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 New USA University Department of COMMUNICOLOGY

Fall Semester 2011, the 

Department of Communicology at the UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

(Manoa campus in Honolulu) became the first  degree granting (BA, MA) university in the USA to reflect the contemporary Communicology name designation of the discipline. manoa.hawaii.edu/communicology

In Memoriam  •  ICI Fellow

Jeff Bernard  ( ✝   24 February 2010,  Wien, Austria)

ICI Bureau Regional - Continental Coordinator: Europe 
Director, Institute for Socio-Semiotic Studies (ISSS), Vienna 
Administrative Vice President, International Association for Semiotic Studies 
President, Austrian Association for Semiotics (OeGS-AAS) 
Editor, European Journal of Semiotic Studies 

Co-Editor, Semiotische Berichte  

SemiotiX Bulletin  — New Series # 10  ► JUNE ► 2013

Now available at: http://www.semioticon.com/semiotix/

Request Subscription by E-mail;

All correspondence should be addressed to the Managing Editor

webmaster.semiotix@gmail.com

Reports and News should be submitted to the

EDITOR:  paul.bouissac@utoronto.ca

Subscription is free and will ensure that you receive further issues. 

CALL FOR ♦ CONFERENCE PAPER ♦ SUBMISSIONS         

 2013

 PHENOMENOLOGY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 ► JUST CONCLUDED!

Lewis R. Gordon teaches in the Department of Philosophy and the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. He previously taught at Temple University, where he founded and directed the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies and the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought, and Brown University, where he was the founding chairperson of the Department of Africana Studies. Professor Gordon has held several distinguished visiting appointments and is currently Visiting Professor in the French-German Summer School at the University of Toulouse, France. He is the author of several influential books, including Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism (1995), Fanon and the Crisis of European Man (1995), Her Majesty’s Other Children (1997), Existentia Africana (2000), Disciplinary Decadence (2006), and An Introduction to Africana Philosophy (2008). The URL for Professor Gordon’s website, which contains an elaborated biography, list of publications, audio and video presentations, and his blog, is: http://lewisrgordon.com/

ICNAP: The Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists calls for abstracts to be submitted for inclusion in our 2013 meeting at Ramapo College May 24—26. Founded in 2009, ICNAP (http://www.icnap.org/) is committed to fostering interdisciplinary connections with phenomenology. Founded by colleagues from Architecture, Communicology, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology, ICNAP continues to expand its interdisciplinary connections.

CONFERENCE THEME: “Understanding Embodiment”

We welcome works that feature phenomenology in all academic disciplines. In addition to presentations employing phenomenology in single disciplines, we are interested broadly in issues related to theories of embodiment. This includes, but is not limited to, theoretical expositions of the phenomenological conditions of embodiment as they are (1) developed and contested within the phenomenological tradition, (2) taken up and pursued within specific disciplinary contexts, and (3) applied in research, clinical and other practical contexts.

SUBMISSIONS:
We accept both individual papers and panel proposals. Participants will have 30 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion. Only a limited number of panel proposals will be accepted.

—For individual papers, please submit a 500—750 word abstract, with name, discipline, title of the paper and contact information on the first page. The second page should contain only the title and abstract for anonymous review.

—For panels, please include the title of the program, the names of the chair and all presenters, and a 200—300 word rationale for the panel and 200—300 word abstract for each presenter (name, discipline, title of the paper and contact information).

—No more than two submissions per person. Please make sure your submission is in Word.doc or. Docx format (no PDFs) to facilitate anonymous review.
—Volunteers for panel moderators are also welcome.

DEADLINES:
Submissions due by  1 March  2013. Acceptances notified by March 15, 2013.

Send all submissions to Jacqueline M. Martinez (jmartinez@asu.edu) as email attachment.
Please put ICNAP V Submission in the subject line of the email.

TRAVEL: Note that national and international airline connections are available via New York City and Newark, New Jersey.

