29.4494, Calls: Historical Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Literature, Socioling/Germany

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Subject: 29.4494, Calls: Historical Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Literature, Socioling/Germany

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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 04:10:33
From: Julia Hübner [julia.huebner at fu-berlin.de]
Subject: Asymmetries of Knowledge

 
Full Title: Asymmetries of Knowledge 

Date: 15-Apr-2019 - 16-Apr-2019
Location: FU Berlin, Germany 
Contact Person: Julia Hübner
Meeting Email: julia.huebner at fu-berlin.de

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 10-Jan-2019 

Meeting Description:

Asymmetries of Knowledge

Workshop organised at the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 980 “Episteme in
Motion. Knowledge Transfer from the Ancient World to the Early Modern Period”,
to be held at Freie Universität Berlin on 15-16 April 2019.

Knowledge asymmetries can exist on a qualitative as well as on a quantitative
level. Qualitative knowledge asymmetries can rather be described as
differences in knowledge – as, for example, an early modern cloth merchant
relies on a different kind of knowledge than a well-trained grammatical
scholar. 

If such a knowledge asymmetry attains an objectively quantifiable status, the
need to overcome the asymmetry through a range of diverse methods and
processes can arise. One example is the didactical aspect of a knowledge
asymmetry between a language instructor and students in the context of early
modern foreign language study. This leads to another aspect – the
legitimization and delegitimization of knowledge asymmetries: Different
configurations and factors exist that can be used to justify the preservation
of a knowledge asymmetry. 

Contributions to the workshop can survey knowledge asymmetries and their
manifestations within different contexts and from diverse angles or they can
document the process of their emergence, legitimization and dissolution.
Knowledge asymmetries are not only to be viewed from a pedagogical
perspective, but also with explicit references to other factors, such as
social correlatives (age, power, money, etc.).

We invite researchers from various disciplines to engage with us in
deliberations of one or more of the following questions:

- In which fields do knowledge asymmetries exist?
- How does the re-evaluation of knowledge lead to the emergence of knowledge
asymmetries?
- How does the process of knowledge transfer produce or obstruct the
dissolution of knowledge asymmetries?
- What social, political, and pedagogical strategies exist to overcome or
legitimize knowledge asymmetries? 
- What configurations of knowledge transfer exist?
- How do knowledge asymmetries influence the communication between experts and
novices of a certain subject?
- Are special strategies important for the public communication between
experts and laypeople?
- How does digitalization affect the distribution of knowledge?

Contributions with theoretical and/or comparative approaches to ‘cultural
specific’ (East – West) or ‘historiographical’ (historical – modern) aspects
are especially welcome. The interdisciplinary orientation of the workshop
invites multifaceted treatments of the topic of knowledge asymmetries from all
perspectives.


Call for Papers:

We welcome contributions from researchers in a range of disciplinary
backgrounds, whose work focuses on asymmetries of knowledge.

Papers should be 30 minutes + 15 minutes for discussions. Abstracts of max.
300 words (references excluded) can be sent to julia.huebner at fu-berlin.de.
The deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2019. Notification of
acceptance will be sent end of January 2019.

For all workshop participants, the CRC 980 will provide accommodation and
meals for the duration of the workshop.

Invited speakers:

Scott Cook (Yale-NUS)
Regina Jucks (University of Münster)
Kerstin te Heesen (University of Luxembourg)
Fania Oz-Salzberger (University of Haifa) (tbc)

Organisers:

Projects C08 (Prof. Dr. Horst Simon, Linda Gennies, Julia Hübner) and C09
(Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee, Martin Gehlmann, Dr. Vladimir Glomb) of the CRC 980
“Episteme in Motion. Knowledge Transfer from the Ancient World to the Early
Modern Period”

For more information, please contact: julia.huebner at fu-berlin.de




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