27.4061, Calls: Cog Sci, Pragmatics, Semantics, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Subject: 27.4061, Calls: Cog Sci, Pragmatics, Semantics, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:13:02
From: Chiao-I Tseng [tseng at uni-bremen.de]
Subject: 3rd Bremen Conference on Multimodality

 
Full Title: 3rd Bremen Conference on Multimodality 
Short Title: BreMM17 

Date: 20-Sep-2017 - 22-Sep-2017
Location: Bremen, Germany 
Contact Person: Chiao-I Tseng
Meeting Email: bremm17 at uni-bremen.de
Web Site: http://unihb.eu/4D2mpHBe 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Pragmatics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Dec-2016 

Meeting Description:

BreMM17 is the third in a series of conferences dedicated to bringing together
different disciplinary and methodological approaches to the study of
multimodality in various academic contexts.

More than ever, multimodality is one of the most influential semiotic theories
for analyzing media artifacts, and it enjoys growing global popularity.
However, this popularity does not imply universality: the conceptual anchoring
of multimodality as well as its empirical applications often remain nationally
and regionally grounded.

The Bremen team takes these differences in national and international
perspectives as a starting point of discussion and analysis. We continuously
initiate deeper inquiry into the specific theories and practices of multimodal
research: BreMM14 was dedicated to building bridges between various
multimodality-ready disciplines, and BreMM15 concerned itself with theoretical
and methodological explorations. Both conferences resulted in edited volumes
which present each event’s strongest  contributions and serve as the basis for
lasting academic exchange on the ever-new topic of multimodality in theory and
practice. 

The upcoming Third Bremen Conference, BreMM17, plans to lay the foundation for
the formation of a standalone discipline to be dubbed ‘multimodality’ as
opposed to the widespread interdisciplinary view. Its aim is, therefore, to
push the envelope and start far-reaching discussions which cover description,
terminology, and methodology, bringing a multitude of approaches to multimodal
analysis into the fold and letting previously disparate directions in theory
and  practice converge. The end result will be a common basis upon which the
monolithic view of multimodality as a concerted disciplinary field can be
built.

The confirmed keynote speakers are:

Kay O’Halloran (Curtin University, Australia)
David Machin (Orebro University, Sweden)
Ellen Fricke (Chemnitz University, Germany)


Call for Papers:

We encourage proposals that explore a vast range of issues, including but not
limited to the sub-themes below.

- What previously established disciplines should inform multimodality’s
disciplinary delineation? What is the place of semiotics, SFL, discourse
analysis, interaction analysis, and other popular methods in the process of
defining multimodality as a standalone discipline?
- Where can multimodality find its most inclusive and exhaustive theoretical
basis? Can we rely on Peirce, de Saussure, and Halliday on their own? Do we
need ways of combining their work to produce a new theoretical basis for the
discipline? Do we start a new theory from scratch?
- What goes in multimodality’s methodological toolbox? What existing empirical
approaches define the field, how can we develop them further or combine them,
and do we need new methods to capture multimodality’s vastness?
- What are multimodal media and how do their various semiotic affordances
shape multimodality within and across media formats? Are all media truly
multimodal to begin with?
- How can we define multimodal literacy and how can we best teach it in a
systematic and reliable manner?
- What is the role of technology in pushing the boundaries of multimodality
and in assisting its empirical study?
- How can multimodality as a research direction improve our understanding of
social, cultural, and political issues around the globe?

Guidelines for Submission:

We invite proposals for three different kinds of presentation:

Long paper: This will consist of a 25-minute presentation followed by 15
minutes of Q&A. This format is reserved for well-developed projects that
present potentially controversial or conceptually complex ideas or empirical
studies.

Short paper: This will consist of a 15-minute presentation followed by 10
minutes of Q&A. This format is suitable for work in progress or ideas and
empirical studies that can be presented more succinctly.

Poster Presentation or Demo: This may be any form of research display or
demonstration. Presenters will have the opportunity to present and discuss
their work during a poster presentation session.

Your proposal (350-500 words in length) must include: 

(1) Title of the presentation
(2) Name of the author(s), affiliation, email address
(3) Proposal format (long paper, short paper or poster)
(4) Bibliography of key sources (up to 5),
(5) Brief biographical statement for presenting author (25-100 words).

Submission:

Please submit your proposal as an e-mail attachment (Word, PDF) by December 5,
2016 to bremm17 at uni-bremen.de.

For further information, visit the conference website:
http://unihb.eu/4D2mpHBe.

Notification of acceptance will be sent out by the end of December.




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