Lodging Information for Fairfield Inn and Suites:

ICNAP rate is US$ 99 for a double room (single or double occupancy)

Reservation Booking:www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ewrfm-fairfield-inn-and-suites-mahwah/

Registration Form:

ICNAP V The Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists

Ramapo College
Mahwah, New Jersey, USA
24—26 May 2013
Registration and Membership Remittance Form

Name:
Discipline:
Institutional Affiliation:

Postal Address:

Email Address:

			Amount Paid
Select One	2013 Regular Membership:	$20.00	$
	2013 Sustaining Membership:	$50.00	$
	2013 Institutional Membership Institution Name:	$100.00	$
Select One	2013 Three Day Conference Fee	$175.00	$
	2013 One Day Conference Fee	$70.00	$
Total Amount Enclosed			$

Please send this form with payment to:

Dean Michael D. Barber (re: ICNAP)

College of Arts and Sciences, SLU

Verhaegen Hall 303
3634 Lindell Blvd.

ST. LOUIS, MO 63108 USA

Tel: 314-­‐977-­‐2244     Email: barbermd@slu.edu         Web:  www.slu.edu/x24973.xml

Make checks payable in US$ to:  "ICNAP/ The Alfred Schutz Research Center " 

 

 

  PROTOLANGUAGE INTERNARIONAL CONFERENCE

 ► JUST CONCLUDED!

We invite presentations in English. However, papers in other languages are also welcome.

Konferenzteilnehmer können ihre Zusamenfassungen von vorgeschlagenen Konferenzbeiträgen in auch in deutscher Sprache einreichen.

Uczestnicy konferencji mogą przedstawić referaty również w języku polskim.  

Confirmed plenary speakers:

Prof. Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist specialising in the study of primate behaviour. Particular interest has been generated by his hypothesis that language evolved as a substitute grooming mechanism (Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language) and Dunbar’s number hypothesis, whereby 150 constitutes the approximate cognitive limit on the number of individuals with whom a person can maintain stable relationships. He is currently the chair of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

Prof. Robin Dunbar, antropolog i psycholog ewolucyjny specjalizujący się w badaniach nad zachowaniami naczelnych, jest autorem hipotez o powstaniu języka jako zastępczym mechanizmie iskania (Pchły, plotki a ewolucja języka) oraz o tzw. liczbie Dunbara, która zakłada, że człowiek jest w stanie utrzymywać stabilne relacje z maksymalnie około 150 innymi osobami. Obecnie pracuje jako profesor psychologii ewolucyjnej, kierując Instytutem Antropologii Kognitywnej i Ewolucyjnej na uniwersytecie oksfordzkim. 

Prof. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a psychologist and primatologist, best known for her work with the bonobos Kazni and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities through the use of lexigrams and computer-based keyboards. Originally based at Georgia State University’s Language Research Center), she now acts as the Executive Director and Head Scientist at Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa.

Prof. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, psycholog i prymatolog, jest najbardziej znana z pracy z szympansami bonobo, Kanzim i Panbaniszą, w której - przy pomocy leksygramów i komputerowych klawiatur - badała ich językowe i kognitywne zdolności. Przez wiele lat była związana z Centrum Badań nad Językiem Uniwersytetu Stanowego Georgia (Georgia State University’s Language Research Center) w Atlancie (Stany Zjednoczone), a obecnie kieruje Great Ape Trust znajdującym się w Des Moines (Iowa, Stany Zjednoczone).

Prof. Tomasz P. Krzeszowski is a cognitive linguist and a full professor at the University of Warsaw. A scholarship-holder of universities in Albany, New York and Oxford, a member of Linguistic Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Currently based in the School of English at the University of Social Sciences, Warsaw. He authored over seventy original publications home and abroad, including continuously reissued English teaching handbooks.

