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2010

 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  

 
 

 Call for Book Chapters and Chapter Proposals ♦ Deadline 1 February 2010 ♦

 

"Korzybski and . . ."

 

In response to the resurgence of scholarly interest in the ideas and writings of Alfred Korzybski, Corey Anton and Lance Strate are pleased to announce a call for papers for a forthcoming edited book to be published by the Institute of General Semantics. The edited collection, tentatively titled, “Korzybski and…” will feature some of today’s leading scholars and will explore and address the continued relevance of Korzybski and his practical system of general semantics.   

 

The editors are especially interested in papers that draw out connections, points of convergence and/or divergence between Korzybski and particular thinkers, scholarly traditions, and research methodologies.  Examples topics or chapters include: Korzybski and Marshall McLuhan, Korzybski and Martin Heidegger, Korzybski and Kenneth Burke, Korzybski and Transactional Psychology, Korzybski and Logic, Korzybski and Stoicism, Korzybski and Postmodernity. The editors welcome creative and innovative projects and are happy consider alternative suggestions and proposals that address the continued relevance of Korzybski and General Semantics.

 

Prospective authors should submit completed papers, extended abstracts, or interesting papers proposals, as well as a copy of current CV to Corey Anton (antonc@gvsu.edu) and Lance Strate (Strate@Fordham.edu) by Feb. 1.  2010. 

 

 2011

 

  Preliminary Announcement of the International Human Science Research Conference, London, United Kingdom

♦ The Open University, Regent's College, 27 - 30 July 2011

♦ For venue information, go to: www.seattleu.edu/artsci/map/Inner.aspx

 

  Preliminary Announcement of the Fifth ICI Summer Symposium and Professional Development Conference in Silesia, Poland hosted by the Department of Linguistic Semiotics and Communicology, Philological School of Higher Education, Wrocław, Poland, Summer, 2011. Principal Organizer: Zdzisław Wąsik

 

 2012

 

  Preliminary Announcement of the International Human Science Research Conference, Montréal, Québec, Canada

♦ The University of Québec, 25-29 June 2012

♦ For venue information, go to: www.seattleu.edu/artsci/map/Inner.aspx

 

  Preliminary Announcement of the 11th World Congress on Semiotics of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Nanjing Normal University, International Institute for Semiotic Studies, Nanjing, P. R. China, Fall 2012.

♦ For future announcements, go to: http://www.iass-ais.org/

♦ For venue information, go to: http://www.nnuiiss.com/En_index.asp

 

  2013

 No Item Listed
 
 

CALL FOR ♦ CONFERENCE PAPER ♦ SUBMISSIONS         

  

 2010

 
 

     ICNAP  II                          

Second Annual Conference
Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists (ICNAP)
Thursday - Saturday, 27 - 29 May 2010
Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
Abstracts are DUE 1 April 2010  > > > DEADLINE APPROACHING < < < 
Assisting Organizer: Maureen Connolly, Fellow of I.C.I.
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Amedeo Giorgi, Fellow of I.C.I.
Keynote Title: "Phenomenology: From Philosophy to Science!"
 
Call for Papers and Venue Information: www.icnap.org/index.htm 
 

  "From Observation to Text, From Text to Culture: Two Paths of Semiotics?"

 
 

International Conference — ESTONIA

 

TALLINN UNIVERSITY, 7-8 May 2010

 

Deadline for Receiving Abstracts: 10 April 2010

 
How to define semiotics? Which practices delimit its knowledge? The first answer is that semiotics has to do with texts and with the different forms of inscriptions of meaning (written, graphical, figurative, oral, etc.) resulting from the manufacture of texts. By tradition, semiotics is actually associated with texts and their analyses. As a matter of fact, its range is larger than it appears to be at first sight, and its (meta)knowledge, above all in a modern perspective, can be compared with a sociology and an anthropology that takes into account the direct observation of human beings in society and culture. During this conference, we intend to reflect on this (meta)knowledge of semiotics and on its analytical instruments by following two complementary directions: (I) from individual observation to text and (II) and from text to culture. 
 
(I) From observation to text (and to texts)
 
Resorting to texts, independently from their specific forms (books, documentaries, photographs, etc.), is of course inevitable to ‘record’ experiences and events (individual and social, intimate and public, exotic and non-exotic). Nevertheless, we intend to displace the accent from the “text-result” to “the process-becoming-text” in order to concentrate, as much as possible, on what is going on during the time when meaning is captured and inscribed. We want to concentrate on how meaning is inscribed and captured according to experience, observation, participation, lived interaction, but also through the inscriptions, transcriptions, reconstructions and pre-analyses taking place during the whole process. In this perspective, instead of taking into account the text as an object external to the practice of the semiotician, we would like to ask the following question: On which bases, theoretical and practical, does a semiotician establish the text upon which he exercises his analysis? Like an anthropologist (who does fieldwork, participates and writes his/her ethnography), a semiotician can also have this role of “observer-inscriber” by using the analytical instruments characterizing his/her practice. If we apply the same perspective to culture, we can then investigate how the researcher’s observation and participation can contribute to model cultural objects. The questions are: How does a semiotician register cultural events? Through which modalities does a semiotician reflect upon the socio-cultural reality inside which s/he is situated? Moreover, are the instruments possessed by a semiotician powerful enough to catch reality or should s/he employ instruments elaborated by other disciplines?
 
(II) From text (and texts) to culture (and cultures)
 
In addition, a complementary question we would like to ask concerns the path leading from text(s) to culture(s). In this case, the problem is not only to register one’s own experience in vivo and to analyze it during the process of its construction, but it is a question of concentrating more on the means, old and new, possessed by the semiotician to focus on culture as an object of analysis. Here, again, we cannot dispense with written, visual, or oral texts. Nevertheless, we intend to concentrate more on the modalities through which the semiotic analysis of a culture allows us to seize the specificities of a culture and on the connection existing between text and culture. This question comprises two central aspects. A theoretical aspect, on the one side, going from text to culture (both considered as general objects); on the other side, an analytical aspect taking into account the specific modalities through which meaning is retranscribed, going from the analysis of a given text towards the culture manifested by the text. Can the instruments used to analyze texts be directly “applied” to culture? Or, on the contrary, does culture have some specific features which make useless the instruments of textual analysis?
 
The participants who intend to intervene in this second section (II. From text to culture) are invited to present their work where this operation of “application-conversion” between texts and culture takes place; participants can present as well their critical reflections concerning analyses of other researchers (not only semioticians, but also anthropologists, sociologists, historians, etc.) in order to show the modalities through which researchers construct, narratively and discursively, connection(s) between text(s) and culture(s). 
 
The participants who prefer the first section (I. From observation to text) are encouraged to take into account their own experience of observation and registration of meaning by accompanying it with their critical reflection. It is also possible, as implied by the general aim of the conference, to present a research project conjugating the two sections (I. and II.) concerning the (meta)knowledge of semiotics. The conference is also open to scholars and researchers belonging to other disciplines (linguistics, sociology, anthropology, etc.) who intend to interrogate their practices of analysis concerning the questions mentioned above and/or who intend to compare approaches. 
 
Organisation:
Estonian Institute of Humanities (EHI) and the Germanic-Romance Languages and Culture Institute of Tallinn University. In collaboration with the University of Liège. 
 
