Dialogue and Representation - 13th International Conference of the IADA

[Emilie Pelletier]

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Call for Papers
DIALOGUE AND REPRESENTATION
IADA — International Association for Dialogue Analysis
13th International Conference on Dialogue Analysis
www.dialogue-representation.org
 
April 26-30, 2011
Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
 
Deadline for proposals: September 1, 2010
Deadline for submission of full papers: March 1, 2011
 
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Éric GRILLO, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, France
Cornelia ILIE, Malmö University, Sweden
Alain LÉTOURNEAU, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Wolfgang TEUBERT, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Karen TRACY, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
Edda WEIGAND, University of Münster, Germany
 
 
CONFERENCE THEME
The object-of-study ‘dialogue’ and its representation
 
One basic issue of Dialogue Analysis draws on the problem of how to
represent the object ‘dialogue’. There is no generally agreed concept of
dialogue; various perspectives can be taken which result in different
concepts of dialogue and correspondingly in different methodologies of
Dialogue Analysis. Besides competence models which search for underlying
rules and performance models which focus on ever-varying spoken language or
individual inferences, there is the model of competence-in-performance which
tries to grasp how human beings come to grips with dialogue in real life.
Research could start  from spoken discourse or reflect the ‘model of the
mixed game’ which mediates between order and disorder and combines
regularity and individuality. All issues could be looked at both on a
case-analysis basis and on a more theoretical approach.
 
Papers are invited which address this basic question of the relationship
between the object dialogue and the methodology of representation. We also
invite researchers to submit proposals that more generally address the
connections of representation with dialogue, which can be problematized in
at least the six following ways: 
 
1. Dialogue as representation (1)
Etymologically, representing means "making something or someone present."
Applied to a dialogic situation, this acceptation of the term invites to
insist on the actional dimension of activities of representation, which then
leads to questions of representativeness, spokespersons, translation,
incarnation, embodiment, materialization, truth, etc. 
 
2. Dialogue as representation (2)
In many different ways, dialogue (as a space or dimension of concrete
exchanges) functions as a means of representation of entities: political,
social, organizational, ethical, etc. Said otherwise, if the emphasis in (1)
is placed on the content and character manifested in dialogue, here the
emphasis could be on the dialogue itself as it functions as a locus of
expression of social entities. 
 
3. Representations on effective dialogue
These approaches could procure a critical and/or metatheoretical analysis of
the ways in which dialogue occurs about representation, in terms of
practical modalities but also in terms of criteria of validity and success
in representation (relevance, sufficient adequacy).
 
4. Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues
The questions of dialogue evaluation are manifold and could be considered
more closely here. Norms of dialogue include formalizations about
competence, performance and their combination but also the relationships
between Bakhtinian perspectives on dialogue and critical perspectives
assuming that dialogue permits to overcome some limits of representation,
for instance by recourse to co-construction of problems and descriptions.
 
5. Representation of dialogue (1)
How can dialogic language use be represented? The idea of representation is
an opportunity to connect dialogue studies with a plurality of rich trends
of thinking and research: Kenneth Burke’s rhetoric, Goffman’s
interactionism, Bakhtin’s convergence of logics can give a context for the
theme of representation as a scene, a display of roles or a distribution of
relationships. Representation of dialogue could also be discussed in terms
of schematism, graphical figurations or mapping of dialogue settings.
 
6. Representation of dialogue (2)
Representation frames, theories, or constructs can be seen as somehow
expressing forms or manifestations of dialogic experiences or expressions.
These theoretical constructs could be articulated as deformations of
dialogue or as valid expressions. 
 
 
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
 
Abstract submission deadline:     September 1, 2010
Notifications of acceptance:         November 15, 2010
Full paper submission deadline: March 1, 2011
 
Prospective contributors should upload their 1,000-word abstract (typed and
double-spaced), together with a title, as a MS-Word document (.doc) to the
Dialogue and Representation conference page on the EasyAbs system at
<http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/dialogue2011>. Authors’ names and other
identifying information must be removed from the document. Your contact
information, entered in the system, will remain hidden from reviewers.
Please write to the organizing committee (dialogue2011 at com.umontreal.ca) if
you are unable to submit your abstract via the EasyAbs website.
 
Papers can be presented in English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian.
Organizers will send notifications of acceptance by November 15, 2010.
Authors must send full papers by March 1, 2011, if they want their paper to
be included in the conference proceedings.
 
The organizers are currently discussing the possibility of publishing the
best contributions as book chapters in an edited book (in English) with a
book publisher.
 
Organizers:
François Cooren, U. de Montréal, Canada
Alain Létourneau, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada
 
Organizing Committee:
Nicolas Bencherki, U. de Montréal, Canada
Émilie Pelletier, U. de Montréal, Canada
 
Scientific Committee:
Chantal Benoit-Barné, U. de Montréal
François Cooren, U. de Montréal
Boris H. J. M. Brummans, U. de Montréal
Sylvie Grosjean, U. of Ottawa, Canada
Marty Laforest, U. du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Alain Létourneau, U. de Sherbrooke
Daniel Robichaud, U. de Montréal
Consuelo Vasquez, U. du Québec à Montréal
 
Steering Committee:
Mark Aakhus, Rutgers U., United States
Robert T. Craig, U. of Colorado at Boulder, United States
Marcelo Dascal, Tel Aviv U., Israel
Anita Fetzer, U. of Würzburg, Germany
Luisa Granato, National U. of La Plata, Argentina
Cornelia Ilie, Malmö U., Sweden
Liliana Ruxăndoiu, U. of Bucharest, Romania
Robert E. Sanders, U. at Albany - SUNY, United States
Clara Ubaldina Lorda Mur, Pompeu Fabra U., Spain
Edda Weigand, U. of Münster, Germany
Elda Weizman, Bar-Ilan U., Israel
 
For more information:
Website: www.dialogue-representation.org
Email: dialogue2011 at com.umontreal.ca