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Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication: Analysis and Impact in Linguistic Ethnography

This is the second call for abstracts for papers and posters for the 2012 conference Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication. The theme of the conference is ‘Analysis and Impact in Linguistic Ethnography’. We invite contributions from across disciplines and topics such as research on health, education, culture and identity. Abstracts should provide a clear focus on what kinds of results can be achieved with an ethnographic approach to linguistic and communicative data. How do we interpret our data? How do our analyses add to wider knowledge of our target disciplines?

Discourse and Delineation / Discourse on the Border: Constructing and Breaking Taboos

This is a call for papers from the section LANGUAGE & MEDIA of the German Association for Semiotic Studies (DGS)

Call for Papers: “Discourse and Delineation / Discourse on the Border: Constructing and Breaking Taboos” at the 14th International Congress of the German Association for Semiotic Studies (DGS) Tübingen, Germany

Heads of the section: Ellen Fricke (TU Chemnitz, Germany), Ernest W.B. Hess-Lüttich (University of Bern, Switzerland), Roland Posner (TU Berlin, Germany), Daniel Rellstab (University of Vaasa, Finland)

7th Knowledge Cities World Summit: Knowledge-Based Services

The 7th Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS-2014) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia, which has been awarded as one among Top 7 Intelligent Communities in 2013. Estonia is often called "e-Estonia" to describe Estonia's emergence as one of the most advanced e-societies in the world and Estonians have the privilege to enjoy a large range of e-solutions and services. Since Estonia is willing to be the example for others who wish to follow the same path, the theme of "knowledge-based services" is selected as the overall theme of KCWS-2014.

Reminder: Analyzing Discourse and Foucauldian Regimes of Power/Knowledge with the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse and related perspectives

The session will discuss empirical research on discourses and regimes of power/knowledge in different social areas, using the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD). This perspective on discourses and their analysis draws on Foucault, Berger and Luckmann and the interpretative paradigm of sociology including symbolic interactionism and "communicative constructivism". In comparison to the Foucauldian tradition, SKAD focuses more on social actors and societal arenas of discursive disputes.

XII JORNADAS Antropológicas de literatura y semiótica

La Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, a través del Cuerpo Académico de Análisis del Discurso y Semiótica de la Cultura, en coordinación con la Facultad de Psicología de la UNAM con el Proyecto Emergencia e Interculturalidad (PAPIIT -IT300116) invita a las XII Jornadas Antropológicas de Literatura y Semiótica.
A llevarse a cabo el 5, 7 y 9 de SEPTIEMBRE en la ENAH
y el 6 y 8 en la Fac. de Psicología. UNAM

Sedes: PSICOLOGÍA UNAM y ENAH

2nd International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL): Language in Society

The organising committee of the 2nd International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL) are pleased to invite predoctoral students in English Linguistics programmes, including both PhD and Master's degree students, to participate in our second instantiation, which will be held on September 20, 21 and 22, 2017 at the Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. This conference is organised by the PhD Programme in English Linguistics of UCM, which has consistently maintained an Excellence Distinction by the Spanish Ministry of Education since 2004.

In the Name of the People: representing the people in twenty-first century politics

In today’s world, shaken by the effects of globalization, the aftermath of the financial crisis and widespread political corruption, people in many countries are reaching out for radical political solutions. In many parts of Europe, experts have perceived a growing mistrust of conventional politics: as the perceived gap between citizens and their representatives has widened, new political formations have arisen that promise to shake up the status quo and give more concrete expression to people’s real needs and desires.