Prof. Tomasz P. Krzeszowski jest specjalistą w zakresie językoznawstwa kognitywnego. Jest profesorem zwyczajnym Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Jest stypendystą uniwersytetów w Albany, Nowym Jorku i Oksfordzie, jak również członkiem Komitetu Językoznawstwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk. Wykładowca Instytutu Filologii Angielskiej w Społecznej Akademii Nauk (Warszawa). Jest autorem ponad siedemdziesięciu oryginalnych publikacji w kraju i za granicą oraz kilkukrotnie wznawianych podręczników do nauki języka angielskiego.

Prof. Peter Gärdenfors represents cognitive science; his research interests include problems related to the evolution of thinking and language (Conceptual Spaces, How Homo Became Sapiens, The Dynamics of Knowledge). His proposals regarding intentionality and imitation have received considerable attention among language evolution researchers. He is Professor of cognitive science at the University of Lund, Sweden, and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Peter Gärdenfors, kognitywista, w swoich pracach eksploruje problemy związane z ewolucją myślenia i ewolucją języka (Conceptual Spaces, Jak Homo stał się sapiens, The Dynamics of Knowledge). Szczególnie zainteresowanie w kręgach badaczy ewolucji języka wzbudziły jego propozycje dotyczące intencjonalności i imitacji. Jest profesorem kognitywistyki na Uniwersytecie Lund w Szwecji oraz członkiem Szwedzkiej Królewskiej Akademii Nauk.

Prof. Josep Call is a comparative psychologist specializing in the study of cognitive as well linguistic abilities of non-human great apes. He has authored more than a hundred research papers, mostly experimental studies on primate cognition. Since 1999 he has been based at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, where he is director of Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center.

Prof. Josep Call to psycholog porównawczy specjalizujący się w badaniach zdolności poznawczych małp człekokształtnych, w tym ich zdolności językowych. Jest autorem ponad stu artykułów, głównie eksperymentalnych badań naczelnych. Obecnie pracuje w Instytucie Antropologii Ewolucyjnej im. Maxa Plancka w Lipsku, gdzie kieruje Centrum Badań Naczelnych im. Wolfganga Köhlera.

Important dates:

• NEW Closing date for registration online and submission of abstracts: 31 March, 2013

• Notification of  abstract acceptance: April, 2013 
• Deadline for  registration fee payment: 5 May, 2013

Registration and Submission of Proposals:

Please register online: The registration form online will be available on the conference website http://protolanguage2013.wsf.edu.pl from December 15, 2012.

Please send a 400-500 word abstract for a 30-minute paper with a short bio (20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes for discussion) by 31 March, 2013 to protolanguage3@wsf.edu.pl

  Paper proposals should include the following elements:

• Title of the paper
• Author(s) name 
• Author(s) institution affiliation, address, and contact e-mail
• Abstract text (max. 400-500 words)
• Times New Roman font size 12 pt.
• A Microsoft Word 2003 (.doc) file

Conference fee:

150 EUR (600 PLN) - conference materials, coffee breaks, lunch and banquet included.

The conference fee should be paid by 5 May, 2013 to the following account of the Philological School of Higher Education in Wrocław:

Account Holder: Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna we Wrocławiu

Bank: Raiffeisen Bank Polska S. A.

Account No (IBAN): PL 23 1750 1064 0000 0000 0856 4167

SWIFT Code: RCBWPLPW

Please make sure to include your name and the conference title (Protolanguage 3)
in the description of the bank transfer.

The conference fee does not include travel and accommodation costs.

Conference venue:

The National Labour Inspectorate Training Centre in Wroclaw (Centrum Konferencyjne Państwowej Inspekcji Pracy), ul. Mikolaja Kopernika 5, Wrocław

The conference will be held in a historic building, which is ideally situated in the heart of a picturesque district of  Wroclaw, near the Szczytnicki Park, the Centennial Hall (a UNESCO heritage building) and the Zoo.
We recommend accommodation at the Hotel Park, which is a part of the conference venue. Please note that the organizers do not provide accommodation for the conference participants.

