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((reminder - deadline 15 June))
*/‘Mediating Change’ /**/International Colloquium/*
***20-21 November 2020***
*Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism**, **Charles
University, Prague*
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Dear colleagues,
This is a reminder of our upcoming colloquium “Mediating Change”, which
will take place on 20-21 November 2020, at Charles University, in Prague.
You can submit your abstracts by 15 June, to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
You can find the details of the call for abstracts below and here:
https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/research/conferences/mediating-change-international-colloquium
Our intention is to hold an in-person event, in Prague. We will be
monitoring closely how the Covid-19 pandemic evolves and will consider
alternatives to this model, if need be. Currently a lot of travel
restrictions are being eased, but this is still a fairly changeable
situation.
For updated information regarding the conditions of travel to and from
the Czech Republic you can consult the website of the Ministry of the
Interior of the Czech Republic:
https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/docDetail.aspx?docid=22239932&doctype=ART
*/‘Mediating Change’ /**/International Colloquium/*
*20-21 November 2020*
*Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism**, **Charles
University, Prague***
*Call for abstracts*
Societies are in a permanent dialogue with change. Change is dealt with
in configurations of the present and societies’ visions of the future,
entailing reflections and re-constructions of the past. Our apprehension
of the features and dimensions of change drives political, economic and
cultural responses, at the individual and collective level. Furthermore,
change is perceived as a positive or negative outcome or prospect, as an
opportunity or a threat, driving the social actors’ struggles for
maintenance or reconfiguration of power positions.
This colloquium aims to bring together scholars from a diverse set of
foci and backgrounds, from the broad area of media and communication
studies, to examine, discuss and reflect upon, through various
approaches and methods, how change is constructed, in media and
communication practices.
Diverse settings, fields and practices can be objects or loci of study
(e.g., journalism, political communication, advertising, campaigning,
activism, education, culture, sports) in an exploration of how change is
represented, negotiated, contested and appropriated by actors and groups
in the social realm.
We welcome contributions related, but not limited, to the following
thematic areas:
·how societal phenomena, challenges and crises (e.g., epidemics and
pandemics, climate change, migration, war and conflict, extremism)
are mediated and reconfigured through the prism of change, at the
national, European and international level;
·how different actors, social groups and institutions (e.g., media,
political parties, education, religion) negotiate, in mediated
environments, their identities and societal roles, in times of change;
·how communicators and mediators apprehend, and deal with, change,
in a world in flux;
·how different ideological positions are articulated in public
discourse, in visions about stability and change of national and
European identity;
·how history is brought into communicative practices and public
debates about the present and the future;
·how Europe is represented, in public discourse, through the prism
of change.
*Abstracts of 500 words (in English) can be submitted by 15 June 2020
to****Vaia Doudaki (**[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)*
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 10 July 2020.
Amongst the aims of the colloquium is the publication of
an international edited collection or a special issue of an
international peer-reviewed journal, with selected contributions from
the colloquium’s participants. More details will be provided later.
For this purpose, participants will be expected to pre-circulate drafts
of works in progress in advance of the colloquium.
Deadline for pre-circulation of draft works in progress:2 November 2020
For news and updates, visit the colloquium’s web page
<https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/research/conferences/mediating-change-international-colloquium>.
The colloquium is organised by the Institute of Communication Studies
and Journalism <https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en> (Charles University).
The colloquium is supported by the 4EU+
<https://4euplus.eu/4EU-1.html> consortium project “Mediating Change:
Strengthening collaboration in research and research-oriented education
<https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/new-project-mediating-change-strengthening-collaboration-research-and-research-oriented-education>”
(Charles University, University of Copenhagen, University of Warsaw),
and by DESIRE, the Centre for the study of Democracy, Signification and
Resistance <https://www.researchcenterdesire.eu/>.
The colloquium is supported by the 4EU+
<https://4euplus.eu/4EU-1.html> consortium project Mediating Change:
Strengthening collaboration in research and research-oriented education
<https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/new-project-mediating-change-strengthening-collaboration-research-and-research-oriented-education> (Charles
University, University of Copenhagen, University of Warsaw), DESIRE, the
Centre for the study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance
<https://www.researchcenterdesire.eu/>, and by the Media and Art work
package of the Mistra Environmental Communication Research Programme
<https://mistra.fsv.cuni.cz/>.
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