<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3683b154-af9e-fb24-d5ad-e4a7afcf409f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conference: Pragmatism and Communication</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Place: University of Helsinki</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date: 4-5 June, 2014</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From the sign-theoretical approach of C. S. Peirce to the pragmatic analyses of Robert Brandom, matters of communication have figured prominently in pragmatist thought. Beginning with John Dewey and Robert E. Park, pragmatism has also directly influenced communication scholarship; and interest in pragmatist ideas is currently on the rise in media and communication studies. But what roles does ‘communication’ actually play in pragmatisms of various stripes? What are the distinctive contributions of pragmatism to our understanding and study of communication? </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This two-day interdisciplinary conference aims to explore these and closely connected questions. The organisers welcome proposals for papers discussing any aspect of the relationship between pragmatism and communication, ranging from philosophical discussions of the nature and scope of communication to applications of pragmatist ideas in communication studies. Suitable topics include (but are not restricted to):</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Different pragmatist perspectives on communication</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The historical/contemporary contribution of pragmatist thought to the development of communication theory</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The relationship between inquiry and communication in pragmatist philosophy</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Limitations of symbolic communication</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pragmatism and scientific communication </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pragmatism and deliberative communication</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pragmatist philosophy of journalism and the media</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pragmatic grounds for the possibility or impossibility of objective communication</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pragmatist ethics of communication and media</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The role of communication in democracy</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Criticisms of pragmatist approaches in communication studies</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please send an extended abstract of 500−1000 words to <a href="mailto:aki.p.lehtinen@helsinki.fi">aki.p.lehtinen@helsinki.fi</a> by 1 March 2014. The submitters of the selected proposals will be informed of acceptance by 15 March 2014. A time slot of 30 minutes will be allotted for each accepted paper.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Confirmed speakers include:</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Robert T. Craig (University of Colorado, Boulder), Eli Dresner (Tel Aviv University), Klaus Bruhn Jensen (University of Copenhagen), John Durham Peters (University of Iowa), Stephen J. A. Ward (University of Oregon), Merja Bauters (Aalto University), Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (University of Helsinki / Tallinn University of Technology), and Sami Pihlström (University of Helsinki / University of Jyväskylä).</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.0791666666666666;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organising committee</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Mats Bergman, Aki Petteri Lehtinen, Henrik Rydenfelt</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Co-organised by:</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The research project Pragmatic Objectivity, with funding from the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation and the University of Helsinki</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Philosophy of Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Nordic Pragmatism Network</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies</span></p>
</li></ul><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Web site:</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <a href="http://www.nordprag.org/pac.html">http://www.nordprag.org/pac.html</a></span></p>
<div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best wishes,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Henrik Rydenfelt</span></div><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div></span></div>