Organizing committee:
Sémir Badir, Stefano Montes, Licia Taverna
 
Information:
Deadline for submitting abstracts: April 10, 2010.
Abstract: 250-300 words.
Languages of the conference: English and French. 
Communications: 30 minutes.
Proceedings will be published
 
Send Abstracts to:
Sémir Badir (semir.badir@ulg.ac.be) and Licia Taverna (licia.taverna@tiscalinet.it) 
 
For any further information please contact Sémir Badir or Licia Taverna 
 

   "Summer School and Festival: 25 Years of Semiotics in Imatra" 

 
                 

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

FOR

SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES

 

"SUMMER SCHOOLS AND FESTIVAL: 25 YEARS OF SEMIOTICS IN IMATRA"

to be held in

Imatra, Finland

June 11 – 15, 2010

 
We are pleased to announce the research seminars and International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies.   The seminars will be organized by the International Semiotics Institute (ISI) at Imatra and open to any semiotician interested in the topics given below.  The director of the Summer School and ISI, is Professor Eero Tarasti. 
Dates and Locations of the Seminars:
June 11 - 15, 2010, Hotel Valtionhotelli, an art nouveau castle in Imatra, Eastern Finland (near the border of Russia and well-known for its historical, natural, and cultural attractions)
 
Symposiums (by topic): 
 
1) The 29th Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of Finland  (open also for international scholars): Gesture, genre, gender
 
2) International Symposium on 'Richard Wagner and his Symbols' (together with the Finnish Wagner Society)
 
3) Semiotics and mathematics, with the special theme 'Peirce, the Mathematician', June 12–13
 
4) Meeting of the project planning the Pan-European Doctoral Program in Semiotics (funded by the EU, management by Finnbarents at the University of Lapland)
 
 
Each seminar consists of papers presented by both invited lecturers and participants.  The aim of the summer school is to offer the participants both up-to-date research and an opportunity to discuss thoroughly their projects with leading specialists in the various fields.  
 
Duration of papers:  30 min.  The working languages of the seminars and congresses are English, French, and German 
 
Preliminary program:
June 11          Registration and opening celebration of the International Summer School of Semiotic  Studies  
June 12 -15 09.00-18.00 Seminar lectures and papers,
Categories of Participation and Conditions of Admission:
There are two categories of participation:
(1) Active:  the participant will present a paper.
(2) Passive:  the participant will audit the summer school without presenting a paper.
 
An active participant must send a short curriculum vitae and a one-page abstract of his/her paper together with the registration form to the address given at the bottom of this letter.  These materials should reach the organizers no later than April 15, 2010.  The abstracts will be published as a booklet for the congresses, and should be sent both as a word-processing file (email attachment or saved to diskette) and in hard copy to the address given at the bottom of this letter.   
 
A passive participant must send the registration form by April 30, 2010.
 
Participation Fee:  200 EUR (The fee covers lunch and two coffees a day from June 12-15 and an elegant evening reception and buffet on June 11th.) 
 
Payment of fees must be made before April 30 by bank transfer to the ISI bank account with Sampo Bank.  The international account number is IBAN FI8780001802071697 and the BIC/SWIFT code DABAFIHH; Sampo bank, Unioninkatu 22, 00075 Sampo pankki
 
Accommodation  65 €/ person/ day/ in a double room, Castle hotel  
Imatran Valtionhotelli: 60 € / person/ day/ in double room in Spa hotel   
        91 € / person/ day/ in a single room,  Spa hotel 
                  101 € / person/ day in a single room, Castle hotel 
 
Accommodation will be reserved from Valtionhotelli before 10.5.10 by name  "Summer School" 
Telephone:  + 358 5 625 2000 or email:  valtionhotelli.rantasipi@restel.fi      
 
For further information and/or to REGISTER, please contact:  
International Semiotics Institute, Virastokatu 1, 55100 Imatra, Finland
Telephone: +358-20 617 6639,  fax  +358-20 617 6696
You are also encouraged to visit the ISI Internet website  www.isisemiotics.fi
for the most up-to-date information as it becomes available.
                                                                                                       
 

  International Human Science Research Conference, 4 - 8 August 2010.

 

University of Seattle, Seattle, Washington [state], USA

♦ Submission DEADLINE: 15 February 2010

♦ For venue information, go to:  www.seattleu.edu/artsci/map/Inner.aspx

 

  Third International UCD Conference on the Body 25-27 May 2010

 
The School of Philosophy, University College Dublin invites you to the Third International UCD Conference on the Body

EMBODIED SUBJECTIVITY

as part of the IRCHSS-funded project “The Phenomenology of Consciousness and Subjectivity” (Principal Investigator: Dermot Moran) in the
Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2, Ireland 25–27 May 2010
Professor Dermot Moran (UCD) Dr Rasmus Thybo Jensen (UCD) Luna Dolezal (Ph.D.-student, UCD) Sheena Hyland (Ph.D.-student, UCD)
 
Aim of the Conference
The primary aim of this conference is to explore the nature of embodied subjectivity and more specifically the contribution of phenomenology as a methodology for exploring this first-person dimension of human experience. The conference will bring together leading international researchers from a variety of disciplines and cover a range of topic (Perception, Gender, intercorporeality bodily agency, disorders of the body etc.). The two previous body conferences were held in 2007 (http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/bodyconference/) and 2008 (http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/iiconference/). The 2010 conference forms part of the IRCHSS-funded project “The Phenomenology of Consciousness and Subjectivity”.
 
Keynote Speaker Sara Heinämaa (University of Helsinki): Gender as a Perceptual Type
 
Other invited speakers includeTom Baldwin (University of York) Julia Jansen (University College Cork) Dorothée Legrand (École Polytechnique/CNRS) Tim Mooney (University College Dublin) Katherine Morris (University of Oxford) Matthew Ratcliffe (University of Durham) Sarah Richmond (University College London)
 
Sessions with Ph.D.-students include Jussi Backman (University of Helsinki) Luna Dolezal (University College Dublin) Johan Eckart Hansen (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen) Sheena Hyland (University College Dublin) Line Ryberg Ingerslev (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen) Timo Miettinen (University of Helsinki) Simo Pulkkinen (University of Helsinki)
 
Registration
To register, please email rasmus.jensen@ucd.ie your name and your institutional affiliation, if any, and let us know whether you would like to participate in the dinner on Thursday 4th of February (cost to be confirmed) and whether you have any special dietary requirements.
There is a participation fee of ␣ 10 (␣ 5 for students) to cover the cost of refreshments and wine reception, to be paid on arrival. However space is limited, so we advise you to register early and at the latest on the 30th of April 2010.
 
Accommodation
Unfortunately we cannot book accommodation for participants, but you can find details of local hotels here: http://www.ria.ie/about/location.html
 
Further Information
Contact Rasmus T. Jensen (rasmus.jensen@ucd.ie, Tel.: ++353 1 7168130, Fax: +353 1716 8258).
 
Acknowledgements
The organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSSS), the Royal Irish Academy, the UCD College of Human Sciences and the UCD School of Philosophy.
 
 

   The International Merleau-Ponty Circle  23-25 September 2010

 

University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC, USA

♦ Submission DEADLINE:  4 June 2010

♦ Theme:  "Depth: Aesthetic, Psychoanalytic, and Historical-Political"

 

FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

RICHARD SIMANKE [FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS, BRAZIL]

 
Essays dealing with the specific theme of the meeting will be given priority, but all essays having to do with Merleau-Ponty's philosophy will be considered. Essays should be approximately 15 standard pages long, so that they can be read in less than 30 minutes. Selected essays will be considered for an anthology based upon the meeting. The conference organizer reserves the right of first review for all submitted essays. Proposals will be considered for the conference, but strong preference will be given to complete papers. [A short curriculum vitae should accompany detailed proposals.] All submissions may be presented in either electronic or paper format, though e-mail attachments are preferred. The conference features the annual M. C. Dillon Memorial Lecture – an honor and monetary award for the best graduate student submission. Graduate students who wish to be considered for the Dillon award should indicate this in their cover letter.
 
