31.544, Calls: English; App Ling, Disc Analysis, Hist Ling, Lang Document, Socioling/Tunisia

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Subject: 31.544, Calls: English; App Ling, Disc Analysis, Hist Ling, Lang Document, Socioling/Tunisia

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Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:27:44
From: Ezzeddine Saidi [saidiezz at gmail.com]
Subject: Metaphors of Marginality and Otherness

 
Full Title: Metaphors of Marginality and Otherness 

Date: 20-Nov-2020 - 21-Nov-2020
Location: Hammamet, Tunisia 
Contact Person: Ezzeddine Saidi
Meeting Email: saidiezz at gmail.com
Web Site: https://www.taels.org/call-for-abstracts-6th-international-conference/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2020 

Meeting Description:

The Tunisian Association for English Language Studies (TAELS) organizes its
6th International Conference on: “Metaphors of Marginality and Otherness”
20-21 November 2020 
Venue: Hammamet – Tunisia
In Memory of Prof. Tahar Labassi

Marginality touches upon the question of identity and human consciousness. The
processes of self-identification and identification are tightly related to a
dichotomous perception of the ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’. In fact, self-awareness
is organically related to the construction of ‘Otherness’ because the
representation of the ‘Other’ is a determining component of the perception and
definition of the self. These processes could also imply a complex system of
devaluation of human groups identified as marginal. Obviously, the convergence
of the ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’ has most of the time elicited discourses of
marginality centering on the proliferation of stereotypes, prejudices, and
ethical issues in different research areas affecting thus identity
construction. 
The literary study of marginality and otherness is also an occasion for
established scholars and researchers to explore the convergences of
imagination and expression of a number of writers who succeeded in challenging
the question of canonicity. The reading of Afro-American texts, for instance,
is a comparative perspective to explore and update one’s own understanding of
the grounds of the canon. The movement against the will of the dominant
culture is definitely essential in empowering marginalized discourses which
often remained silenced by the same dominant culture.
In the critical-discourse tradition, the focus on marginality fueled the
debate on identity and representations of the other. It brought more interest
in relations of power in society and the themes of discrimination,
marginalization, and exclusion in different types of discourses. The emerging
research paradigms have offered new instruments and tools for a deeper
investigation of the representations of the margins and the other. This
relatively new research tradition has disturbed many old views on power
relations between different types of human groups.
The human-rights tradition has also given voice to groups that have been
marginalized across history. Gender studies and research on all types of
minorities have entailed more interest in the voices that have historically
been in the margins. This trend has advocated a more equal representation of
the “different other” and triggered a wide sense of empathy for all types of
communities and groups that do not fit into the “dominant norm”.  
The tremendous developments in artistic creation in the last few decades have
also devoted space to voices that have never been in the loop. The emerging
artistic forms in music, cinema, drama, and many other forms of human
creativity, have given prominence to otherness and human differences across
the globe. These emerging artistic expressions have profited enormously from
the recent technological developments that have erased many of the boundaries
between different types of communities and social groups. 


Call for Papers: 

We welcome individual abstracts for 20-minute presentations and complete panel
proposals of three or four papers treating a similar theme or topic. Priority
will be given to panel proposals. The steering committee welcomes individual
and panel proposals related, but not limited, to the following topics:
 - Marginality and marginalization
 - Representations of marginality
 - Representations of the Other
 - Marginality in literature
 - Discourses on Marginality
 - Voices from the margins
 - Marginality in history
 - Marginality in the social sciences
 - Arts on Marginality
 - Marginality and human rights
 - Marginality in the media
 - The sociolinguistics of marginality
 - Metaphors of the Other
 - Stereotyping and stigmatization
 - Identity and (In)visibility
 - Minor/Major (canonical) texts

The deadline to submit proposals is June 30, 2020. Notifications of acceptance
will be communicated by July 10, 2020.

For more details about submission, registration, and logistics, please visit
the conference website:
https://www.taels.org/call-for-abstracts-6th-international-conference/




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