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[ecrea] CFP - Semiosis in Communication: Differences and Similarities
Mon Oct 02 02:18:18 GMT 2017
Cfp: SEMIOSIS IN COMMUNICATION: Differences and Similarities, Bucharest,
14-16 June, 2018
On behalf of Sorin Dragan: <(dragan.nicolaesorin /at/ gmail.com)>
*INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
*
*SEMIOSIS IN COMMUNICATION
*
*/Differences and Similarities
/*
Bucharest, 14-16 June, 2018
*Conference description
*
The second edition of the International Conference /Semiosis in
Communication: Differences and Similarities /will be organized by the
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration,
Romania (NUPSPA) under the auspices of the International Association for
Semiotic Studies (IASS-AIS). It will be held in Bucharest, Romania, from
the 14th to the 16th of June, 2018.
This conference explores the role of semiosis in communication. As such,
the conference offers an insight towards the epistemological relations
between semiotics and other approaches to communication coming from
perspectives such as sociology, philosophy of language and communication
theory.
Objects of interdisciplinary knowledge par excellence, semiotics and
communication are complementary ways of world mastery, of the /big
game/, just like Solomon Marcus (2011) would say. In a world of global
communication, where each one's life depends increasingly on signs,
language and communication, understanding how we relate and opening
ourselves to otherness, to differences in all their forms and aspects is
becoming more and more relevant. From this perspective, an important
objective of the International Conference /Semiosis in Communication:
Differences and Similarities /is to emphasize the importance of semiotic
queries in the communication sciences.
The conference proceeds in three panels (sessions), each focused on a
theme. In addition, Professors *Susan Petrilli *and *Augusto Ponzio
*will hold a special session as a honorary guests. In accordance with
the paper proposals, the preliminary list of suggested sessions will be
updated.
*
*
*1. Semiotics and communication
*
This panel approaches directly the act or phenomenon of communication in
the light of semiotic theory. Its purpose is to develop the premises for
a semiotic theory of communication. While communication was explored
thoroughly in the light of other disciplines, and, as such, understood
within the perspective of sociology, psychology, cognitive sciences,
cultural studies or philosophy of language, semiotics accounts for
communication as an act of signification. As such, communication is not
accounted for as necessarily dependent on categories such as social
interaction, cognitive abilities or cultural background, but as purely a
phenomenon of signification. This is the most theoretically general and
open panel.
*Panel head(s): *Dumitru Borțun, National University of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania; Nicolae-Sorin Drăgan,
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania.
*2. Differences and Similarities. Alterity as the Basis of Communication
*
This panel explores the question of understanding the alterity from a
semiotic perspective. Objects of interdisciplinary knowledge /par
excellence/, semiotics and communication are complementary ways of world
mastery, of the /big game/, just like Solomon Marcus (2011) would say.
In a world of global communication, where each one's life depends
increasingly on signs, language and communication, understanding how we
relate and opening ourselves to otherness, to differences in all their
forms and aspects is becoming more and more relevant. The papers
presented in this panel will capture and investigate integrative aspect
of semiotics, its ability to subtly and discreetly unite ideas, people
and things, in a word /differences/.
*Panel head: *Kristian Bankov, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
*3. Why Europe? Narratives and Counter-narratives of European Integration
*
Special Panel organized by the ECREA Temporary Working Group
"Communication and the European Public Sphere"
Pressured by what appears as a never-ending crisis, the European Union
has to face multiple internal fractures and external pressures.
Populism, nationalism and right-wing extremism are seeing resurgence in
a number of states across Europe, with consequences on the
decision-making process in the European Union. As it became a very
familiar narrative in recent years, this phenomenon creates severe
discontinuities from the previous EU communication paradigm. The dangers
associated with extremism and populism in the political discourse is
that in order to meet the increasingly Eurosceptic public opinion, many
political leaders artificially oppose the “national interest” to the
EU’s interest. Populist tendencies are worth exploring in the light of
EU’s multiple difficulties, the immigrant crisis being only the latest
one. This panel welcomes contributions related to the latest
communication patterns in the EU, as depicted in the media and in the
political discourse. Our aim is to promote a critical, yet constructive,
approach on European integration. Contributions may include, but are not
restricted to:
_Narratives and counter-narratives of disruption: nationalism,
populism and extremism
_The multiple crises of the European Union: fuelling far right movements
_Symbolical representations of intra-EU fractures:
East-West/North-South divides and the “Brexit”
_Public opinion in the EU
_Populism, nationalism, and/or extremism across EU member states (the
discourse of the political leaders, public opinion, media research, etc.)