Only essays or abstracts received by Friday, June 4, 2010 will be considered for this conference.
More information about the conference will be available at the conference website:  
www.unca.edu/Merleau-Ponty2010   [this site is not active, but will be prior to the conference]
 
 Merleau-Ponty Circle Website:  www.uri.edu/artsci/phl/impc/
 
Please send your essay to:
Prof. Duane H. Davis, Conference Director
Department of Philosophy, CPO # 2830
The University of North Carolina  at Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804-3251
 
 
 

  The Third International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, 27-29 August 2010

 第三届话语与多元文化国际学术会议

 

Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China

♦ Submission DEADLINE: 31 December 2009

♦ For Conference and venue information, go to:  shixu.com/institute-conference

 
 

   "Music: Function and Value", 27 SEPT to 2 OCT 2010

 

XI. International Congress on Musical Semiotics

Kraków, Poland

  
It is our honour and pleasure to inform you that the forthcoming 11th International Congress on Musical Signification (ICMS) will take place in Kraków, Poland, between 27th September and 2nd October, 2010.
 
The Academy of Music in Kraków is the organizer of the Congress under the auspices of International Association for Semiotic Studies (IASS), with the University of  Helsinki and the International Semiotics Institute (ISI) as co-organizers and Prof. Eero Tarasti (University of Helsinki) and Prof. Stanisław Krawczyński (Rector of the Academy of Music in Kraków) as Directors. 
 
We have invited to the Scientific Committee of the Congress the following eminent scholars: Michał Bristiger, Ludwik Bielawski, Ruben Lopez Cano, Constantin Floros, Marta Grabocz, Robert Hatten, Stanisław Krawczyński, Teresa Malecka, Dario Martinelli, Costin Miereanu, Raymond Monelle, John Rink, Ruta Stanevičiute-Goštautienë, Gino Stefani, Ivanka Stoyanova, Eero Tarasti, Mieczysław Tomaszewski and Agostino Zino.
 
The 11th Congress will have for its theme Music: Function and Value. We hope that this will allow us to see musical semiotics from yet another angle. It seems that, in the present state of world culture, dominated as it is by mass and popular cultures and subcultures, by media and postmodern trends, a discussion and a definition of the function and the value of a work of music become particularly relevant. 
 
At the same time, the proposed general theme of the Congress is versatile enough to realize a broad spectrum of topics and to view the entirety of the question from a multitude of perspectives.
 
Those of particular interest could include:
- Music in an axiological perspective
- Culture and popculture
- The work of music as a carrier of value, content and meaning
- The work’s character and genre versus its function in musical life and in culture
- The issue of limits in art: norm and transgression
- The semiotics of the masterpiece and of kitsch
- The avant-garde and the relevance of the work’s function, meaning, content and value
- The mode of existence, the repertoire and the hierarchy of values
- The relevance of truth and beauty in contemporary art
- The sacred and the profane values and functions
- The syndromes of the work’s quality and their aesthetic significance
- The axiological aspect of tonal systems
- The musical work’s values in male versus female perspectives
- Novelty versus value in the work of music
- Intertextual and intersemiotic relationships; their axiological aspect.
The year 2010 is celebrated worldwide as the Year of Chopin for the 200th anniversary of his birth. This is why any reference to his work – especially in terms of its function and value in history and culture – would be especially worthwhile.

On behalf of the Organisers I have the pleasure to invite you to the Congress.
Prof. dr hab. Mieczysław Tomaszewski
Head of the Local Scientific-Organisational Committee of ICMS11
 
CONGRESS INFORMATION: www.icms11.krakow.pl
 
 

   "Sustenance and Globalization", 22 -24 October 2010

 

GLOBAL FUSION 2010 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 

 
This year’s conference theme is “Sustenance and Globalization.” We consider the concept of culture in relation to the nature of global communication processes. Those interested in the role of the print, electronic, and digital media might look at their role in sustaining and modifying cultures. For those interested in non-mediated communication, a focus could be brought to bear on the ways in which folklore, traditional cultural practices, and ecology can act to sustain and empower cultures. Researchers exploring the development perspective on international communication might consider addressing community building, sustainability, development, and the roles of communication in changing and sustaining cultures, polities, and societies. Among many other possibilities, this theme also allows for an exploration of the ways in which communication technologies, both as software and hardware, can sustain and/or undermine cultures and environments.
 
Submissions on this theme are preferred, but proposals for conference panels and papers may be on any topic related to global media and international communication.
 
Panel and individual paper proposals may be submitted in the form of abstracts of 200-250 words, in MS Word or rich text format. Paper abstracts should be submitted anonymously, without the name or other identifying information about the author in the document.
 
The Global Fusion conference offers a graduate student competition. Papers submitted for the graduate student paper competition should be full length (about 25 pages in APA format), and clearly marked on the title page as being a submission for the competition.
 
The purpose of the Global Fusion conference series is to promote academic excellence in global media and international communication studies. These conferences bring together scholars and professionals interested in media and communication in global contexts. The conference series is sponsored by a consortium of schools including Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, Ohio University, Temple University and Southern Illinois University. The organizing committee members are Patrick Burkart, Antonio C. La Pastina, and Srivi Ramasubramanian.
 
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, July 1, 2010
E-mail Address for Submissions: globalfusion2010@tamu.edu
Conference Contact: Patrick Burkart, pburkart@tamu.edu 
 
 

 "Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources", 7 - 12 September 2010.

 

Fifth International Conference of the Russian Communication Association

 
The Russian Communication Association (RCA) in collaboration with the North American Russian Communication Association (NARCA) and Tver State University (TvSU) announce the Fifth International Conference Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources (Communication-2010) to be held in Tver, Russia on September 7-12, 2010.
 
International partners of the Conference: National Communication Association, International Communication Association, European Communication Research and Education Association, and Polish Communication Association.
 
                             The deadline for conference registration and abstracts submission is 30 March 2010. 
                                            The Conference working languages are English and Russian.
                            More information and submission instructions at: agora.guru.ru/RCA-2010/eng
 
 

  Phenomenological Pedagogy: Consciousness and Praxis 13-15 October 2010

 
Dear Scholars:  We invite you to attend an international conference on
 

Phenomenological Pedagogy: Consciousness and Praxis

13th-15th October 2010

College of Education

Capital Normal University

BEIJING, P. R. CHINA

 
The sub-topics include: Phenomenological spirit and pedagogical significance, Pedagogical ethics on the horizon of phenomenology, Epistemological research on the horizon of phenomenology, Phenomenological technology and technology for education, Phenomenological pedagogy and Teachers' Professional Development, Consciousness, mind and quality pedagogy. Please submit your paper's title and abstract ASAP if you are interested in the above sub-topics. 
 
