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Call for Papers Theme: Comparativism, Identity, Communication Type: 6th International Conference (CIC2013) Institution: Faculty of Letters, University of Craiova Society of Philological Sciences Location: Craiova (Romania) Date: 18.–19.10.2013 Deadline: 13.9.2013 __________________________________________________ By bringing the concepts of “comparativism”, “identity”, “communication” together, the conference will focus on the complex identities/alterities interactively engaged in the society “conquered by communication” (B. Miège). Transmodern globalized communication implies rapid, spectacular, misleading and ambivalent processes: communication can be seen as a means of emancipation of the individual/ nations, but also as a means of controlling them. It is necessary, therefore, to rethink “human condition” in the context of interculturalism and “netocracy” and from the point of view of mutual conditioning and interactive feedback. The opening towards ‘otherness’ that accompanies the transgression of the borders of communication supposes identity awareness. Multicultural cohabitation is possible if individuals become aware of symbols of identity and their value, if they consciously participate in the intercultural dialogue and operate with flexible concepts and, by all means, if they place themselves under the unifying sign of meaning. Comparative studies provide new insights into the complex matters of intercultural relations and identity issues, but they also provide food for thought for the field of communication studies. While focusing on general and comparative literature, it is not our intention, though, to limit the scope of the conference to this area. We envisage comparison as an all-encompassing scientific method, which might apply to linguistics, anthropology, cultural studies etc. The interdisciplinary perspective and the generous thematic spectrum will, hopefully, allow the rethinking of the issues mentioned above. Thematic areas: 1. Comparativism: influence, reception, intertextuality, palimpsestic rewriting, comparative poetics, comparative imagology, inter-aesthetic and inter-semiotic relations (literature and the other arts); comparison between languages and linguistic phenomena. 2. Pragmasemantic aspects of communication: emotive meaning, argumentative roles, illocutionary functions, implicit meaning, linguistic/semantic context and extralinguistic/situational context. 3. The rhetorical aspects of communication: tropes, figures of thought, sophisms; political, journalistic, didactic discourse. 4. New media/communication technologies and corresponding anthropological mutations: cyber-culture and cyberspace, virtual communities, “secondary“ orality, re-reading of texts in different contexts, a.o. 5. Identities re-/deconstruction: discourse on identity and cultural diversity; post-communist transition and negotiation of identity; “the writing” of the multicultural self in the media; alterity and the dynamics of communicative relations. 6. Postmodern culture: hybridization, polyphony, interculturality. Interdisciplinary perspectives: comparativism, discourse analysis, gender studies, philosophy, imagology, pragmatics, semiotics. Deadline for registration and submission of abstracts: 13.09.2013. Notification of acceptance will be sent by September 20th, 2013. Participation fee: 40 Euros. PhD candidates: 30 Euros. The conference fee includes the conference map, coffee/tea, lunch, dinner and the publication of a volume of selected articles. Conference languages: Romanian, English, French, Italian, Spanish. Presentation: the papers presented should not exceed 20 minutes (10 minutes for discussions). Publication: The papers are subject to PEER REVIEW. The selected papers will be published in 2014 (Universitaria Publishing House, Craiova, CNCS: B category) Queries can be directed to: Emilia Parpală Afana Email: parpala_af...@yahoo.com Alina Ţenescu Email: alinatene...@gmail.com Aurelia Florea Email: aurelia_flo...@yahoo.com Conference website: http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/litere/activitate-stiintifica/cic_2013.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
