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Extended deadline - June 30, 2011
Centre de recherche sur les médiations
(EA 3476, University Paul Verlaine-Metz, University Nancy 2, University Haute-Alsace)
Call for Papers
International Interdisciplinary Conference
"Looking for Popular Publics"
Part I "People Making"
Nancy, October 20-21, 2011
As voters or media, arts, institutional or technological audiences, popular publics are at the heart of the debates on the contemporary changes in our societies, as testified by the concerns generated at the turn of the 20 th and 21 st centuries about the rise of new forms of populism across Europe, often linked to claims to a regional or nationalistic paradigm in response to economic and cultural globalization . Similarly, recent media genres such as reality TV or celebrity news, on the one hand, and “social” networks on the Internet, on the other hand, help set the popularity as a supreme value: they stage a success measured by the number of SMS sent, "friends" or viewings registered. Moreover, they promise to any citizen, no matter his/her gender, sexual orientation, social class, income or ethnic group, a potential visibility solely based on vox populi . To such an extent that some analysts suggest the traditional political constituencies should take a leaf out of the popular style of those participatory entertainment formats and encourage the same forms of "emotional intelligence" in order to promote political commitment and revitalize the public space (Van Zoonen, 2004 2005; Corner, Pels, 2003). Nevertheless, may they be scholarly or commonplace, the outlooks about popular publics fluctuate between celebration – insofar as popularity is understood as a guarantee of authenticity or democracy - and depreciation, popular publics being, in a critical perspective, mistaken for alienated, sometimes feared, sometimes pitiful, masses.
In line with the new research program about publics started up by the CREM (Centre de recherche sur les médiations), this international conference in two parts aims at denaturalizing the notion of "popular public" by putting it to the test of the various disciplines which embraced it : media and communication studies, political science, history, discourse analysis, argumentation theory, aesthetics, ethnography, sociology, history of literature or art.
What is at stake is also its new range of implications with regard to the recent economic, social and technological changes, now that the collapse of cultural and consumption patterns seems to indicate the end of the "masses" and since the uses of Internet blur the division between content producers and consumers, promote" virtual communities " whose nature must be addressed (Allard, 2008) and suggest a growing unskilled participation in political, artistic or informational proposals.
Written in French or English, the proposals may fall into one or other of the two editions of the conference, and meet the consequential issues.
Part I: "Faire peuple" ("People Making"), October 20-21, 2011
This section is devoted to the strategies aimed at building popular publics or audiences.
Part II: "Être peuple" ("Being people"), October 2012 (a specific call for papers will be issued in May 2012)
Popular publics themselves will be examined , through their composition or from their members’ point of view.
What kinds of self -recognition characterize popular publics ? And what are the economic, political or social stakes of such a self- recognition ?
Guidelines for authors (Part I)
Abstracts (400 words maximum) must be submitted in French or English before June 30, 2011. Along with a short resume, they are to be sent to Jamil Dakhlia: jamil[dot]dakhlia[at]univ-nancy2.fr
Each abstract should contain a title. Please put your name in the subject of your mail, and your further references in the mail message (affiliation, university or institution, e-mail, phone number, address).
Papers are allotted 20 minutes (+ 10 minutes for discussion)
Reply to authors : July 7, 2011.
Editorial policy Working Title : À la recherche des publics populaires “ Looking for Popular Publics”, 300 pages, October, 2013, 2 volumes : t.1 " People Making ", t.2 " Being People", Presses Universitaires de Nancy ( PUN). The papers will be selected by an editorial board and submitted for review by specialists, within the modality of anonymity.
Research Committee
Eduardo Cintra Torres ( Pr, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon,CECC), Jamil Dakhlia (MCF-HDR, Nancy 2/CREM), Annik Dubied (Pr, Université de Genève), Béatrice Fleury (Pr, Nancy 2/CREM), Cécile Méadel (Maître de recherche, Ecole des Mines/CSI), Vincent Goulet (MCF, Nancy 2/CREM), Céline Ségur (MCF, Nancy 2/CREM), Ernesto Laclau (Pr, University of Essex, GB), Isabelle Veyrat-Masson (D.R. Laboratoire Communication et politique, CNRS), John Storey (Pr, University of Sunderland, GB), Jacques Walter (Pr, UPVM/CREM).
