32.2096, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analys, Ling & Lit, Pragmatics, Socioling/Online

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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:17:44
From: Neele Mundt [mundt at uni-landau.de]
Subject: Conceptualising Violation as Protection

 
Full Title: Conceptualising Violation as Protection 

Date: 30-Sep-2021 - 30-Sep-2021
Location: Online, Germany 
Contact Person: Neele Mundt
Meeting Email: protection at uni-landau.de
Web Site: https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/de/landau/fb6/philologien/anglistik/Page/Research/covipro/cfp 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Ling & Literature; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2021 

Meeting Description:

With this conference, we propose to investigate contemporary configurations of
violation as protection. We ask how and in which contexts acts of violence are
conceptualized as protective ones  - in such a way that the persons or
structures to be protected are themselves violated. Examples of protective
violence are shaped in everyday practices, such as the prominent debate on
vaccinations for children and adults, which has become particular pertinent in
the current Covid-19 pandemic. This intervention can be understood  - as it is
by those opposing vaccinations  - as a violation; yet, vaccinations are widely
accepted as protection. Similar configurations can be found, for instance, in
debates on surveillance, education, or medical and institutional care.
Moreover, configurations of protective violence are in vogue in fictional
media, for instance where dystopian genres depict collapsing and dissolved
orders. Working from contemporary case studies, we suggest to analyse the
concepts of protection that are effective in each case, as well as the implied
norms and subject positions.  

The topic clearly warrants an interdisciplinary approach. We look forward to
contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including  - but not limited
to - linguistics, cultural and literary studies, philosophy, sociology, media
studies, ethnology, political science, economics, and peace/human rights
studies. 

Possible questions to be addressed may include:

 - Which theories and methodological frameworks can be used to examine
configurations of protective violence?
 - How is violation as protection conceptualized and justified in different
contexts? Which concepts of protection or security are invoked or inflected in
the process?  
 - Which discourses or ideologies mobilize concepts of ‘violation as
protection’? How are configurations of violation as protection entangled with
(destabilized) normative orders, narratives of justification, or cultural
concepts of risk? How are such configurations negotiated?
 - In which social and historical contexts do configurations of violation as
protection gain traction  - for instance, interrelations between violence and
social change, threatened or collapsing orders, or insecurity?
 - How is protective violence evaluated by those involved? How is protection
as violation conceptually different from concepts such as punishment or
practices of self-mortification? 
 - In what ways are configurations of violation as protection tied to notions
of the perpetrator or concepts of victimhood? To what extent do such
configurations imply subject positions that can no longer be grasped with such
concepts? 
 - How are configurations of violation as protection represented in media,
including fictional genres? To what extent do representations across different
media renegotiate or critically engage with such figurations?


Call for Papers: 

We cordially invite presentations for a digital conference on September 30,
2021. We would like you to share your presentation (approx. 20 minutes) two
weeks prior to the conference, allowing for interactive discussion panels and
roundtables to explore our ideas in more detail. 

The deadline for abstracts is July 31, 2021.

Abstracts should not exceed 350 words (excl. references and title) and be
submitted to protection at uni-landau.de. 

The subject header of the submission email should include: Abstract – name/s
of author/s

Please provide the following information in the main body of your email:
name/s of author/s, affiliation/s, email address/es, presentation title

Conference organiser:
Christiane Hansen
Neele Mundt

General timeline:
Submission of abstracts: July 31, 2021
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2021
Upload of your presentation: September 15, 2021
Digital conference: September 30, 2021




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