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<div>You are warmly welcome to join us at the 17th European Association of Social Anthropologists Biennial
Conference (<a href="https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2022/">https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2022/</a>)
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will be held in Belfast, 26-29 July, 2022. It is our pleasure to invite
you to submit your paper proposals to our panel,
which is sponsored by the EASA network on Linguistic Anthropology. It
will be a great opportunity for all to explore the theoretical build-ups
and ethnographic potentials of the concept 'semiotic landscape'. The
conference can accommodate both onsite participance and online
participance.<br>
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<div>Here are the panel details:</div>
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<div>Potentialities of Semiotic Landscapes: Language Practices, Materialities and Agency [EASA Network on Linguistic Anthropology]<br>
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<div><b>Convenors:</b></div>
<div>Tatsuma Padoan (University College Cork)<br>
Lijing Peng (Trinity College Dublin)<br>
Julia Sonnleitner (University of Vienna)</div>
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<div><b>Short Abstract:</b></div>
<div>This panel explores the reciprocal production of place and
language: How do places create specific subjectivities and temporalities
through linguistic practice and material agency? And how do discourse
and language ideology constitute space and endow subjectivities
with differing degrees of agency?</div>
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<div><b>Long Abstract</b></div>
<div>In their recent work The Anthropology of the Future, Bryant and
Knight (2019) have strongly connected Aristotle's notion of
"potentiality"—described as the possibility of the future inscribed into
the materiality of the present, as an immanent anticipation
of what might or might not be—to Ernst Bloch's definition of hope
centred on the "not-yet" (Noch-Nicht). In this panel, we would like to
stimulate discussion on the potentialities of semiotic landscapes, not
only by ethnographically exploring the prospective
temporalities inherent in places—using notions like chronotope,
semiosphere, affect, etc. to investigate spaces of hope—but also by
pushing the concept of semiotic landscape itself further, exploring its
"not-yet-realised" theoretical potentials. The concept
of semiotic landscape, dealing with the textual and discursive
construction of places and the use of space as a semiotic resource
(Jaworski and Thurlow 2010), has cast light on the interplay between
language, visual discourse, spatial practices, and the spatial
dimension of culture.</div>
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<div>In this panel, we wish to extend such interplay by looking more
closely at the role of language practices, language ideologies and
material agency generated along spatial transformations. We welcome
papers from linguistic and social anthropology (and related
fields) to present ethnographic and theoretical discussions that enrich
the study of semiotic landscapes. By connecting language practices,
material agency, and language ideologies to the study of semiotic
landscapes, we wish to draw attention to the potentialities
of places to produce specific subjectivities and temporalities, but
also to orient our potential actions, plans, future expectations and
hopes.</div>
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<div>You can find the guidelines for submitting your proposal at the following link: <a href="https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2022/cfp" target="_blank">https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2022/cfp</a>.
Please kindly submit your proposal by March 21.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to your paper proposals!<br></div>
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<div>Best wishes,<br>
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<div>Tatsuma, Lijing and Julia</div><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, serif">Dr. phil. </font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px">Lijing Peng</span><br><br></div><div>Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation</div><div>Dublin 2, Ireland<br></div><div>+353 877963633<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>