35.1769, FYI: Call for Papers - The Language of Conflict Resolution

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Subject: 35.1769, FYI: Call for Papers - The Language of Conflict Resolution

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Date: 14-Jun-2024
From: Pascal Hohaus [pascal.hohaus at engsem.uni-hannover.de]
Subject: Call for Papers - The Language of Conflict Resolution


We invite proposals for chapters of a peer-reviewed edited book
provisionally titled "The Language of Conflict Resolution". In its
broadest sense, conflict is defined by the Danish Centre for Conflict
Resolution as a disagreement that leads to tension within and between
people. Conflict resolution is a young field of exploration and has
included matters of conflict management, peace-building, third party
mediation, peace-enforcement, etc. The task of conflict resolution
focuses on assisting conflicted parties who perceive their situation
as zero-sum (Self’s gain is Other’s loss) to move in the positive sum
direction (Ramsbotham et al., 2011). Furthermore, Ramsbotham et al.
(2011) propose that the contemporary approach should take a wider
interpretation of the timing of intervention so that conflict
resolution a) should begin before conflict has broken out, b) should
be maintained in the heat of battle and be relevant for humanitarian
intervention, and c) should continue into the post-settlement phase
along with peace-building. The topic of conflict resolution is also of
interest to linguistics. For example Taylor (2014) differentiates
between linguistic analysis at the microlevel (the sequence of
specific cues and responses) and macro-level (examination of how
episodes of language escalate or de-escalate a situation).

We welcome both theoretical and empirical articles (from different
methodological paradigms) that address language form, structure,
meaning and usage within a broad range of conflict resolution
endeavors, circumstances, and scenarios, including resolving workplace
conflict, labor-management dispute, gender conflict, religious
conflict, intergroup conflict, armed conflict, moral conflict, etc.
Studies that combine linguistic analysis with knowledge from other
disciplines, e.g. psychology or sociology, are also welcome.
Contributions may explore or overlap with (but are not limited to) the
following topics:
- Language in the resolution phases such as conflict management,
arbitration, collaboration, compromise, negotiation, adjudication,
etc.;
- Language in conflict negotiations and negotiation training;
- Promoting non-inflammatory and cooperative language;
- Language of trust development and trust repair in conflict
resolution;
- Language barriers, translation and interpreting in conflict
resolution;
- Language of mediation and third-party intervention;
- Language of reconciliation between historically bitter enemies;
- Expressing consensus regarding the problem at hand;
- The language in constructive controversy;
- Peace linguistics and conflict resolution;
- Describing conflicted parties’ conception of what a fair resolution
would be;
- Expressing trust in the other party in the process of resolution;
- Persuading the other party of the trustworthiness of one party’s
position.

Expressions of interest to contribute to the book should consist of a
250 word proposal, with the title of the chapter, a description of the
study, five key words, a list of references and full contact details
of the author(s). The chapter proposed can focus on a critical
discussion of an issue, on clarifying concepts, on presenting
empirical evidence from case-studies, etc., with adequate
consideration of relevant theory. Proposals should be sent by 30th
July 2024 to Dr. Pascal Hohaus at pascal.hohaus at engsem.uni-hannover.de
and Dr. Violeta Stojičić at stojicicviki at gmail.com.

REFERENCES

Ramsbotham, O., Miall, H. & Woodhouse, T. (2011). Contemporary
Conflict Resolution. Cambridge: Polity.
Taylor, Paul J. (2014). The Role of Language in Conflict and Conflict
Resolution. In Thomas M. Holtgraves (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of
Language and Social Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.
459-470.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics




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