When: 21-23 November 2012
Where: University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Scientific background
In the recent decades the insight that we socially
engage in communication as whole human beings has overruled the Cartesian
tradition of researching humans as compartmentalized entities. New activities
in multidisciplinary research have been launched across the faculties. The
purpose of the present conference is to provide a proper forum for researchers
to discuss and make explicit their respective theoretical assumptions and
disciplinary foundations in relation to embodied human communication, i.e.,
emotion, language, art. This initiative enables the merging of different
specialized expertise based on an embodied view of communication.
Objective and structure
The aim of the conference is to offer a meeting place
for researchers working with non-verbal and verbal communication in order to
spark ideas for collaboration and common research projects. A prerequisite for
everybody is the recognition of embodiment in all human interaction.
The conference will be structured along five thematic sessions, each concentrating on a theme that is of special relevance to non-verbal and verbal communication. The five themes are:
The conference will be structured along five thematic sessions, each concentrating on a theme that is of special relevance to non-verbal and verbal communication. The five themes are:
- theories of
embodiment for communication
- cognition and
emotion in interaction
- the development of embodied communication (including acquiring
embodied communicative skills and compensating for loss of communicative
skills)
- embodiment in
interaction
- the importance of interpersonal experiences in learning non-verbal
and verbal communicative skills
Across the five themes, special attention will be paid
to the interplay of non-verbal and verbal communicational aspects.
Each session will be introduced by a carefully selected key note speaker. Additional presenters in the sessions will be selected via an open call for papers (see details below).
Each session will be introduced by a carefully selected key note speaker. Additional presenters in the sessions will be selected via an open call for papers (see details below).
A draft schedule will soon be available on the conference
website.
Where
The conference will take place at the University of
Copenhagen, The Faculty of Humanities, Njalsgade 120, DK-2300 København S,
Denmark.
The Faculty of Humanity is placed within walking
distance from the Islands Brygge metro station. Links to hotels close to the
venue or in the city near metro stations are listed here.
Call
for Participation
The programme committee now invites the submission of
abstracts for papers. The deadline is 22 August 2012.
Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. The
language of the conference is English. Notification of acceptance decisions
will be communicated by 14 September 2012.
For further details and application, you are referred to the conference website.
For further details and application, you are referred to the conference website.
Programme
Committee:
- Hanne Ruus, University of Copenhagen (Chair)
- Csaba Pléh, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Milena Zic-Fuchs, University of Zagreb
Further information
Detailed information about the conference is available
on the conference webpages.
ESF Contacts
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