Important information:

A list of  recommended hotels and the  map of location of  the conference venue are available at http://protolanguage2013.wsf.edu.pl

Contact details:

 Conference Secretary - Anna Zasłona

e-mail: a.zaslona@wsf.edu.pl

phone: +48 71 395 84 73

Conference website:  protolanguage2013.wsf.edu.pl 

 PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION 2013

 Update: 17 June

6^th I.C.I Summer Conference  —  First annual Duquesne Conference

9 — 13 July 2013

Conference Venue:

Dept. of Communication & Rhetorical Studies

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

CONFERENCE DIRECTORS:

⌘ Dr. Professor Ronald C. Arnett

⌘ Dr. Professor Isaac E. Catt 

⌘ Dr. Professor Richard L. Lanigan

ICI Fellows Organizing Committee:                                               ICI Fellows Scientific Committee:

       ⌘ Ronald C. Arnett                                                                                    ⌘ Maureen Connolly

       ⌘ Pat Arneson                                                                                            ⌘ Thomas Craig

       ⌘ Isaac E. Catt                                                                                    ⌘ Jacqueline M. Martinez

       ⌘ Deborah Eicher-Catt                                                                            ⌘ Zidzisław Wąsik (Polish Academy of Science)

       ⌘ Richard L. Lanigan                                                                            ⌘ Józef Zaprucki

Scope of the Conference

Communicology is the science of human communication. One of the Human Science disciplines, it uses the logic based methods of semiotics and phenomenology to explicate human conscious experience and behavioral embodiment within global culture. Communicology is the study of human discourse in all of its semiotic and phenomenological manifestations of embodied consciousness and practice in the world of other people and their environment. The American and Continental traditions in Philosophy ground this approach to the study of communication.

Papers Are Invited from scholars who are generally concerned with the connections among Communication, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Rhetoric. We welcome particularly those papers focused on the place of Semiotics and Phenomenology in Communicology. There is a preference for (1) interpretive eidetic and (2) empirical qualitative methodology. The conference consists of two parts: (1) a Fellow’s Symposium, consisting of scholarly papers, and (2) Professional Development Seminars in a workshop format in which scholars presents descriptive accounts of applied eidetic or empirical methodology used in their research program (for senior scholars, copies of at least one relevant publication should be distributed). The author’s work in progress might be presented for discussion.

⌦ Complete Papers are required for presentation by the conference opening (9 July 2013).         

    Presenters may use Power Point (Microsoft) or Keynote (Apple).

⌦ Presenters are expected to bring 40 copies of their papers or handouts for the audience.

Participation in the Conference

Participation is by invitation only. In addition to invitations issued by the Organizing Committee, scholars are invited to self-nominate and submit an abstract. Participants will be selected on the basis of abstracts received. Presentations are limited to one hour (30 minute presentation; 30 minute discussion) The conference is research based. Authors are expected to have complete drafts of their paper at the time of their presentation. PowerPoint or Keynote presentations are permissible only if complete paper copies have been distributed prior to the presentation.

Abstracts

Please send an abstract for a 60 minute paper presentation (30 minute paper; 30 minute discussion) to Richard L. Lanigan rlanigan@mac.com .

Abstracts should have the following elements:

➤   Proposal Designation: 

“Paper for Fellows Symposium” or 

“Workshop for Professional Development Seminar”

➤ Title of the Paper or Workshop

➤    Author(s) Name

➤ Author(s) Institution Affiliation, Postal Address, E-mail Address

➤ Abstract Text (400 — 500 words maximum)

➤ Bibliography: Three References for the paper; 

One reference should be a related item by the Author.

➤ New Times Roman font size 12 pt.

➤     Use the Author (date) system of reference.

➤ Word (Microsoft) file or Pages (Apple ) file; do not use a PDF file.

