30.1323, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics/Finland

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Subject: 30.1323, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics/Finland

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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 05:51:34
From: Hanna Acke [hanna.acke at abo.fi]
Subject: BTWS #2: Marginality and Centrality in Contradictory Discourses of Religious and National Belonging

 
Full Title: BTWS #2: Marginality and Centrality in Contradictory Discourses of Religious and National Belonging 
Short Title: BTWS #2 

Date: 18-Oct-2019 - 19-Oct-2019
Location: Åbo/Turku, Finland 
Contact Person: Hanna Acke
Meeting Email: hanna.acke at abo.fi

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 21-Apr-2019 

Meeting Description:

The German departments at the University of Bremen, Åbo Akademi University,
University of Warsaw and Stockholm University address questions of social
positions and positionings in a conference series on contradictory discourses
of marginality.

Social positions and positionings are often connected to linguistic practices
of stance taking, staging, and of making oneself heard. Questions of marginal
or central membership in groups have a high significance in constituting
voices of actors in discourse. In these processes of positioning, in the sense
of stance taking and/or staging, contradictory discursive figurations become
visible.

The goal of the conference series is to engage in an in-depth analysis of
contemporary discourses shaped by contradictory configurations. The conference
series is also associated with the section Discourses on Centrality and
Marginality – Discourse Linguistic Agendas in Times of Contradiction at the
XIV. Congress of the International Association for Germanic Studies in
Palermo, Italy (IVG 2020). This year’s conference focuses on declarations of
marginal and central belonging with a particular focus on religion and
nationality. We aim to investigate both declarations of marginal and central
belonging to groups as well as declarations of marginal and central belonging
of groups to society.

Venue and Date: Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland, October 18 and 19
2019


Call for Papers:

This year’s conference focuses on declarations of marginal and central
belonging with a particular focus on religion and nationality. We aim to
investigate both declarations of marginal and central belonging to groups as
well as declarations of marginal and central belonging of groups to society.
An example for these kinds of communicative practices is the political
disputes on the status of Islam within the German national community. The
sentence “Islam belongs to Germany”, uttered in various forms by a number of
politicians since the 2000s, is inclusive while at the same time reproducing a
marginal position of the religion within society as it comprises the
possibility of its negation. 

While this example clearly demonstrates the excluding and discriminatory
forces of declarations of marginal belonging, marginality does not always
appear to be something to fear, nor is it always a position that individuals
and groups are trapped in despite their wishes. It can in seemingly
contradictory cases be something that individuals and groups actively seek,
something that they in different ways and for different ends try to claim for
themselves. For example, right-wing populist politicians declare that they and
their voters are being marginalised by other political groups. In this logic,
a motivation for their politics is the reclamation of a central position in
the nation state, which they construct as rightfully theirs. In this case, a
self-positioning as marginal or marginalised appears to be an empowering group
strategy. Therefore, the conference will not only deal with the discursive
processes of the production of marginality and centrality, but also with the
agency that emerges from marginal and central positions.

Starting from these observations, we are interested in theoretical and
empirical research that analyses contradictory discourses of belonging to
religious, national and other groups and of these groups to society as a
whole. These belongings can be expressed in agendas, arenas, and agencies.

- Agendas: When are claims of marginal and central belonging used
strategically by individuals and groups for themselves or for others to gain
rights, power, status or resources?

- Arenas: In which forums and through which media do individuals and groups
negotiate their and others’ belonging and stance?

- Agencies: What are the possible options for action arising from marginal and
central positions? 

The organisers approach these topics from an interdisciplinary linguistic
perspective, and wish to invite researchers from all disciplines to contribute
to disciplinary and interdisciplinary discussions. 

The languages of the second conference in the series are English and German.
We are currently inviting abstracts of up to 300 words. Please send an email
to hanna.acke at abo.fi including a PDF with your proposal together with a short
biographical note and the titles of three of your publications no later than
21 April, 2019.

Please indicate whether your institution will be able to cover your expenses
or whether your participation depends on external funds. We are currently
trying to secure funding for the conference, however, we will only be able to
inform you if travel and accommodation support is available at a later stage.

Bremen – Turku – Warschau – Stockholm, March 2019
Ingo H. Warnke – Hanna Acke – Silvia Bonacchi – Charlotta Seiler Brylla




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