, the increased 
opportunities for information and expression generated by the 
development of social networks that can disturb traditional 
representations and institutional practices questions the boundaries of 
politics and the role of technology in their ability to increase their 
degree of elasticity.

Specifically, this conference aims to explore the digital practices of 
political participation by questioning both its empirical 
manifestations, and the consistency of the concepts previously used to 
qualify those practices.

The conference will be held in Paris, for two days :
? The first day (June 19, 2013) will be based on the presentation and 
discussion of young researchers’ papers, both in French or English, 
coming from answers to the call for papers enclosed and available on the 
DEL website : http://certop.fr/DEL/spip.php?article2573 (deadline 
extended : October 1, 2012)

This first day is organized around three thematic sessions :
1. Theoretical and ideological debates on online political participation ;
2. The new formats of political talk and new spaces of politicization ;
3. New actors and reconfigurations of political power.
For each session, four papers will be presented and discussed by a 
dedicated critical reader, followed by a discussion with the public.

? In addition to the general assembly of the DEL network to be held in 
the morning, the second day (June 20, 2013) will be devoted to two panels :
The first roundtable will invite French and International key 
researchers in the field to debate around the following question : Can 
we analyze online political participation with the traditional concepts 
used in social sciences ?

The second panel will invite politicians and practitioners to react to 
the following question : is digital politics “politics as usual”, or has 
is changed your way of doing politics ?

In parternship with :
CERTOP/CNRS ; CEDITEC, University of Paris Est Créteil ; COSTECH, 
University of Technology of Compiègne ; Groupement d’intérêt 
scientifique sur la participation du public aux processus décisionnels 
et la démocratie participative (GIS Participation and Democracy) ; 
International Political Science Association (IPSA) - Research Committee 
10 "Electronic Democracy" ; European Consortium for Political Research 
(ECPR) - Standing Group on Internet & Politics

Scientific responsibles
Gérard Loiseau ((loiseau /at/ univ-tlse2.fr))
Stéphanie Wojcik ((stephanie.wojcik /at/ u-pec.fr))

Scientific committee
Eva Anduiza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) ; Nick Anstead 
(London School of Economics, UK) ; Frédérick Bastien (Université de 
Montréal, Canada) ; Bruce Bimber (University of California, USA) ; 
Gersende Blanchard (Université Lille 3, France) ; Robert Boure 
(Université Toulouse 3, France) ; Dominique Cardon (Orange Labs, France) 
; Stephen Coleman (Leeds University, UK) ; Carlos Cunha (Lisbon 
University Institute, Portugal) ; Patrice Flichy (Université Paris Est 
Marne-la-Vallée, France) ; Eric George (Université du Québec à Montréal, 
Canada) ; Rachel Gibson (Manchester University, UK) ; Todd Graham 
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands) ; Fabien Granjon (Université 
Paris 8, France) ; Dimitris Gouscos (University of Athens, Greece) ; 
Fabienne Greffet (Université de Lorraine, France) ; Josiane Jouët 
(Université Paris 2, France) ; Rabia Karakaya Polat (Isik University, 
Turkey) ; Norbert Kersting (Muenster University, Germany) ; Raphaël Kies 
(Université du Luxembourg) ; Robert Krimmer (OSCE, Poland) ; Gérard 
Loiseau (Certop/CNRS, France) ; Laurence Monnoyer-Smith (Université de 
Technologie de Compiègne, France) ; Karen Mossberger (University of 
Illinois at Chicago, USA) ; Beth Noveck (New York Law School, USA) ; 
Zizi Papacharissi (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) ; Serge 
Proulx (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada) ; Jarmo Rinne 
(University of Helsinki, Finland) ; Cristian Vaccari (Università di 
Bologna, Italy) ; Thierry Vedel (CEVIPOF, France) ; Yanina Welp 
(University of Zurich, Switzerland) ; Stéphanie Wojcik (Université Paris 
Est Créteil, France) ; Han Woo Park (YeungNam University, South Korea) ; 
Scott Wright (Leicester University, UK).

Organization
Romain Badouard (Université de Technologie de Compiègne) ; Simon Gadras 
(Université de Lorraine) ; Fabienne Greffet (Université de Lorraine) ; 
Ewa Krzatala-Jaworska (Université Paris 1) ; Gérard Loiseau 
(Certop/CNRS) ; Clément Mabi (Université de Technologie de Compiègne) ; 
Laurence Monnoyer-Smith (Université de Technologie de Compiègne) ; 
Clémence Pène (Université Paris 8) ; Anaïs Théviot (Sciences Po 
Bordeaux) ; Stéphanie Wojcik (Université Paris Est Créteil).




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