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Call for Papers "Transmodernity: Managing Global Communication" International Conference Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies (ROASS) Faculty of Letters, University of Bacãu Bacãu and Slãnic-Moldova (Romania) 23-25 October 2008 __________________________________________________ The time for a great change of paradigm the shift from postmodernity to transmodernity has already come. Setting out from existing transformations, diversities (experienced as difference), varieties (perceived as absence of sameness, of routine and monotony), alterities (through a continuous transgressing of borders), transmodernity foregrounds the new phenomenon of the network world. The increased cultural complexity of the global(izing/ized) world, which seems to be the raison dêtre for trans-prefixed domains of action has turned into fertile ground for cross-breeding between several areas of research, such as management, communication studies, marketing and semiotics. How can transborder exchanges come to terms with processes within borders, how do international power relations influence structures mapped within frontiers, how can differences, varieties etc. be decoded and understood, how can communication be conducted in a networld where everything is produced and interpreted at a global level? How can the relational dynamism of this new (transcultural) netocracy be communicated and controlled? What is its new rhetoric like? These are just few questions to be debated upon during the 2nd ROASS international conference Transmodernity: Managing Global Communication. The papers can be defended in English, French, or Romanian. Your abstract should run from 400 to 500 characters, 12-point TNR and 1,5 line spacing. The abstract should refer to: - the context of the research - the theoretical background (the research methodology) - the hypotheses to be discussed - the empirical data - the outlines of your conclusions/ findings The abstract should be sent either in English or French. The abstract should be submitted to both addresses by May 15, 2008, to: [email protected] [email protected] Notification of abstract acceptance: May, 30. Contact: Doina Cmeciu Traian D. Stãnciulescu Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies (ROASS) Faculty of Letters University of Bacãu Calea Mãrãsesti, 157 Bacãu - 600115 Romania Email: [email protected] Web: http://roass.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