If you have any questions, please contact
Yannan Shao, email address: daffodilyouyou@126.com,
Cell phone: (86) 152-1071-6852.
Our university's Website: www.cnu.edu.cn 
 

  Embodiment, Intersubjectivity and Psychopathology,  30 Sept. to 2 Oct 2010

 
ABSTRACT DEADLINE:  15 MARCH 2010    
Conference Information: www.eip-conference2010.unitt.de/382/index.hei
 

International Conference, University of Heidelberg, GERMANY

30 Sept.-2 Oct. 2010

During the last decade, the concept of embodiment has become a key paradigm of interdisciplinary approaches from the areas of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience. The body is no longer merely considered as an interesting input for the brain or mind. The new trend is to link embodiment, cognition and emotion in a deeper way, and this has particular repercussions for understanding our social engagements. This in turn has implications for psychopathology and psychotherapy, because embodied and intersubjective views on mental illness can offer new insights useful for diagnosis and remediation.

The conference is aimed at creating an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas on the themes of embodiment, intersubjectivity and their role in psychopathology. It brings together worldwide experts from the fields of developmental psychology, philosophy, and psychopathology, in order to advance on some key questions for this research area, among them:

· What is embodied intersubjectivity? In how far is our relationships with others mediated by the body?
· What is the role that embodied intersubjectivity plays for the development of social cognition?
· How can mental illness be conceived from an embodied and enactive point of view?
· What is the use of the notion of embodiment for therapy and training?

Main Speakers:
Ezequiel Di Paolo, Matthew Ratcliffe, Beata Stawarska, Dan Zahavi
(Philosophy)
Peter Hobson, Vasu Reddy, Colwyn Trevarthen, Ed Tronick
(Developmental Psychology)
Jonathan Cole, George Downing, Giovanni Stanghellini
(Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry)
 
The conference is conceived as an event that is more-than-usually intersubjective in its organisation. Apart from the keynote presentations delivered by experts, we have dedicated about half the time to specialised workshops. This will allow all participants to actively engage with and discuss the topics of the main talks.

We are looking forward to an interesting exchange of views on one of the key questions of current research.

Thomas Fuchs
Professor of Psychiatry, Heidelberg
Dept. of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg

 

  Images, Medias, and Politics, 18-19 November 2010

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

IMAGES, MEDIAS, AND POLITICS

18-19  November  2010

INA, PARIS, FRANCE

Submission deadline: February 15, 2010 


Politics and Communication Lab CNRS
Cinema and Audiovisual Research Institute
University Paris 3
National Audiovisual Institute (INA)
Coordinators :
Isabelle Veyrat-Masson
Jean-Pierre Bertin-Maghit
Sebastien Denis
Sebastien Layerle 
The conference aims at providing a forum for the exchange and reflexion on the study of analogical images, fixed and animated (movies, television, photography, printed material, new media, visual arts, video games, etc.) and their interaction with t he political sphere, in its broadest sense. This conference wishes to create an opportunity for exchange between fields sharing common study areas (history, political science, sociology, aesthetics , philosophy, information and communication ) which are not always fully aware of each otherʼ work.
The traditional question of the political use of images (propaganda, politics communications..) has been renewed with the advent of innovative means of communication. We will consider the most recent means of appropriation for this emerging type of images. We will also consider the original means of communication in the public space and how it is specific of our time.
Sources used must be photographic in nature, the conference aiming at analyzing analogical imagesʼ capacity or lack thereof, through a mimetic phenomenon, for summoning the spectator upon the political field. Therefore this conference will only consider "non-realistic" 
images (for example Les Guignols de lʼinfo) in a marginal manner, and their use will be considered only through that particular analogical prism.
Consequently, sources used must not predate the invention of photography, even though comparison with prior sources are welcome.
In a similar manner, papers regarding plastic arts (particularly photography and video) will be considered if they relate to political representation in an original manner.
An international (and/or comparative) approach will be favoured. 
Contributors can freely interpret the concepts of "images", "media" 
and "politics", and their relationship. Their view on the subject shall be consequently rigorously justified.
French and international researchers are welcome. Through a series of lectures and panels this conference will address and confront past experiences and current issues. The conferenceʼs goal is to offer an original synthesis of the national and transnational takes on this problematic.
Deliberately open-ended - we postulate that such a freedom of approach should bring forth the most innovative outlook - the chosen approach is both comparative and multidisciplinary, and includes the various fields of sociocultural and mentalities history, political science, information science and communication studies.
Listed below are some suggestions:
• Political and ideological values of fixed and animated images
• Uses of animated images in a determined place or time by propaganda or dissent
• Politicsʼ renewed representations (fiction, non-fiction and mixed)
• Technological evolutions through creative support and dissemination
mode: the Internet, mobile phones, and a come-back of older communication devices (Super 8,....)
• Political appropriation of new types of recorded images
• Political communication (propaganda, political marketing, life politics, ...)
• Spectatorsʼ sensibilities and reactions to images
• New theoretical questions
• Reception
but topics not included here are also welcome 
 
Submission deadline: February 15, 2010
Proposals (1000 signs or less) and a short bio-bibliography
of the author are to be submitted to:
Sebastien Denis  ( sebastiendenis@free.fr ) 
and
Claire Secail ( csecail@gmail.com ) 
 
Acceptance notification to authors: March 15, 2010
The complete text of accepted proposals should be handed before the start of the conference. The proceedings will be published.
Research Comittee: Jean-Pierre Bertin-Maghit, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Christian Delporte, Sebastien Denis, Francoise Denoyelle, Sebastien Layerle, Denis Marechal, Claire Secail, Danielle Tartakowsky, Isabelle Veyrat-Masson
Organisation : Claire Secail, Sebastien Denis
Administration : Corinne Navelant ( corinne.navelant@lcp.cnrs.fr )
Les commentaires sont desactives pour ce billet.
 
 

  Sémiotique Pratique, 27 Mai 2010

 

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Colloque « Sémiotique pratique »

Association des Jeunes Chercheurs en Sémiotique, 

le 27 mai 2010, Limoges, France.

 
Fidèle à son ambition première de promouvoir la sémiotique, l’Association des Jeunes Chercheurs en Sémiotique (AJCS), créée à Limoges en février 2009, organisera son premier colloque international en collaboration avec le laboratoire CeReS (Centre de Recherches sémiotiques). Cet évènement scientifique inaugural entend articuler les débats autour du thème central de la « Sémiotique pratique ».
 
Consacrée à l’étude des signes et de la signification, la sémiotique s’ouvre en effet à une très grande variété de champs de la vie sociale dont elle propose d’en soulever et d’en expliquer la complexité. Textes, images, productions multimédias, mode ou pratiques culturelles,… les systèmes de signes sont variés et soulignent le caractère dynamique d’une discipline ouverte à la pluridisciplinarité.
 
Ce colloque propose de faire un tour d’horizon théorique et appliqué de la sémiotique afin d’évaluer sa valeur ajoutée et sa fonction opératoire dans l’analyse de corpus. Et cela, dans une optique bilatérale car si cette discipline se présente comme un outil d’analyse efficace, capable de rendre compte des structures de signification des objets du corpus, ces derniers s’avèrent, en retour, nécessaires à l’enrichissement des réflexions sur la théorisation de cette discipline.
 
La généricité d’un tel projet permet ainsi d’orienter la réflexion vers différents axes, lesquels considèrent un aspect spécifique de la complexité sémiotique. Nous proposons d’en identifier les suivants :
- Sémiotique et pluridisciplinarité
- Sémiotique comme outil d’analyse de différents objets signifiants
- Sémiotique et résolution stratégique
- Discussion sur les théories sémiotiques
Ces axes ne suggèrent que quelques pistes et vous pouvez en imaginer d’autres.
 