Deadlines

☛ Abstract Submission:    NOW CLOSED!

Conference Schedule

Monday   8  July — Travel Day/Hotel Check-In

Tuesday   9  July — Conference Day

Wednesday 10  July — Conference Day

Thursday 11  July — Conference Day

Friday 12  July — Conference Day

Saturday 13  July — Pittsburgh Local Tour ► REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

Sunday 14  July — Travel Day/Hotel Check-Out

Conference Venue, Fee, Lodging, Travel, Tourism

Venue: 

The conference will be held in the Power Center Building Ballroom (Forbes Avenue) on the campus of Duquesne University; map available at <www.duq.edu>. The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies is the host of the conference. The university also features the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, and, the Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research. The conference hotel (on Centre Avenue) is within a short (0.25 mile) walking distance of the campus conference venue (Power Center).

Dress Suggestions:

► Summer on the East Coast cities of the USA and Pittsburgh is hot (80ºF) in the summer. Light, causual clothing is recommended.

► CONFERENCE DRESS is "business informal" such as short sleeve, polo style shirts and kaki pants for men  (e.g., no coats and ties), or, Summer dresses for women.

Book Display:

► Duquesne University Press will offer a book display. A separate table will be available for all participants who wish to display discount flyers and/or copies of their book for sale.

► The Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Duquesne University will be displaying copies of books by conference attendees. If you want your book listed on their conference sales form and want copies of your book available for purchase, please send your name, book title, and ISBN number to Mrs. Rita McCaffery AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

► Staff will be present to sell the books for you. Publishers wishing information for sales and presentation may contact Mrs. Rita McCaffrey at the Dept. of Communiucation & Rhetorical Studies, Tel: (412) 396-6440 or by Email: mccaffreyr@duq.edu

Fee: 

The registration fee is US $ 300 for faculty and US $ 200 for students and guests. Fee includes conference materials, all Lunches and Dinners, and the local tour. Participants are responsible for travel costs and breakfasts. Credit Cards or electronic bank transfers are not available to pay conference fees. The fee may be paid by sending a personal check payable in US Dollars and made out to “Duquesne University—The Communication Ethics Institute”. The fee may also be paid in cash or by check at the registration table. Also, conference attendance vouchers and other travel documents may be stamped with the official ICI seal stamp at that time.

⌦ Send the check by mail to:

Duquesne University

The Communication Ethics Institute

Dept. of Communication & Rhetorical Studies

600 Forbes Avenue — 340 College Hall

PITTSBURGH,  PA  15282

USA

Lodging: 

A block of rooms at Cambria Suites Pittsburgh is reserved at the discount rate of US $ 114. To receive the discount rate, notify the receptionist that you are attending the “Duquesne Philosophy of Communication Conference”. The usual credit cards are accepted.

Cambria Suites Pittsburgh  (next to CONSUL Energy Center Arena)

1320 Centre Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Tel:  (412) 381-6687  Direct Line for Reservations

Fax: (412) 381-6677

Website : <http://www.cambriasuitespittsburgh.com/default.aspx?isOn=1>

► DEADLINE for the DISCOUNT RATE:  10 JUNE 2013

► University Dormitory Rooms are also available. Details on the Registration Form display below.

Travel: 

Air travel to Pittsburgh International Airport is quite easy with many possible connections. For connection ideas see the airport website:  http://www.pitairport.com

Ground Transfer between the airport and hotel is available from:

⌦  SuperShuttle  between Pittsburgh International airport and Cambria Suites Pittsburgh for approximately US$ 30 per person one-way. ► ► Recommended.

