37.1848, Confs: Recontextualisation et Médiation des Discours Spécialisés / Recontextualisation and Mediation of Specialised Discourses (Online)

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Subject: 37.1848, Confs: Recontextualisation et Médiation des Discours Spécialisés / Recontextualisation and Mediation of Specialised Discourses (Online)

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Date: 19-May-2026
From: Manon Bouyé [manon.bouye at univ-lyon3.fr]
Subject: Recontextualisation et Médiation des Discours Spécialisés / Recontextualisation and Mediation of Specialised Discourses

Recontextualisation et Médiation des Discours Spécialisés /
Recontextualisation and Mediation of Specialised Discourses
Short Title: REMEDI

Date: 20-Jan-2027 - 22-Jan-2027
Location: Online
Contact Email: remedi at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
Meeting URL: https://remedi.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis;
Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)

Submission Deadline: 15-Jun-2026

The organizing committee of "Recontextualisation et Médiation des
Discours Spécialisés / Recontextualisation and Mediation of
Specialised Discourses" invites abstract submissions for the
conference to be held at the Université Grenoble-Alpes from January 20
to 22, 2027.
This conference aims to explore the mediation of specialized discourse
as interdiscursive recontextualization. By recontextualization, we
mean the reformulation and recreation of meaning across and between
different genres and types of discourse. Texts or genres produced for
mediation are the result of interdiscursive recontextualization:
compared to specialized discourse in the same field, they have a
different social function, which is achieved through a new
communication context, whose frame of reference is defined by the
original source discourse. According to this approach, popularization
is thus not just seen as a category of texts, but as a
recontextualization process that implies relevant changes in the roles
taken on by the actors and institutions involved, and their degree of
authoritativeness.
Thus, a science mediation text is characterized by its hybrid nature,
since it transfers information related to the specialized field, its
terminology, its actors, and its culture, while serving one or more
new functions, which may be purely informational, but also procedural
(explaining how to do something), argumentative (legitimizing), or
promotional. It also involves the intervention of new actors and new
types of expertise that are not based on traditional paths to expert
status, but on one’s experience of scientific or specialized issues
that legitimizes their participation in scientific debate. Finally, it
is important to include the concept of multimodality in this
definition of recontextualization. The reformulation of specialized
discourse involves not only textual but also nonverbal
transformations, and sometimes operates on a completely different
semiotic level, particularly the audiovisual level, as we shall see.
This conference aims to bring together proposals around three axes.
Axis 1 - Linguistic and discursive forms of mediation
This axis focuses on the description of mediation discourse,
particularly the packaging of information induced by the process of
recontextualization. It aims to characterize several types of
mediation discourse from a perspective that may be comparative and
focus on how knowledge produced in a specialized context is rephrased
to adapt to different contexts, or with a view to describing mediation
discourse without reference to the source discourse.
Axis 2 – Mediation in the face of digital and professional
transformations
Proposals in this axis may examine the transformation of specialized
knowledge mediation brought about by the advent of digital technology
and recently accelerated by social networks and generative artificial
intelligence. This axis invites reflection on the following question:
how do new media and multimedia forms contribute to the dissemination
and recontextualization of specialized knowledge?
Axis 3 – Mediation of specialized discourse: accessibility and
educational challenges
This axis invites exploration of the diversity of audiences that may
be targeted by mediation content, as well as the diversity of semiotic
forms used to make specialized fields and cultures accessible.
Proposals in this area may focus on the use of fiction, whether
written or audiovisual, as a teaching aid in ESP courses. This axis
also invites examination of the audiences concerned by mediation, in
particular, how specialized discourse can be adapted differently
depending on whether content is written or created for adults,
children, or people with low literacy or cognitive disabilities.
Please visit https://remedi.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en for the full
call for papers and other details.
Submission Guidelines:
Proposals for papers, limited to 300 words, must be submitted on the
conference website in an anonymous file, and include:
- the title of the paper
- the research context and/or a brief state of the art
- the methodology used
- the results, if applicable
- 5 key references (not included in the 300 words).
Please add a brief bio-bibliographical note in a separate file.
The conference languages are English and French.
Schedule:
Submission deadline: June 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2026
Registration opens: January
Contact:
If you have any questions, please contact
remedi at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

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