Format des résumés
Les propositions de communication seront soumises en format Word (.doc ou .rtf) en fichier attaché à l’adresse électronique de l’association contact@semio-ajcs.com . Elles ne doivent pas dépasser 300 mots. Veuillez aussi préciser votre nom et votre établissement de rattachement.
Nous rappelons que la durée de chaque présentation ne peut excéder 20 minutes, auxquelles succèderont 10 minutes de discussion.
 
Calendrier
Date limite de recevabilité des résumés : 30 janvier 2010
Date de notification de l’acceptation des résumés : 28 février 2010
Dates du Colloque : 27 mai 2010 
Date de la restitution des articles définitifs : 27 juin 2010
Comité d’organisation
Amir BIGLARI
Vivien LLOVERIA
Audrey MOUTAT
Shima SHIRKHODAEI
Comité scientifique
Anne BEYAERT-GESLIN
Amir BIGLARI
Jean-François BORDRON
Vivien LLOVERIA
Audrey MOUTAT
Shima SHIRKHODAEI

Responsable : Association des Jeunes Chercheurs en Sémiotique
Responsable : Association des Jeunes Chercheurs en Sémiotique

Url de référence :     http://www.semio-ajcs.com/

Adresse : Association AJCS – FLSH 
39E, Rue Camille-Guérin 
87036 – Limoges – France
 

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  "Communicology and Cognitive Science in East-West Cultures"

 

Biennial Summer Symposium and Professional Development Conference 1 - 8 JUNE 2008 

(Postponed Due to the Olympic Games; Currently Being Rescheduled)

 
Conference Venues:
The Center for Psychology and Cognitive Science, Tsinghua University
and
The Center for Comparative Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Beijing, People’s Republic of China
 
Communicology is the human science study of Communication with an emphasis on cultural analysis using the three step method of semiotic phenomenology for (1) Description, (2) Reduction, and (3) Interpretation as a normative logic.
Cognitive Science is the study of human consciousness (mind) as embodied in human behavior, intellection, and language as mental processes of being human in a culture. The conference has two functions: (1) To create an international dialogue between invited Chinese and Western scholars to examine similarities and deference in the cultural context for analyzing communication practice in the arts, sciences, and humanities. (2) To focus the dialogue on the Cognitive Science approaches to research in Communicology, i.e., applied specific qualitative approaches to the general human phenomenon of mind and body transactions.
 
PARTICIPATION
1. Conference participation is by invitation only. An invitation is extended to all ICI Fellows and Scholars. The Conference Planning Group will make nominations of Chinese scholars for participation in the conference. A short list of these Chinese Scholars will be made by the Planning Group Executive.
2. The planing committee has initially reserved 30 places for foreign scholars and 24 places for Chinese Scholars. While the total of 54 invited participants is fixed, the exact number of foreign and Chinese scholars is subject to change.
3. Conference Participants are asked to consult two primary research sources in preparation for the conference:
(1) Wilson, Robert A. and Frank C. Keil (Eds.), The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1999). “Most models of human cognition abstract away from variation, whether cultural or individual. But in the case of language, the capacity to handle the cultural variation is a central property of cognitive ability. Consider for example that language ability is modality independent; according to cultural tradition it can not only be spoken or signed but also represented visually by reference to sounds, meanings, or both . . . . In this modality independence it is very unlike any other sensory input or motor output system.” (p. 441).
(2) Smithsonian Institution, HUMAN: Origins, Body, Mind, Culture, Peoples (New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 2004). “Humans are phenomenally inquistive—hence the development of science. We investigate and experiment, theorize about the origins of existence and the nature of the universe, and have a powerful spiritual sense. This aspect of the human mind, together with our aesthetic sense, led humans to develop pleasure in painting and music, poetry and theater. This book is one expression of the natural inquisitiveness of humankind. No other species seems interested in how the body works. One great modern advance was the technology to make images of the brain at work, helping us to understand the humanmind—what makes each of us truly human." (“Foreword” page 7, by Robert Winston, editorial consultant).
4. Additional Resources:
Elmar Holenstein, 'Semiotics as a Cognitive Science", Cognitive Semiotics: Multidisciplinary Journal on Meaning and Mind, Issue 3 (Fall 2008), pp. 6-19.
 
PUBLICATION of PAPERS
Conference papers will be published in book form under the same title as the conference: Communicology and Cognitive Science in East-West Cultures For this reason, the operating language of the conference will be American English. Complete papers will be due at the time of the conference with final drafts due approximately three months after the conference. It is expected that all papers will be revised and edited for publication after conference discussion on them.
 
Initial Contact
 
 

  CALL FOR ♦ JOURNAL ARTICLE ♦ SUBMISSIONS 

 
 

   CALL FOR PAPERS

  Chinese Semiotic Studies   ♦ Deadline: 31 JANUARY 2010 ♦

 
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, 210097
 
Call  for  Papers for the year of 2010
 
General requirement:
   Chinese Semiotic Studies warmly welcomes papers with creative thinking dealing with the building of semiotic theoretical framework  or the building of branches of semiotics. There is no limit with regard to the length of papers. Authors , however, should follow closely APA (American Psychological Association) format so that copy right and academic seriousness are guaranteed. As semiotics has not yet become an independent discipline yet, we equally welcome papers or comments discussing the scope of semiotic research orientation ,expecting to  share more common views  towards the goal s of semiotic research. 
   Chinese Semiotics intends to enlarge the scope of authorship, we like academics in the fields of language, literature, philosophy,  art, music ,social and pure sciences, etc. to participate in semiotic research and contribute papers to us. Apart from the general topics as mentioned above, we like the  specific  topics as described in the following.
 
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 word format and send your papers to the following:
          E-mail address:  charlesg@jlonline.com
               Deadline for your contribution: January 31, 2010
 
EDITORIAL BOARD of Chinese Semiotic Studies
Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210097
President of Editorial Board: Prof. Zhang Jie
Vice President of Editorial Board: Prof. Xin Bin
Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Gu Jiazu
Phone: 025-83598181; 025-83904838; 13073433478
 
 

    CALL FOR PAPERS   ♦  Continuing Submissions; No Deadline  ♦

   Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC)   


Launching in 2008, Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is a new venture of scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions. The new refereed journal will be an important international platform for students and scholars in Chinese communication studies to exchange ideas and research results. Interdisciplinary in scope, it will examine subjects in all Chinese societies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and the global Chinese diaspora. The CJoC welcomes research articles using social scientific or humanistic approaches on such topics as mass communication, journalism studies, telecommunications, rhetoric, cultural studies, media effects, new communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, advertising and PR, political communication, communications law and policy, and so on. Articles employing historical and comparative analysis focused on traditional Chinese culture as well as contemporary processes such as globalization, deregulation, and democratization are also welcome.
 
Published by Routledge, CJoC is institutionally based at the Communication Research Centre, the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
 
For more information and submission instructions, please visit www.informaworld.com/cjoc
 

    CALL FOR PAPERS 

Lexia no. 6:  Pre-vision  ♦  Deadline: 15 JUNE 2010 ♦ 
 

Lexia n. 6: Pre-vision
Lexia n. 6: Pre-visione
Lexia n. 6: Pré-vision
Lexia n. 6: Pre-visión
 
Lexia, the international, double blind peer-reviewed journal of CIRCE, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Communication at the University of Torino, Italy, invites contributions to be published in issue n. 6 of the new series.
Lexia, la rivista internazionale a doppio referaggio cieco di CIRCE, il Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerche sulla Comunicazione dell’Università di Torino, sollecita contributi da pubblicare nel n. 6 della nuova serie.
Lexia, le journal international double blind peer-reviewed de CIRCE, le Centre Interdépartemental de Recherche sur la Communication de l’Université de Torino, Italie, invite des soumissions d’articles à publier dans le n. 6 de la nouvelle série.
Lexia, la revista internacional double blind peer-rewieved de CIRCE, el Centro Inter-departamental de Investigación sobre la Comunicación de la Universidad de Torino, Italia, invita artículos para publicación en el n. 6 de la nueva serie.
 
