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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, Örebro 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, Örebro 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
<http://www.dialogue-representation.org>
Email: dialogue2011 at com.umontreal.ca

-- 
David Boromisza-Habashi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Colorado, 270 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0270, USA
Web: http://comm.colorado.edu/people.php?id=103

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