2nd Ph.D. Summer School of Cultural Transformations: Cultural\u00a0 Im\/materialities: Contagion, Affective Rhythms and Mobilization<\/p>\n
23-27 June 2014, Aarhus University, Denmark<\/p>\n
The summer school is funded by the Ph.D. programmes Art, Literature and\u00a0 Cultural Studies and ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism and by\u00a0 Centre for Sociological Studies Aarhus University (all Aarhus\u00a0 University). The event is part of a cultural studies summer school\u00a0 network with Warwick University, University of Southern Denmark,\u00a0 S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University and Aarhus University as partners. The first event\u00a0 in 2013 was hosted by Warwick University.<\/p>\n
Organisers: Associate Professor, PhD, Britta Timm Knudsen, Associate\u00a0 Professor, PhD, Mads Krogh, Assistant Professor, PhD, Carsten Stage,\u00a0 Associate Professor, PhD, Anne Marit Waade.<\/p>\n
Partners: Warwick University, UK, University of Southern Denmark, DK,\u00a0 S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University, SE, CESAU, DK, Copenhagen Business School, DK<\/p>\n
Confirmed keynotes: Professor Georgina Born (Music and Anthropology,\u00a0 Oxford University), UK, Reader Tony D. Sampson (Digital Culture and\u00a0 Communications, University of East London), UK, Professor John Protevi\u00a0 (Philosophy and French Studies, Louisiana State\u00a0 University), US, Senior\u00a0 Lecturer Luciana Parisi (Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths), UK<\/p>\n
Lecturers \/ workshop organizers \/ discussants: Jenny Sund\u00e9n, S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn\u00a0 University, Nathaniel Tkacz, Warwick University, Christian Borch,\u00a0 Copenhagen Business School, Representative from University of Southern\u00a0 Denmark, Anne Marit Waade, Aarhus University, Carsten Stage, Aarhus\u00a0 University, Mads Krogh, Aarhus University, Britta Timm Knudsen, Aarhus\u00a0 University, Christoffer K\u00f8lvraa, Aarhus University, Louise Fabian,\u00a0 Aarhus University, Camilla M\u00f8hring Reestorff, Aarhus University<\/p>\n
ECTS: 5 ECTS Time: June 23-27 2014 Room and Place: Aarhus University Cost\/ Policy: No cost fee, each participant covers travel & accommodation. Max. number of participants: 30<\/p>\n
Description:<\/p>\n
The summer school wants to explore the role of affect, suggestive\u00a0 rhythms and contagion for the somatic mobilization of agents across a\u00a0 range of socio-cultural situations (e.g. protest events, dance halls,\u00a0 online forums, catastrophes), practises and processes (e.g. political\u00a0 mobilization and engagement, school bullying, youth loneliness,\u00a0 xenophobic\/nationalist panics). In recent years an increasing interest\u00a0 in materiality, space, technology and embodiment has developed in the\u00a0 humanities and social sciences combined with an \u2018affective turn\u2019\u00a0 (Clough, Massumi, Thrift, Seigworth and Gregg, Ahmed) to immaterial\u00a0 dimensions of these phenomena.<\/p>\n
This has re-actualised early sociological theories about affective\u00a0 suggestion, contagion and imitation (e.g. Gustave Le Bon and Gabriel\u00a0 Tarde), which offer valuable insights to the analysis of a contemporary\u00a0 cultural landscape characterised by for instance viral\/memetic\u00a0 phenomena, mediated\/networked\/rhythmically coordinated crowds, affective\u00a0 online communication and political modulation of citizen affects\u00a0 (Blackman, Borch, Gibbs, Sampson, Butler). During the summer school we\u00a0 wish to collectively explore the immaterial dimensions of the material\u00a0 social world and vice versa, discuss the potentialities, implications\u00a0 and risks of such analysis in an open interdisciplinary environment. The event will attract PhD students from a range of academic fields\u00a0 (anthropology, geography, media, cultural studies, aesthetics,\u00a0 sociology, political science etc.) interested in, and doing research on,\u00a0 the affective turn, processes of imitation\/suggestion\/contagion, the\u00a0 rhythmically attuning mobilisation of bodies, and the im\/material\u00a0 dimensions of culture and the social world.<\/p>\n
