31.2851, Calls: Discourse Analysis/Switzerland

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Subject: 31.2851, Calls: Discourse Analysis/Switzerland

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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:17:22
From: Kieran File [k.file at warwick.ac.uk]
Subject: The pragmatics of inclusion and exclusion in (team) sports

 
Full Title: The pragmatics of inclusion and exclusion in (team) sports 

Date: 27-Jun-2021 - 02-Jul-2021
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Kieran File
Meeting Email: k.file at warwick.ac.uk

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis 

Call Deadline: 25-Oct-2020 

Meeting Description:

This panel aims to explore the pragmatics of inclusion and exclusion in (team)
sports. Sport and sports teams present an important social context for the
study of inclusivity and exclusion, as sociolinguists and pragmatics scholars
are beginning to discover (Chovanec, 2009; Chovanec, 2016; File, 2018; File &
Schnurr, 2019; Wolfers et al., 2017). On the one hand, sport is a context
where team spirit and values of collaboration and togetherness are celebrated,
but on the other hand, competitiveness and competition are also integral
aspects of (team) sports. Issues of inclusion and exclusion in the sports
domain are also reflected in recent media headlines which often portray
high-performance sports as a context where racism and sexism thrive, where
heteronormativity and hegemonic masculinity reign, and where sharply
stratified social structures give rise to bullying practices by those in power
(BBC Sport, 2016; Grierson, 2016; Hope, 2019; Roan, 2017; Roan & Nathanson,
2017). 

In this panel, we bring together scholars who are unpacking the pragmatic
processes of inclusion and exclusion in sports teams. Focusing on a variety of
different team sports, the contributions to the panel provide accounts of how
different forms of inclusion or exclusion are being constructed, negotiated,
and sometimes even rejected by different interlocutors. Working with authentic
data collected in a range of different socio-cultural contexts, including the
UK, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, the Czech Republic and the USA,
contributors identify and describe the pragmatics of inclusion on the
micro-level of an interaction while at the same time linking these
observations to (often problematic) issues of inclusion and exclusion in team
sports. They thereby address the following questions:

 - What communicative practices in sports team contexts threaten or help to
accomplish team cohesion? 
 - How do intercultural teams, mixed gender and other diverse team memberships
manage this diversity in the promotion of inclusivity in team communication? 
 - Where and when is inclusivity particularly relevant in the everyday
practices of sports teams and in what circumstances does exclusivity appear? 
 - How are issues of exclusion in sports teams reported in the media?
 - How are issues of exclusion negotiated among the members of a team?
 - What are the benefits of a pragmatic approach to understanding inclusion?
 - How can we translate our pragmatic findings for sports practitioners? 

In spite of their focus on different sports teams in different socio-cultural
contexts, the contributions to this panel showcase some of the benefits of
approaching issues of inclusion and exclusion from a pragmatic angle, and
demonstrate how the tools of pragmatics can help making the processes of
inclusion and exclusion more visible, thereby increasing our understanding of
these complex and multifaceted concepts.


Call for Papers: 

Due to a limited number of presentation slots and to facilitate the overall
planning of this panel, please email abstracts to Kieran File
(k.file at warwick.ac.uk) by 18 October for pre-approval. Abstracts will also
need to be submitted via the main conference website
(https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP) by 25 October.




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