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<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr;">Here is the CFP for the EELC11 conference in Helsinki. </div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr;">Do let me know if you have any questions. </div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr;">Best wishes from Helsinki, </div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr;">Saila Poutiainen (member of the organizing committee) </div>
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<b>Call for Papers: <br>
11th Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication Conference (EELC11) </b></div>
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<b>University of Helsinki, Finland, May 24 – 25, 2027</b> </div>
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We invite scholars and students from diverse disciplines to discuss all areas of ethnography, linguistics, and communication. The programme will feature plenary lectures, individual presentations, poster sessions, and roundtables. The language of the conference
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The general theme of the conference is <i>Language, Communication and Environments</i>. The individual presentations and posters may discuss a variety of topics, including but not limited to: </div>
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the notions of contexts, spaces, places, communities and societies as they apply to physical and/or digital environments </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
sustainable futures </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
ecological humanities and posthumanism </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
new materialism </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
evolving practices </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
engagement and social justice </li></ul>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The abstract submission for individual papers and posters is now open! Please submit your abstract via this link:
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/NgmxXFqywZ" id="OWAdb3aad28-2f71-3e94-7a56-29b56dacfb40" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>Abstract submission for EELC11
– Fill out form</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. One person may only submit one paper/poster as the first author. The abstracts should be max. 2000 characters including references. </span></div>
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The deadline for submitting your abstract is October 18, 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by December 21, 2026. </div>
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At EELC11, the tradition of interactive roundtables<b> </b>is kept alive. There will be three roundtables<b> </b>around the following themes: </div>
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Perspectives on the Global North and the Global South <br>
Safety, security, and social justice <br>
Online ethnography </div>
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The plenary speakers are: </div>
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Leah Sprain, University of Colorado Boulder, USA </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
Sari Pietikäinen, The Arctic University of Norway </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
Hanna Maarit (Hanna-Máret) Outakoski, Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
Ben Rampton, King’s College London, UK </li></ul>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please find more information on the </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/11th-explorations-ethnography-language-and-communication-eelc" id="OWAa7a6f8ef-6b18-4037-2d43-e36efb408429" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>conference
website</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. (Continuously updated.)</span></div>
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Contact the organizers: eelc11@helsinki.fi</div>
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Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!</div>
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On behalf of the organizing committee,</div>
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Heini Lehtonen (chair)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">FT, dos. Heini Lehtonen, PhD<br>
Suomen kielen vanhempi yliopistonlehtori/Senior lecturer of Finnish<br>
Suomalais-ugrilainen ja pohjoimainen osasto/Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian, and Scandinavian Studies</span></p>
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Puhelin/Telephone:<br>
0294128493<br>
+358505560740</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">PL 24</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">Metsätalo C407 (Unioninkatu 40)<br>
00014 Helsingin yliopisto/University of Helsinki</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);">~ I don't do mistakes, I do variations.~</span></p>
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