Possible areas\/topics:<\/p>\n
– The affective dimensions of materiality, space, technology and things – Aesthetics and affectivity, sensual design<\/p>\n
– Mobilization within public and private spheres of action<\/p>\n
– Viral communication, virality in the media, memes, social media<\/p>\n
– The methodological challenges of analysing cultural materialities and\u00a0 immaterial processes<\/p>\n
– Theoretical legacies to the \u2018affective turn\u2019 and new materialist\u00a0 orientations within the humanities and social sciences; early\u00a0 sociologies of contagion, suggestion and imitation<\/p>\n
– Moral, media and financial panics – Music culture, sound, dance and rhythm<\/p>\n
– Industries of affect, affective consumption<\/p>\n
– Tourism, black spot\/dark tourism<\/p>\n
– Artistic agency, idols and fandom<\/p>\n
– Crowds, protest culture, social movements, (creative\/eventful)\u00a0 activism, political events<\/p>\n
– Depression, loneliness, bullying, affective exclusion<\/p>\n
– Charity, empathy and sympathy<\/p>\n
– Affect, emotion and power, war and affective modulation<\/p>\n
– Xenophobia, nationalism, the strategic production of fear and hate<\/p>\n
– Atmosphere, aura, prestige – Sexuality, porn, love and care<\/p>\n
– The affectivity of catastrophes<\/p>\n
– Blasphemy, fanaticism and provocative politics<\/p>\n
The Ph.D.-summer school will be based on keynote presentations,\u00a0 workshops and students\u2019 own project presentations and organized feedback\u00a0 sessions.<\/p>\n
Exam: The examination will consist of three parts: 1. Full paper hand-in\u00a0 (deadline May 15); 2. Attending workshops and doing group assignments;\u00a0 3. Paper presentation and discussion of papers.<\/p>\n
Deadline for submission: March 1 2014 Send an email to: Marianne Hoffmeister mho@adm.au.dk<\/a> Attach a description of your research topic and project (max. 300 words). March 15: You will get to know if you participate, and you will be asked\u00a0 to confirm your participation.<\/p>\n Preparation for PhD students: April 1: The organizers will form groups out of the participants (5 in\u00a0 all) and each group has to organize a slot of one hour each with a\u00a0 social and\/or academic content (e.g. academic speed-dating, guided tours\u00a0 in Aarhus for strangers by strangers, exercises between the slots). May 15: Deadline for submitting a full paper (10 pages)<\/p>\n Preparation for teachers: March: Organizers must read the abstracts and form participants groups. Medio May: The group of teachers will be responsible for 3-4 papers,\u00a0 that he\/she has read carefully in advance in order to 1) place the paper\u00a0 within the theme of the summer school 2) to be a discussant of the paper\u00a0 and to give an open and constructive feedback at the summer school.<\/p>\n About the summer school network (SSCT): The series aims at creating an\u00a0 international environment of constructive academic discussions in the\u00a0 field of cultural studies in order to strengthen this discipline in our\u00a0 respective academic communities and to develop the discipline of\u00a0 cultural studies according to actual developments and new theoretical\u00a0 paradigms. The series aims at improving teaching in cultural studies\u00a0 through a meticulous work on theoretical, methodological and empirical\u00a0 challenges. It is also our intention to build stronger research\u00a0 relations and exchange opportunities between the involved institutions\u00a0 and participants. Network coordinator: Carsten Stage (norcs@hum.au.dk<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ————— ECREA-Mailing list<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2nd Ph.D. Summer School of Cultural Transformations: Cultural\u00a0 Im\/materialities: Contagion, Affective Rhythms and Mobilization 23-27 June 2014, Aarhus University, Denmark The summer school is funded by the Ph.D. programmes Art, Literature and\u00a0 Cultural Studies and ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism … Continue reading