<http://www.supershuttle.com/Locations/PITAirportShuttlePittsburgh.aspx> 

⌦  Pittsburgh Taxi Services: Yellow Pages

<http://yellowpages.com/pittsburgh-pa/taxis>

Tourism: 

Pittsburgh is ideally located for pre- or post-conference tourism on the East Coast of the USA, especially Boston, Baltimore, New York City, and Washington, DC. Anyone planning to visit Washington, DC should fly from Pittsburgh to Reagan National Airport (code = DCA), since the airport is located in downtown DC and there is a Metro Station in the airport (a variety of tourist passes may be purchased from machines by credit card). Arriving at Dulles International Airport (code = IAD) requires a one hour bus ride (Bus 5A; cost =US$ 6, exact fare required, no change made) to two stops in downtown DC (1^st Rossyln Metro Station, 2^nd L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station), then metro, bus, or taxi to your hotel. Taxi service from Dulles Airport is a minimum of US$ 60. During rush-hour traffic (7-9 AM and 4-7PM), the trip can take at least two hours. All museums in Washington are free, but some require reserved time tickets; please check if you have a special visit in mind.All museums have cafes or restaurants, usually in the basement area. Please note that Washington, DC is the number one destination for tourists and Hotel Reservations should be made immediately!

♦  ♦  REGISTRATION FORM ♦ ♦

INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS who cannot advance pay by check drawn on a US Dollar account, should contact Richard L. Lanigan about payment methods.

Conference Contact Information

All Inquires and Submissions should be directed to:

⌘  Richard L. Lanigan,  ICI Director

Tel: (571) 439-6290  [mobile; text]

   (202) 506-4048  [land line; voice mail]

                         E-mail: rlanigan@mac.com

       Postal: 

                 International Communicology Institute

 Capitol Hill Tower, Suite  PH06

 1000 New Jersey Ave, SE

 Washington, DC 20003-3377 USA

Local logistical inquires should be directed to:

⌘ Mrs. Rita McCaffrey

Tel: (412) 396-6446  [land line]

           E-mail:  mccaffreyr@duq.edu

Postal:

        Dept. of Communication & Rhetorical Studies,

  Duquesne University

600 Forbes Avenue — 340 College Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15282

USA

  HUMAN SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 Abstract Deadline:  30 APRIL 2013

CONFERENCE INFORMATION:  ihsrc.aau.dk

  2014   I H S R   CONFERENCE:  

12—15 August 2014

St. Francis Xavier University

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CANADA

  SEMIOTICS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

24 — 26  OCTOBER  2013

DAYTON,  OHIO,  USA

  CALL FOR ♦ JOURNAL ARTICLE ♦ SUBMISSIONS 

 CALL FOR PAPERS  ♦ Continuing Submissions; No Deadline ♦

   CALL FOR PAPERS

  Chinese Semiotic Studies   ♦ Continuing Submissions ♦

Sponsored by the International Semiotic Research Institute of Nanjing Normal University and the Chinese Semiotic Research Center of the Chinese Association of Linguistic Semiotics

Published every 6 months by Nanjing Normal University Press, Nanjing, China, 21009

Language of publication is ENGLISH.

General requirements:

Continuing Deadlines:

► January 31 for the JUNE Issue.

► July 31 for the DECEMBER Issue.

Special topics:

1. Discussion on the hot issues of semiotics: Although it is difficult to define what are hot issues in semiotics, we generally believe those  which would cause heated discussion or  which would probably provoke differences in opinion are among the categories of hot issues such as what semiotics aims at, or whether semiotics is all-inclusive or whether semiotics should have its own boundary in spite of the fact that some issues have been discussed before.
2. Research on applied semiotics: Although semiotics seems theoretical and abstract, it has wide prospects for application, which should be emphasized and fully developed. In terms of application, adequate attention should be paid to provision of convincing theoretical evidences and the realization of unity between theory and practice.
3. Semiotic achievement in the employment of interdisciplinary approach to semiotics. A good use of advantages in other branches of learning is beneficial to broadening and perfecting the disciplinary system of  semiotics , an international approach to be encouraged.
4. The study of recent development of three semiotic kingdoms (U.S.A., Russia and France) as well as the recent development of semiotics in other countries
5. An introduction to contemporary famous semiotic scholars in different countries, which will involve their research methods and research achievements so that their experiences can be shared by us all.
6. Other related topics within the field of semiotics