The topic of the forthcoming issue is “Pre-vision”.
L’argomento del prossimo numero è “Pre-visione”.
Le sujet du prochain numéro est “Pré-vision”.
El tópico del próximo número es: “Pre-visión”.
 
The first part of the volume will contain the proceedings of a roundtable organized by the University of Torino on December 14-15, 2009. This first part will include articles by key-speakers Ugo Volli, Sergio Scamuzzi, Peppino Ortoleva, Maurizio Ferraris, Kristian Bankov, Guido Martinotti, Aldo Pigoli, Paolo Natale, etc.
La prima parte del volume conterrà gli atti di una tavola rotonda organizzata dall’Università di Torino il 14 e 15 dicembre 2009. Questa prima parte comprenderà articoli dei relatori-chiave Ugo Volli, Sergio Scamuzzi, Peppino Ortoleva, Maurizio Ferraris, Kristian Bankov, Guido Martinotti, Aldo Pigoli, Paolo Natale, etc.
La première partie du volume contiendra les actes d’une table ronde organisée par l’Université de Torino le 14 et 15 décembre 2009. Cette première partie comprendra les articles des key-speakers Ugo Volli, Sergio Scamuzzi, Peppino Ortoleva, Maurizio Ferraris, Kristian Bankov, Guido Martinotti, Aldo Pigoli, Paolo Natale, etc.
La primera parte del volumen reunirá las actas de una mesa redonda organizada por la Universidad de Torino de 14 a 15 diciembre 2009. Esta primera parte incluirá artículos de los key-speakers Ugo Volli, Sergio Scamuzzi, Peppino Ortoleva, Maurizio Ferraris, Kristian Bankov, Guido Martinotti, Aldo Pigoli, Paolo Natale, etc.
 
The second part is open to external contributions.
La seconda parte è aperta a contributi esterni.
La deuxième partie est ouverte à des contributions externes.
La segunda parte será abierta a contribuciones externas.
 
The monographic issue aims at investigating the theme of pre-vision in its methodological and strategic aspects, by analyzing the conceptual and interpretative schemes as well as the modalities of representation that, in practices of pre-vision, characterize different disciplines: pre-visions in economics, in sociological studies, according to semiotics, etc., in order to understand how pre-visions are formulated in the fields of science, medicine, military strategy, architecture, urban planning, etc. An important part of the reflection will be devoted to both verbal and non-verbal languages that enunciate and represent pre-visions.
Il numero monografico si propone di indagare il tema della pre-visione nei suoi aspetti metodologici e strategici, analizzando sia gli schemi concettuali e interpretativi sia le modalità rappresentative che, nell’esercizio di questa pratica, ispirano discipline diverse: le previsioni in economia, negli studi sociologici, secondo le discipline semiotiche, etc., per giungere a capire come si formulano previsioni nei campi della scienza e della medicina, nelle strategie militari, nell’architettura e nello sviluppo urbanistico, etc. Una parte importante della riflessione sarà riservata ai linguaggi sia verbali che non-verbali che enunciano e rappresentano la pre-visione.
Le numéro monographique se propose d’investiguer le sujet de la pré-vision dans ses aspects méthodologiques et stratégiques. Il se donne comme objectif d’analyser à la fois les schémas conceptuels et interprétatifs et les modalités représentatives qui, dans l’exercice de la pratique de pré-vision, inspirent plusieurs disciplines différentes : les prévisions en économie, dans les études sociologiques, selon les disciplines sémiotiques, etc., afin de comprendre de quelle façon l’on formule les prévisions dans les champs de la science et de la médicine, dans les stratégies militaires, dans l’architecture et dans le développement urbanistique, etc. Una partie importante de la réflexion sera consacrée aux langages, à la fois verbaux et non-verbaux, qui énoncent et représentent la pré-vision.
El número monográfico se propone investigar el tópico de la pre-visión en sus aspectos metodológicos y estratégicos, analizando tanto los esquemas conceptuales e interpretativos así como las modalidades representativas que, en el ejercicio de la practica de pre-visión, caracterizan varias disciplinas: las previsiones en economía, en los estudios sociológicos, en las disciplinas semióticas, etc., con el fin de comprender de qué manera se formulan las previsiones en los ámbitos de la ciencia y de la medicina, en las estrategias militares, en arquitectura y en el desarrollo urbanístico, etc. Una parte importante de la reflexión se dedicará a los lenguajes, tanto verbales como no verbales, que enuncian y representan la pre-visión.
 
In particular, possible subjects of contributions in the semiotic field might include:
In particolare, possibili argomenti per i contributi nell’ambito semiotico potrebbero includere:
En particulier, les sujets possibles de contribution dans le domaine sémiotique pourraient inclure:
En particular, los tópicos posibles de contribución en el ámbito semiótico podrían incluir:
 
