31.2742, Calls: Applied Ling/Switzerland

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Subject: 31.2742, Calls: Applied Ling/Switzerland

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Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 11:43:29
From: Severine Wozniak [severine.wozniak at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr]
Subject: Professional practices and contexts

 
Full Title: Professional practices and contexts 

Date: 27-Jun-2021 - 02-Jul-2021
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Severine Wozniak
Meeting Email: severine.wozniak at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 25-Oct-2020 

Meeting Description:

The relation and collaboration between scholars and practitioners in order to
understand practices in the professions has long been discussed within and
across applied sciences and theoretical disciplines. However, research
approaches claiming to combine theoretical and practical needs and
expectations sometimes lack either solid grounding in empirical data or
thorough reflection from theoretical perspectives. 

Given that an increased interest in research settings can be observed with
linguists investigating e.g. literacy practices in the workplace, companies’
annual general meetings, or health literacy with methods such as participant
observation, linguistic ethnography and discourse analysis, this symposium
aims to take the discussion further by rethinking studies of professions,
professional communication and professional settings from theoretical and
practical angles. The symposium invites contributions both from cooperation
with other disciplines as well as with practitioners, and scholars from
different disciplines who investigate professional settings where language
plays a key role. We especially encourage contributions with a public outreach
in the form of cooperations between academia and practitioners. The focus can
be e.g. on the discourse of the field investigated, the challenges for the
professionals, customers, patients, citizens, next of kin, or other
stakeholders as well as languages for specific purposes or plain languages.
Contributions could also hightlight the specific role of language brokers in
multilingual professional settings.

>From theoretical angles, the contributions may explain how and why studies of
professional communication contribute to further developing empirically
grounded theories of language use in context in an increasingly digitized and
glocalized professional world. From practical angles, the contributions could
elaborate on potential pitfalls and benefits practitioners can expect from
collaborating with researchers from various disciplines. For example, how
practitioners can engage in – and benefit from – research projects by
co-creating knowledge together with academic researchers. Phases of such
activity include identifying wicked problems, formulating pertinent research
questions, developing shared languages, engaging in ongoing dialogue, finding
results and conclusions based on mutual learning, as well as developing and
implementing tools that foster sustainable solutions.


Call for Papers:

Abstracts of 250-500 words need to be submitted by October 25, 2020 via the
IPrA submission system at https://ipra2021.exordo.com/ and select the panel
''Professional practices and contexts''.

For more information on abstract submission, see
https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP or get in touch with us directly.




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