We seek contributions discussing various forms of crisis discourse, dealing with any language and geographic area. While the main focus is on the (post-)pandemic time, we also accept contributions addressing other periods and discourses of crisis, as long as broader relevance is demonstrated. We expect both contributions addressing the inner sociolinguistic processes of crisis-time language, as well as those taking a critical discourse approach to crisis communication, and to the distinct constructions of collectivity, nationhood, race, gender, ‘us’ and ‘others’ in public discourse and beyond.
Possible topics include, but are by no means limited to, the following:
local discourses of economic crisis, health crisis, climate, conflict, ‘migrant crisis’ etc.
conceptions and definitions of crisis
the role of metaphor and figurative language in crisis conceptualization
crisis communication (media, politicians’ and citizens’ discourse)
crisis and right-wing populisms
crisis, nationhood and nationalism
crisis and protest
gender in crisis discourse
race and ethnicity in crisis discourse
constructions of permacrisis and polycrisis; interacting discourses of multiple crises
conspiracy narratives and legitimization of conflict
crisis and new solidarities
diachronic or cross-linguistic perspectives on crisis
The presentations will be 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for questions.
The range of approaches may include:
(Critical) Discourse Analysis
sociolinguistics
corpus linguistics
cognitive linguistics
metaphor and figurative language
linguistic anthropology
ethnography of communication
pragmatics
media and communictations studies
political science
Abstract submission deadline: September 3, 2024
Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 4, 2024
Abstracts (200-300 words) should be sent to ksenija@zrc-sazu.si.
Registration is free for all presenters.