1)    Signs have been the first objects of semiotic reflection, and still play an important role in the various semiotic schools. What is the relation between the theoretical structure of signs and the cultural and cognitive mechanisms of pre-vision from the point of view of Peirce’s, structural, or Lotmanian semiotics?
2)    One of the most characteristic features of human beings is their ability to conceive future scenarios on the basis of situations experienced in the present and/or memorized in the past. How can this cognitive mechanism be analysed in the framework of semiotic theory, in particular with reference to (a) the general concept of sign; (b) the Peircian idea of inference; (c) the Greimasian idea of narrativity; (d) the Lotmanian idea of semiospheric dynamics? Furthermore, to what extent is this ‘pre-visional capacity’ a characteristic of other living species? How can this not-only-human characteristic be analysed in the framework of bio-semiotics?
3)    Pre-vision does not involve only the cognitive experience of human beings but also their hermeneutic experience, the experience of their interactions with semiotic artefacts. What kind of pre-visional experience is required when we interact with texts, be they narrative or not? When, more or less voluntarily, we seek to foresee the future development of a narration, an argument, a performance, etc.? Vice versa, in which ways do texts seek to influence our ‘pre-visional moves’?
4)    Some forms of human cognition and textual production are specifically meant to (a) construe a representation of the future; (b) convey this representation as more or less probable to an audience. How can semiotics analyse the structure of these ‘discourses about the future’, with reference to both the means of their semantic construction and to those of their rhetorical communication? How do social sciences, for instance, make sense of both the past and the present world by elaborating a pre-vision of the future, and how do they enunciate this pre-vision in order to increase the social perception of its viability? How do modern ‘techniques and rhetorics of forecasting’ compare with pre-modern modalities of it, for instance those one comes across in religion, astrology, folkloric superstition, etc.?
5)    Among the textual devices used by the modern techniques and rhetorics of forecasting, many (in medical sciences, meteorology, military strategy, etc.) systematically rely on visual substances. How do images influence the construction, communication, and transformation of pre-visions?
6)    What is the ‘life of pre-visions’ in the terms of cultural, socio- and/or ethno-semiotics? What happens to successful pre-visions, and what occurs, on the contrary, to pre-visions that are proved wrong by history?
7)    More generally, how do different ‘semiotic ideologies’ influence the very idea of pre-vision? Is pre-vision more central in certain historical and socio-cultural contexts than in others?
1)    I segni sono stati i primi oggetti della riflessione semiotica, e tuttora detengono un ruolo importante nelle varie scuole semiotiche. Qual è la relazione tra la struttura semiotica dei segni e i meccanismi culturali e cognitivi della pre-visione secondo il punto di vista delle semiotiche di Peirce, di quella strutturale, di quella di Lotman?
2)    Uno dei tratti più caratteristici degli esseri umani è la loro capacità di concepire scenari futuri sulla base di situazioni esperite nel presente e/o memorizzate nel passato. In che modo questo meccanismo cognitivo può essere analizzato nel quadro della teoria semiotica, in particolare con riferimento a (a) il concetto generale di segno; (b) l’idea peirciana d’inferenza; (c) l’idea greimasiana di narratività; (d) l’idea lotmaniana di dinamiche semiosferiche? Inoltre, in che misura questa “capacità pre-visionale” è una caratteristica di altre specie viventi? In che modo questa caratteristica non-solo-umana può essere analizzata nel quadro della bio-semiotica?
3)    La pre-visione non implica solo l’esperienza cognitiva degli esseri umani ma anche la loro esperienza ermeneutica, l’esperienza delle loro interazioni con gli artefatti semiotici. Che tipo di esperienza pre-visionale è necessaria quando interagiamo con dei testi, siano essi narrativi o meno? Quando, più o meno volontariamente, cerchiamo di prevedere lo sviluppo futuro di una narrazione, di un’argomentazione, di una performance, etc.? Viceversa, in quali modi i testi cercano d’influenzare le nostre ‘mosse pre-visionali’?
4)    Alcune forme della cognizione umana e della produzione testuale mirano specificamente a (a) costruire una certa rappresentazione del futuro; (b) veicolare questa rappresentazione come più o meno probabile per un certo pubblico. In che modo la semiotica può analizzare la struttura di questi ‘discorsi sul futuro’, con riferimento sia ai mezzi della loro costruzione semantica sia a quelli della loro comunicazione retorica? In che modo le scienze sociali, per esempio, rendono conto del senso del mondo passato e presente elaborando una pre-visione del futuro, e in che modo esse enunciano questa pre-visione al fine di accrescere la percezione sociale della sua validità? Che cosa emerge dal confronto fra le moderne ‘tecniche e retoriche della pre-visione’ e quelle pre-moderne, per esempio quelle in cui ci s’imbatte nella religione, nell’astrologia, nella superstizione folklorica, etc.?
5)    Tra i mezzi testuali usati dalle moderne tecniche e retoriche della pre-visione, molte (nelle scienze mediche, nella meteorologia, nella strategia militare, etc.) si servono sistematicamente di sostanze visive. In che modo le immagini influenzano la costruzione, la comunicazione, e la trasformazione delle pre-visioni?
6)    Qual è la ‘vita delle pre-visioni’ nei termini della semiotica della cultura, della socio-semiotica, dell’etno-semiotica? Che cosa succede alle pre-visioni di successo, e che cosa, invece, alle pre-visioni che la storia dimostra essere erronee?
7)    Più in generale, in che modo differenti ‘ideologie semiotiche’ influenzano la stessa idea di pre-visione? La prev-isione è più centrale in certi contesti storici e socio-culturali che in altri?
1)    Les signes ont été les premiers objets de la réflexion sémiotique, et ils occupent encore un rôle important dans les différentes écoles sémiotiques. Quelle est la relation entre la structure théorétique des signes et les mécanismes culturels et cognitifs de la pré-vision du point de vue de la sémiotique de Peirce, de la sémiotique structurale, de la sémiotique de Lotman?
2)    L’un des traits les plus caractéristiques des êtres humains est leur capacité de concevoir des scénarios futurs sur la base de situations dont on fait l’expérience dans le présent ou de situations mémorisées dans le passé. De quelle façon ce mécanisme cognitif peut-il être analysé dans le cadre de la théorie sémiotique, en particulier avec référence à (a) le concept général de signe; (b) l’idée peircienne d’inférence; (c) l’idée greimasienne de narrativité; d) l’idée lotmanienne de dynamiques sémiosphériques? En outre, dans quelle mesure cette capacité pré-visionelle est-elle une caractéristique d’autres espèces vivantes? De quelle façon cette caractéristique non uniquement humaine peut-elle être analysée dans le cadre de la bio-sémiotique?
3)    La pré-vision n’implique pas seulement l’expérience cognitive des êtres humains mais aussi leur expérience herméneutique, l’expérience de leurs interactions avec des artefacts sémiotiques. Quel genre d’expérience pré-visionelle est-elle requise lorsque nous interagissons avec des textes, soient-ils narratifs ou pas? Lorsque, de façon plus ou moins volontaire, nous essayons de prévoir le développement futur d’une narration, d’une argumentation, d’une performance, etc.? Vice versa, dans quelles façons les textes essayent-ils d’influencer nos ‘mouvances pré-visionelles’?
4)    Certaines formes de la cognition humaine et de la production textuelle visent spécifiquement à (a) construire une certaine représentation du futur; (b) transmettre cette représentation comme plus ou moins probable pour un certain public. De quelle façon la sémiotique peut-elle organiser la structure de ces ‘discours sur le futur’, se référant à la fois aux moyens de leur construction sémantique et à ceux de leur communication rhétorique? De quelle façon les sciences sociales, par exemple, rendent-elles compte du sens du monde passé et présent en élaborant une pré-vision du futur, et de quelle façon énoncent-elles cette pré-vision de sorte à augmenter la perception sociale de sa validité ? Qu’émerge-t-il de la comparaison entre les modernes ‘techniques et rhétoriques de la prévision’ et celles de l’ère pré-moderne, par exemple les techniques et rhétoriques de la pré-vision que l’on rencontre dans la religion, dans l’astrologie, dans la superstition folklorique, etc. ?
5)    Parmi les moyens textuels utilisés par les modernes techniques et rhétoriques de la pré-vision, plusieurs (dans les sciences médicales, dans la météorologie, dans la stratégie militaire, etc.) utilisent systématiquement des substances visuelles. De quelle façon les images influencent-elles la construction, la communication, et la transformation des pré-visions?
6)    Quelle est la ‘vie des pré-visions’ dans les termes de la sémiotique de la culture, de la socio-sémiotique, de l’etno-sémiotique? Qu’arrive-t-il aux pré-visions qui ont du succès, et qu’arrive-y-il, en revanche, aux pré-visions que l’histoire démontre être fautives?
7)    Plus en général, de quelle façon des ‘idéologies sémiotiques’ différentes influencent-elles l’idée même de pré-vision? La pré-vision est-elle plus centrale dans certains contextes historiques et socio-culturels que dans certains autres contextes?
1)    Los signos han sido los primeros objetos de la reflexión semiótica, y todavía desempeñan un papel importante en las diferentes escuelas semióticas. ¿Cuál es la relación entre la estructura semiótica de los signos y los mecanismos culturales y cognitivos de la pre-visión según el punto de vista de la semiótica de Peirce, de la semiótica estructural, de la de Lotman?
2)    Unos de los rasgos más característicos de los seres humanos es su capacidad de concebir escenarios futuros basándose en situaciones cuya experiencia se hace en el tiempo presente o situaciones que se han memorizado en un tiempo pasado. ¿De qué manera este mecanismo cognitivo puede ser analizado en el marco de la teoría semiótica, en particular con referencia a (a) el concepto general de signo; (b) la idea peirciana de inferencia; (c) la idea greimasiana de narratividad; d) la idea lotmaniana de dinámicas semioesféricas? Además, ¿en qué medida esta “capacidad pre-visional” es una característica de otras especies vivientes?, ¿De qué manera esta característica no-solamente-humana puede ser analizada en el marco de la bio-semiótica?
3)    La pre-visión no implica sólo la experiencia cognitiva de los seres humanos sino también su experiencia hermenéutica, la experiencia de sus interacciones con los artefactos semióticos. ¿Qué tipo de experiencia pre-visional se necesita cuando cooperamos con unos textos, sean ellos narrativos o no-narrativos?, ¿Cuándo, más o menos voluntariamente, intentamos prever el desarrollo futuro de una narración, de una argumentación, de una performance, etc.?, ¿Al revés, de qué manera los textos intentan influir sobre nuestros ‘movimientos pre-visionales’?
4)    Algunas formas de la cognición humana y de la producción textual se plantean específicamente (a) construir una representación del porvenir; (b) comunicar esta representación más o menos probable a un cierto público. ¿De qué manera la semiótica puede analizar la estructura de estos ‘discursos sobre el porvenir’, con referencia a los medios de su construcción semántica y a los de su comunicación retórica?, ¿De qué manera las ciencias sociales, por ejemplo, dan cuenta del sentido del mundo pasado y presente elaborando una pre-visión del futuro, y de qué manera enuncian esta pre-visión al fin de acrecentar la percepción social de su validez?, ¿Qué surge de la comparación entre las modernas ‘técnicas y retóricas de la previsión’ y las de la época pre-moderna, por ejemplo las que se encuentran en la religión, en la astrología, en la superstición folklórica, etc.?
5)    Entre los medios textuales utilizados por las modernas ‘técnicas y retóricas de la previsión’, muchas (en las ciencias médicas, en la meteorología, en la estrategia militar, etc.) se sirven sistemáticamente de substancias visivas. ¿De qué manera las imágenes influyen sobre la construcción, la comunicación, y la transformación de las pre-visiones?
6)    ¿Cuál es la ‘vida de las pre-visiones’, en los términos de la semiótica de la cultura, de la socio-semiótica, de la etno-semiótica?, ¿Qué ocurre a las previsiones exitosas, y qué sucede, por el contrario, a las previsiones que la historia ha probado como erróneas?
7)    De manera más general, ¿de qué manera ‘ideologías semióticas’ diferentes influyen sobre la idea misma de previsión?, ¿La previsión es más central en ciertos contextos históricos y socio-culturales que en otros?
 
