[ecrea] cfp ITRA 2014

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 20-FEBRUARY


The ITRA Board are pleased to announce that 7th ITRA World Conference 
will take place at the Catholic University of Portugal, Braga, Portugal, 
23-24-25 July 2014. The overarching theme of the conference is " Toys as 
Language and Communication".


All play media and play objects are included in the concept of "toys". 
The relevance of toys in the development of language and communication 
is high. Toys and playing with toys relates to many issues of 
establishing human relations and building social interactions and 
therefore they are inextricably linked to the history of human 
civilization. In fact, it remains an important task to analyse and 
understand toys as instruments fostering well-being, interaction and 
knowledge. Thus, the connection between toys and other elements of 
communication and language can be seen as an inevitable theme for toy 
researchers.

Language in its different features and modalities is a research subject 
in Communication Sciences. We therefore address verbal and non-verbal 
language as a means to foster and evidence human intelligence as well as 
human communicative and social skills.

Toys promote language development as well as communication. Toys and 
playing with toys are also significant on a practical level: from 
language development to education, health, therapy, art, craftsmanship, 
design and engineering.

Papers, panels and poster sessions are especially invited on any of the 
following congress themes:

1 - Toys, signs and meanings
2 - Toys as verbal and non-verbal language
3 - Toys, narratives and metaphors
4 - Toys as texts in spatial, historical and socio-cultural contexts
5 - Toys creativity and design
6 - Toys, gender and generations
7 - Toys, education, health and environment
8 - Toys and media: production, marketing, advertising and consumption
9 - Toys, games and new Technologies


 While the dominant theme of the 7th World Congress is "Toys as 
Language and Communication", other topics pertaining to toys are also 
welcome.


You may find the full text of this Call for papers at:
http://itratoyresearch.org/ITRA_Conference_2014_CfP.pdf


Please send your abstracts / symposium / pannel proposals to:

(itra2014abstracts /at/ gmail.com)

CFP extended until february-20-2014

kind greetings,



 Com os melhores cumprimentos,

Luísa Magalhães
Professora Auxiliar

(luisamagal /at/ gmail.com)
(luisamagalhaes /at/ braga.ucp.pt)











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