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR PAPERS:

Please use microsoft Word format and send your papers to:

Dr.  Yongxiang (Jack) WANG

Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Semiotic Studies

Associate Professor

School of Foreign Languages & Cultures,

Nanjing Normal University

E-mail: nshdyxwang@163.com

Postal Address:

School of Foreign Languages & Cultures,

Nanjing Normal University,

No. 122, Ninghai Road,

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (210097),

P. R. China

EDITORIAL BOARD of Chinese Semiotic Studies

    CALL FOR PAPERS   ♦  Continuing Submissions; No Deadline  ♦

   Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC)   

    CALL FOR PAPERS (in Chinese only)

 Journal of Phenomenology and the Human Sciences

 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Forthcoming Issues on (1) Heidegger and (2) Merleau-Ponty

Submission Information ► Website: www.cuhk.edu.hk/rih/phs/journal.htm

    CALL FOR PAPERS ♦ Continuing Submissions; No Deadline ♦

 Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication 

  CALL FOR PAPERS ♦ Continuing Submissions; No Deadline ♦

Schutzian Research: A Yearbook of Mundane Phenomenology and Qualitative Social Science  

   CALL FOR PAPERS  ♦  Continuing Submissions; No Deadline  ♦

   THE COMMUNICATION REVIEW

 CALL FOR PAPERS ♦ Continuing Submission ♦

PHENOMENOLOGY & PRACTICE

Increasingly, researchers and practitioners in these and other fields are adapting interpretive methodologies to address questions related to practice. Phenomenology & Practice is intended to serve as a forum for such research. Correspondingly, "phenomenology" is understood in this context in broad and eclectic terms. Phenomenology has been practiced in various guises for centuries, but it came into its own in the early 20th century in the works of Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas; and it has been developed as a method by various individuals and groups, such as the Utrecht School. Phenomenology affirms the primacy of lived experience and of the lifeworld - everyday contexts which we inhabit as natural and taken-for-granted - over the conceptual and theoretical. It works to regain a fuller grasp of the nature and significance of our lived experiences. Merleau-Ponty (1962) called this the program of "re-learning to look at the world" by "re-awakening the basic experience of the world" (pp. 8, 11). Experience can be best understood integrally, using evocative, descriptive language that is neither analytic nor conceptual. It is, as Luijpen (1960) says, a question of "restoring to experience its ontological weight." (p. 88). Proceeding from these premises, phenomenology is understood here as a context-sensitive and transdisciplinary form of inquiry into lived experience that is employed both inside, outside and across of traditional disciplinary boundaries.

'Practice,' the second word in the journal's title, has complex and interrelated meanings. In one sense, it refers to professional and other domains: "the explicit and tacit dimensions of the rules, precepts, codes, principles, guides, commitments, affects, and behaviors that one observes or recommends within a domain of action" (OED, 1989). Practice is also understood as the application of theory; in practice we operationalize methods, techniques, knowledge, skills, and competencies. Additionally, practice can be viewed as having an integrity all of its own. Instead of deriving exclusively from theory, it can be characterized as non-cognitive, as residing in the body, in the world, in relations, and in action, rather than being explicitly known or formalized (van Manen, 1999). Knowing, in this sense, is co-emergent with practice in different situations, actions and relations; together, this practice and knowledge-in-action is manifest, for example, as habituation, demeanor, dwelling and intimacy.

All three of these meanings of practice listed above - as profession, as opposed to theory, and as 'non-cognitive' - are central to this journal. Phenomenology & Practice consciously exploits the resonant and symbiotic relationship between the orientation of phenomenology to lived experience and the notion of practice as non-cognitive knowledge-in-action. It is this orientation in phenomenology and this dimension of practice to which this journal gives priority. 

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