Here is the expected publication schedule of the volume:
Questo è il calendario previsto per la pubblicazione del volume:
Voici le calendrier prévu pour la publication du volume:
Éste es el calendario previsto para la publicación del volumen:
 
June 15, 2010: deadline for contributions
July 15, 2010: deadline for referees
September 15, 2010: deadline for revised versions of contributions
December 15, 2010: publication of Lexia n. 6.
15 giugno 2010: data limite per i contributi
15 luglio 2010: data limite per i revisori
15 settembre 2010: data limite per le versioni rielaborate dei contributi
15 dicembre 2010: pubblicazione di Lexia n. 6
15 juin 2010: date limite pour les articles
15 juillet 2010: date limite pour les réviseurs
15 septembre 2010: date limite pour les versions révisées des contributions
15 décembre 2010: publication de Lexia n. 6
15 junio 2009: fecha límite para los artículos
15 julio 2010: fecha límite para los revisores
15 septiembre 2010: fecha límite para las revisiones de los artículos
15 diciembre 2010: publicación de Lexia n. 6
 
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 Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication 

 
Published by the Philosophy of Communication Section of the European Comunication Research and Education Association (ECREA)   
Aims and Scope 
Empedocles aims to provide a publication and discussion platform for those working at the interface of philosophy and the study of communication, in all its aspects. The editors believe that philosophical reflection and analysis regarding communication is an intellectually exciting enterprise in its own right, but also important for today's globalising and increasingly mediatised societies. They also believe that approaching traditional philosophical disciplines, topics and questions from the point of view of the impact communicative action and practices have on them is a necessary but underdeveloped area of intellectual activity.
Call for Papers
Empedocles publishes double-blind peer reviewed articles (6,000-8,000 words), as well as book reviews, interviews and discussions. We want to facilitate the development of philosophies of communication and their application to other areas of research, intellectual and creative practice and cultural and political action, in a way that is truly useful and interesting. Work from all disciplines, schools and traditions in philosophy, communication studies and related areas of research is welcome. 
Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, will be published from February 2009. Interested authors are invited to contact us and/or submit papers (6,000-8,000 words) using the following:
 

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

 
 Schutzian Research is an annual journal that seeks to continue the tradition of Alfred Schutz. It encourages contributions that are philosophical, cultural-scientific, or multidisciplinary in character. We welcome a broad spectrum of qualitative and interpretive work, comparable with Schutz's orientation but not necessarily derived from it. The journal is multilingual in character, with abstracts in English. All submissions will be blindly reviewed by at least two experts in the appropriate field.
Further information about this annual, including the articles published in the first volume, can be found at the website below.  Subscriptions to the journal or a copy of this first edition as a paperback or as an e-book can be ordered on-line as indicated below.  
 
 
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   THE COMMUNICATION REVIEW

 
The Communication Review seeks a synthesis of concerns traditional to the fields of communication and media studies. The journal's heuristic division of the the field into three analytic perspectives provides a natural structure for creating new knowledge across conventional disciplinary boundaries.
 
      Comunication and Culture, probing the questions of producing meaning and interpretation by way of analyzing culture through the visual and dramatic arts, literature, sociology, anthropology, and the interdisciplinary tradition of cultural studies.
 
      Communication as a Social Force, focusing on the historical development and contemporary transformation of media and communication, telecommunications, and information systems, emphasizing their political-economic, technological, and institutional dynamics.
 
      Communication and Mind, examining the individual socially constituted through language and other media in their cultural, social, and economic contexts.
 
The Editors view these as different theoretical perspectives on the study of communication processes.They particularly encourage historical work, feminist work, and visual work, and invite submissions from those employing critical theoretical and empirical approaches to a range of topics under the general rubric of communication and media studies research.
 
Editors: Andrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams, Editors, Media Studies Program, University of Virginia.  
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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION  (CJC)

 
CJC is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing outstanding scholarship in communications, media and cultural studies, journalism, and information studies. CJC is looking for theoretically innovative and methodologically challenging original manuscripts, in English or French, for immediate peer-review.
 
To submit an article for peer-review go to the CJC website http://www.cjc-online.ca and click on the "submit" button.
 
Articles for peer-review should be approximately 6,000 to 8,000 words in length. In addition to the traditional peer-reviewed article the CJC will develop innovative forms and formats for discussions of current practices including: media reviews, research overviews of current projects, and polemical commentaries. These submissions are shorter in length and may be either more descriptive or experimental in tone.
 
Please direct ideas and inquiries to: editor@cjconline.ca.
 
For information on book reviews please contact our book review editor, Leslie Regan Shade:  review_editor@cjconline.ca.
 
Information on CJC: Kim Sawchuk, Editor, CJC:  editor@cjc-online.ca.