[ecrea] Call for Papers: Rhetoric of Evidence - Epistemic Models und Rhetorical Practice in Science, Education, and Culture

Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen
Seminar für Allgemeine Rhetorik
Research Center Jugend präsentiert

Call for Papers
Conference

Rhetoric of Evidence.
Epistemic Models und Rhetorical Practice in Science, Education, and Culture

March 12-15, 2014


Conference held at:
Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais
Hauptstraße 120, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany

How can we convey knowledge in an evident way? Which verbal and visual
methods can be used for evident presentation of knowledge? How does
modern communication media, such as Powerpoint, influence
opportunities to create evidence? Within which tradition does the the
struggle for evident presentations stand? Which significance does
evidence have in modern natural sciences, in the arts, and in everyday
culture? Evidence is not only of rhetorical interest, but is also an
important topic for other disciplines. The field ranges from the
ancient demand to use a descriptive language via Aristotle to the
empiricism of Locke and Hume, and current scientific models and
simulations. The strife for clarity and logical evidence shape  the
current approsach to presentation in the natural sciences, and
influences business presentations as well as presentation in school or
the humanities. Evidence serves as a method to communicate information
and emotion in mass media. Arts and literature can be understood as a
competition for evidence, too: these diusciplines developed new
strategies to achieve evidence. Evidence can be seen as a culturally
well-established presentation technique which proves to be very
effective.

Due to the continuous changes within media technology the way in which
an evident presentation and a high level of clarity can be achieved
has to be continually questioned. Alongside, throughout the history of
science, the rules for clarity and acceptability constantly change –
in the same way in which the aesthetic principles in art and
literature are changing constantly. It is true that diverse methods of
visualising knowledge, linguistic features, and even performance
optimize the process of conveying knowledge through clarity. This puts
rhetorics on the map, because it asks with which kind of instruments
clarity and information transfer can be achieved, and how the
persuasion of the receiver works.

This conference looks at the concepts of clarity and evidence from
different perspectives. While simultaneously including considerations
of the epistemology and sociology of knowlegde, the historical and
theoretical aspects of evidence will be considered. One focus will be
the role of evident presentations in modern sciences and in school.
Due to current research in cognitive science, cognitive processes
which are activated by evident presentation should be theorised more
thoroughly than they currently are. Considerations concerned with the
phenomenon of “evidence” wtihin media sciences as well as current
research in the field of linguistics, and insights into how evidence
is used whitin arts and literary studies will provide a thorough
picture of the field. Additional perspectives of the phenomenon of
evidence will arise from the turn to visual culture, arts, and
literature.


Planned Sections
- Rhetoric (history of rhetoric, figures of rhetoric, rhetoric of
science, applied rhetoric)
- Linguistics (pragmatics, accessibility, figures of speech, textlinguistic)
- Philosophy (theory of cognition, epitemology)
- Psychology, pedagogy, didactic methods, esp. of natural science
- Liberal Arts, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies
- Science, Technolgy, Mathematics
- Media Sciences (theory of media, design, PowerPoint research etc.)


Conference languages: English and German. The proceedings will be published.

The application inclusivly a short abstract in English or German (max.
880 words) maybe submitted until July, 15th, 2013. Please send your
abstract to:(olaf.kramer /at/ uni-tuebingen.de).

This scientific conference will be arranged by the research center
“Jugend präsentiert” from the Department of Rhetorics (Seminar für
Allgemeine Rhetorik) of the Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen in
cooperation with the Klaus-Tschira-Foundation, Heidelberg, and
Wissenschaft im Dialog, Berlin.

Contact:
Seminar für Allgemeine Rhetorik
Dr. Olaf Kramer
Wilhelmstraße 50
72074 Tübingen
Germany
(olaf.kramer /at/ uni-tuebingen.de)







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