_Framing the European Union in turmoil contexts
_Social media and extremism
_EU Communication as a means of resurrecting the “European idea”
_Europeanization models and narratives – recent developments
A broad goal of this edited panel is to explore new theoretical and
empirical frameworks that might explain how current communication
practices, including media visibility and framing, public discourse,
citizens’ perceptions and participation, influence the development of a
European arena of communication.
*Panel head: *Alina Bârgăoanu, National University of Political Studies
and Public Administration, Romania.
*Keynote Speakers confirmed:
*
_*Paul Cobley*, President of IASS-AIS, International Association for
Semiotic Studies, Middlesex University, U.K.;
_*Göran Sonesson*, Professor of Semiotics & Director of Centre for
Cognitive Semiotics, Division of Cognitive Semiotics, Centre for
Language and Literature, Lund University, Sweden;
_*Dario Martinelli*, Director of ISI, International Semiotics
Institute; Scientific director of IASS-AIS World Congress Kaunas 2017,
University of Technology, Lithuania;
_*Luis Emilio Bruni*, President of NASS, Nordic Association for
Semiotic Studies, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark /and
/
_*Massimo Leone*, IFK Senior Fellow - International Research Centre
for Cultural Studies, University of Art and Design Linz, Wien; Professor
of Semiotics, Cultural Semiotics, and Visual Semiotics at the Department
of Philosophy, University of Turin, Italy*.
*
*Honorary Guests:
*
_*Susan Petrilli*, Professor of Philosophy and Theory of Language in
the Department of Linguistic Practices and Text Analysis at the
University of Bari, Italy; Visiting Research Fellow at the School of
Psychology, The University of Adelaide, South Australia /and
/
_*Augusto Ponzio*, Head of the Department of Linguistic Practices and
Text Analysis at Bari University, Italy;
*Important deadlines
*
Deadline for submission of Abstracts: *28**th of January 2018 *(you will
receive an acknowledgment by email)
Notification of Acceptance: *18**th of February 2018
*
Deadline for participation fee: *16**th of March 2018
*
Conference: *14-16 June, 2018
*
*Paper submission
*
Applications for presentations consist in only one document:
- Title and abstract (max. 300 words followed by 3-5 keywords) with
short and relevant /bionote /(do not exceed 150 words, please) in MS
Word format (.doc, .docx). We highly appreciate short, schematic texts.
- Please use the abstract template available on the conference website
at http://centrucomunicare.ro/semiosis/cfp.html.You can download the
template of abstract directly from the conference website
(Abstract_Template.doc)
Co-authored papers are welcome.
Papers are delivered in 30 minutes presentations (20 minutes talk
followed by 10 minutes of debate).
Please, submit your proposal to (dragan.nicolaesorin /at/ gmail.com) or
(sorin.dragan /at/ comunicare.ro) within January 28th, 2018. Only one paper for
each participant (as a first author) will be accepted.
The official language of the conference is English.
The authors will receive confirmation via e-mail.
*Registration & Conference fee
*
Delegates should pay the conference fee (100 Euro/participant) after the
notification of abstract acceptance. Members of the IASS-AIS benefit of
a 50% discount (50 Euro/participant). For delegates only attending the
conference (without presenting), the fee is 25 Euro/participant.
Students will have free access to all the presentations.
The fee includes conference attendance, lunch, refreshments during
coffee breaks, conference bag, publication in conference proceedings and
in the /Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations
/(selected papers only), refreshments during coffee breaks and lunch.
After the payment delegates are required to send the payment
confirmation to: (dragan.nicolaesorin /at/ gmail.com) in order to register for
the conference.
*Publication
*
For conference delegates, we offer more publishing possibilities. In all
instances your papers are subject to a double-blind peer review. Each
journal has its own peer review process that will be followed. If you
have committed your paper for other venues, you may just present your
paper at the conference. Please note that only the papers that have been
presented at the conference will be published.
Selected papers that will undergo the journal's peer-review process will
be published in:
_The Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations
(http://www.journalofcommunication.ro/), an academic journal indexed in
the following research data-bases: Scopus, EBSCO, ProQuest, DOAJ, CEEOL,
Index Copernicus, Cabell's, and Genamics Journal Seek.
_Journal of Media Research (http://mrjournal.ro/). The Journal of
Media Research is a scientific research journal focusing on the field of
media and communication. It is a peer reviewed academic publication for
interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative research in the social
sciences. Carefully read the guidelines for authors.The journal is
indexed in the following international databases: EBSCO, ProQuest, and
CEEOL.
*Conference venue
*
National University of Political and Administrative Studies, College of
Communication and Public Relations, 30A Expozitiei Boulevard, Bucharest,
Romania.
*Partners
*
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
(NUPSPA), Bucharest, Romania
International Association for Semiotic Studies (IASS-AIS)
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