Call for Papers
Dialogue and Representation
IADA — International Association for Dialogue Analysis
13th International Conference on Dialogue Analysis
www.dialogue-representation.org
April 26-30, 2011
Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
Deadline for proposals: September 1, 2010
Deadline for submission of full papers: March 1, 2011
Keynote Speakers
Éric GRILLO, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, France
Cornelia ILIE, Örebro University, Sweden
Alain LÉTOURNEAU, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Wolfgang TEUBERT, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Karen TRACY, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
Edda WEIGAND, University of Münster, Germany
Conference Theme
The object-of-study ‘dialogue’ and its representation
One basic issue of Dialogue Analysis draws on the problem of how to represent the object ‘dialogue’. There is no generally agreed concept of dialogue; various perspectives can be taken which result in different concepts of dialogue and correspondingly in different methodologies of Dialogue Analysis. Besides competence models which search for underlying rules and performance models which focus on ever-varying spoken language or individual inferences, there is the model of competence-in-performance which tries to grasp how human beings come to grips with dialogue in real life. Research could start from spoken discourse or reflect the ‘model of the mixed game’ which mediates between order and disorder and combines regularity and individuality. All issues could be looked at both on a case-analysis basis and on a more theoretical approach.
Papers are invited which address this basic question of the relationship between the object dialogue and the methodology of representation. We also invite researchers to submit proposals that more generally address the connections of representation with dialogue, which can be problematized in at least the six following ways:
1. Dialogue as representation (1)
Etymologically, representing means “making something or someone present.” Applied to a dialogic situation, this acceptation of the term invites to insist on the actional dimension of activities of representation, which then leads to questions of representativeness, spokespersons, translation, incarnation, embodiment, materialization, truth, etc.
2. Dialogue as representation (2)
In many different ways, dialogue (as a space or dimension of concrete exchanges) functions as a means of representation of entities: political, social, organizational, ethical, etc. Said otherwise, if the emphasis in (1) is placed on the content and character manifested in dialogue, here the emphasis could be on the dialogue itself as it functions as a locus of expression of social entities.
3. Representations on effective dialogue
These approaches could procure a critical and/or metatheoretical analysis of the ways in which dialogue occurs about representation, in terms of practical modalities but also in terms of criteria of validity and success in representation (relevance, sufficient adequacy).
4. Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues
The questions of dialogue evaluation are manifold and could be considered more closely here. Norms of dialogue include formalizations about competence, performance and their combination but also the relationships between Bakhtinian perspectives on dialogue and critical perspectives assuming that dialogue permits to overcome some limits of representation, for instance by recourse to co-construction of problems and descriptions.
5. Representation of dialogue (1)
How can dialogic language use be represented? The idea of representation is an opportunity to connect dialogue studies with a plurality of rich trends of thinking and research: Kenneth Burke’s rhetoric, Goffman’s interactionism, Bakhtin’s convergence of logics can give a context for the theme of representation as a scene, a display of roles or a distribution of relationships. Representation of dialogue could also be discussed in terms of schematism, graphical figurations or mapping of dialogue settings.
6. Representation of dialogue (2)
Representation frames, theories, or constructs can be seen as somehow expressing forms or manifestations of dialogic experiences or expressions. These theoretical constructs could be articulated as deformations of dialogue or as valid expressions.
Guidelines for Submission
Abstract submission deadline: September 1, 2010
Notifications of acceptance: November 15, 2010
Full paper submission deadline: March 1, 2011
Prospective contributors should upload their 1,000-word abstract (typed and double-spaced), together with a title, as a MS-Word document (.doc) to the Dialogue and Representation conference page on the EasyAbs system at <http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/dialogue2011>. Authors’ names and other identifying information must be removed from the document. Your contact information, entered in the system, will remain hidden from reviewers. Please write to the organizing committee (dialogue2011@com.umontreal.ca) if you are unable to submit your abstract via the EasyAbs website.
Papers can be presented in English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian. Organizers will send notifications of acceptance by November 15, 2010. Authors must send full papers by March 1, 2011, if they want their paper to be included in the conference proceedings.
The organizers are currently discussing the possibility of publishing the best contributions as book chapters in an edited book (in English) with a book publisher.
Organizers: François Cooren, U. de Montréal, Canada Alain Létourneau, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada Organizing Committee: Nicolas Bencherki, U. de Montréal, Canada Émilie PELLETIER, U. de Montréal, Canada
Scientific Committee: Chantal Benoit-Barné, U. de Montréal François Cooren, U. de Montréal Boris H. J. M. Brummans, U. de Montréal Sylvie Grosjean, U. of Ottawa, Canada Marty Laforest, U. du Québec à Trois-Rivières Alain Létourneau, U. de Sherbrooke Daniel Robichaud, U. de Montréal Consuelo Vasquez, U. du Québec à Montréal
Steering Committee: Mark Aakhus, Rutgers U., United States Robert T. Craig, U. of Colorado at Boulder, United States Marcelo Dascal, Tel Aviv U., Israel Anita Fetzer, U. of Würzburg, Germany Luisa Granato, National U. of La Plata, Argentina Cornelia Ilie, Örebro U., Sweden Liliana Ruxăndoiu, U. of Bucharest, Romania Robert E. Sanders, U. at Albany – SUNY, United States Clara Ubaldina Lorda Mur, Pompeu Fabra U., Spain Edda Weigand, U. of Münster, Germany Elda Weizman, Bar-Ilan U., Israel
For more information:
Website: www.dialogue-representation.org
Email: dialogue2011@com.umontreal.ca
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