Organising Committee
Cécile Bando (MCF, Université Nancy 2-CREM), Jamil Dakhlia (MCF HDR, Université Nancy 2-CREM), Stéphanie Hurez (Ingénieur de recherche, Université Nancy 2-CREM), Delphine Le Nozach (ATER, Université Nancy 2-CREM)
Centre de recherche sur les médiations
(EA 3476, université Paul Verlaine-Metz, université Nancy 2, université de Haute-Alsace)
Appel à communications
Colloque international et interdisciplinaire
« À la recherche des publics populaires »
1er volet : « Faire peuple »
Nancy, jeudi 20 et vendredi 21 octobre 2011 Centre de recherche sur les médiations
(EA 3476, université Paul Verlaine-Metz, université Nancy 2, université de Haute-Alsace)
En adéquation avec le programme d’étude des publics initié par le Centre de recherche sur les médiations (CREM), l’objectif de ce colloque en deux parties est de dénaturaliser la notion de « public populaire » en la mettant à l’épreuve des différentes approches disciplinaires qui l’ont prise en charge : sociologie des médias, science politique, histoire, analyse du discours, théories de l’argumentation, analyse des usages des TIC, esthétique, ethnographie, sciences de l’information et de la communication, sociologie et histoire de l’art ou de la littérature.
Mais il s’agit en outre de l’interroger à nouveaux frais, eu égard aux évolutions économiques, sociales et technologiques récentes, à l’heure où l’éclatement des modèles culturels et la fragmentation des modèles de consommation semblent annoncer la fin des « masses » et dès lors que les usages de l’Internet brouillent la division entre producteurs et consommateurs de contenus, promeuvent des « communautés virtuelles » dont la nature même peut être interrogée et suggèrent un élargissement de la participation « profane » aux propositions politiques, artistiques ou informationnelles.
Rédigées en français ou en anglais, les propositions de communication pourront s’inscrire dans l’une ou l’autre des deux éditions du colloque, et répondre aux questions corrélatives .
Ière partie : « Faire peuple » (20-21 octobre 2011)
IIe partie : « Être peuple » (octobre 2012)
Publication des actes
Titre provisoire : À la recherche des publics populaires , 300 pages, octobre 2013, 2 volumes : t.1 « Faire peuple », t.2 « Être peuple », Presses universitaires de Nancy (PUN).
Les textes seront sélectionnés par un comité éditorial et soumis à expertise externe.
Date limite de soumission pour le Ier volet du colloque : 30 juin 2011
Les propositions de communication (résumé de 400 mots), assorties d’un bref CV, sont à adresser à Jamil Dakhlia: jamil[point]dakhlia(at)univ-nancy2[point]fr
Chaque résumé doit comporter un titre. Merci par avance d’indiquer votre nom dans l’objet de votre mail et vos coordonnées précises dans votre message : statut académique, institution de rattachement (enseignement et/ou recherche), adresse électronique, numéro de téléphone, adresse postale).
Durée prévue des communications : 20 min.
Réponse aux auteurs : 7 juillet 2011
Comité scientifique
Eduardo Cintra Torres (Pr, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbonne, CECC), Jamil Dakhlia (MCF-HDR, Nancy 2/CREM), Annik Dubied (Pr, Université de Genève), Béatrice Fleury (Pr, Nancy 2/CREM), Cécile Méadel (Maître de recherche, Ecole des Mines/CSI), Vincent Goulet (MCF, Nancy 2/CREM), Céline Ségur (MCF, Nancy 2/CREM), Ernesto Laclau (Pr, University of Essex, GB), Isabelle Veyrat-Masson (D.R. Laboratoire Communication et politique, CNRS), John Storey (Pr, University of Sunderland, GB), Jacques Walter (Pr, UPVM/CREM).
Comité d’organisation
Cécile Bando (MCF, Université Nancy 2/CREM), Jamil Dakhlia (MCF HDR, Université Nancy 2/CREM), Stéphanie Hurez (Ingénieur de recherche, Université Nancy 2-CREM), Delphine Le Nozach (ATER, Université Nancy 2/CREM)
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