[ecrea] Call for Applications - Advanced Methodologies for Communication Studies, Lisbon

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

ADVANCED METHODOLOGIES FOR COMMUNICATION STUDIES

1ST SPRING SCHOOL CECC‐FCH‐UCP

LISBON, 10TH TO 14TH APRIL


Organizers: Rita Figueiras,  Verónica Policarpo

«There are times in life when the question of knowing if one can think
differently than one thinks, and perceive differently than one sees,
is absolutely necessary if one is to go on looking and reflecting at
all.»

These lines of Michel Foucault, in his introduction to the second
volume of his History of Sexuality, inspire the core concept of the
First Spring School in Advanced Methodologies for Communication
Studies, organized by the research line “Media, Technology, Contexts”
of the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), Catholic
University of Portugal. As social phenomena seem to grow in complexity
in the mediated world western societies live in, social scientists are
invited to reinvent their methodological approaches, defying
restrictive views on disciplinary boundaries.

Aiming to discuss the most advanced approaches on research methods and
techniques for studying communication issues, the Spring School
aspires to be a space of inception of new ideas on how to imagine
creative methodologies, as well as how to develop the inheritance of
classic ones to the study of emergent and complex phenomena.


This Spring School seeks to address questions concerning both the
multiple dimensions of communication methodologies at the intersection
of culture and communication, and the innovative methods for designing
communication research objects of analysis. This will be done through
an intensive five days course, which will include a two‐hour
theoretical session during the morning, a two‐hour hands‐on session in
the afternoon, and a workshop in the end of the day, where students
can discuss their own work in progress papers with specialists.


Thematic sessions:

·        New Communication Theory – Ciro Marcondes Filho (University
of São Paulo, Brazil)

·        Bridging boundaries: “old methodologies”, new insights –
Álvaro Pires (University of Ottawa,Canada)

·        Visual Methodologies – Gillian Rose (The Open University,
United Kingdom)

·        Understanding Media as Practice – Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths,
University of London, United Kingdom)

·        Social Media Network Analysis – to be designated

·        Qualitative materials: rediscovering categorical analysis –
Rosalina Costa (University of Évora, Portugal)


For Whom?

The School is open to 20 PhD and Master students, post‐docs and junior
researchers from Communication Studies, and related areas, as well as
all social scientists interested in Advanced Research Methods and
Techniques or Communication Studies.


Where?

In Lisbon, at the facilities of the Research Centre of Communication
and Culture (CECC). CECC aims to bring together international key
scholars in these fields of inquiry. Recent guests at our events
include Barbie Zelizer, Lawrence Grossberg, François Jost, Michael
Schudson, Michael Delli Carpini, Richard Grusin, Daniel Dayan, Charles
Ess, Gianpietro Mazzoleni. As in previous initiatives, CECC will
provide an inspiring venue for fresh intellectual discussion during
the upcoming Spring School on Advanced Methodologies in Communication
Studies.

CECC is located and the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Catholic
University of Portugal, in Lisbon. Elected by the British Academy of
Urbanism The European City of the Year 2012, Lisbon

is a vibrant place: http://www.visitlisboa.com/Lisbon.aspx


When?

April 2012, from the 10th to 14th. Participants are requested to
arrive 9th April. Over 5 full days (Tuesday‐Saturday) they will attend
lectures and take part in discussion groups where they will present
their research projects. The working language is English. All
participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and will be
awarded 3 ECTS.

How and when to apply?

Applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae, a one‐page cover letter
of intentions, and a draft of their work in progress paper (7 000
characters maximum, references included) by email to Sonia Pereira,
(sonia.pereira /at/ fch.lisboa.ucp.pt), until February 29th. Candidates will
be selected on the basis of the letter stating their motivations to
take part in the Spring School, the paper outlining their research
projects and their CV. The organizing committee will notify all
applicants until March 6th.

Fee:

The enrolment fee is 200 Euro, to be paid only on acceptance of the
application. The Spring School will offer lunches, coffee breaks and a
final dinner.


Contacts&  Infos:

Blog: methodologiesincommunicationstudies.blogspot.com

E‐mail: (methodologiescommunication /at/ gmail.com)

Address: Palma de Cima 1649‐023, Lisbon (Portugal)

Fax: +351 21 727 17 00


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