apologies for doubling my message, i waited several hours but the first try
did not appear on the list, and then i resent it. now i see that the first
message has also finally come through 12 hours late...
-j
----- Original Message -----
From: <kangasoj@mappi.helsinki.fi>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: iscar call
>
>
> Below is the info on submissions and deadlines from the conference webpage
> uder 'program'.
>
> Myself and some colleagues from Helsinki (Tarja Knuuttila, Sami Paavola)
> have been planning to propose a symposium for Theme A/6. semiotic
mediation
> and meaning construction. For now we are working with such broad titles
> as 'new forms of mediation' and 'epistemic/conceptual artefacts as future
> oriented tools in transforming practices/selves'. This is a continuation
of
> the Finnish Iscar meeting last December, and especially the
> theory/methodology stream organized by Jussi Silvonen. In case someone on
> xmca would like to join us in building such a symposium/double symposium
> proposal already at this preliminary stage please send an e-mail to me
> jonna.kangasoja who-is-at helsinki.fi. We are thinking of sending a more focused
> invitation to contribute to the symposium later, probably early September.
>
> -jonna
>
>
> -------
>
> A proposal can be submitted for:
>
> a paper that corresponds to one of the congress themes or subthemes.
>
> a poster that corresponds to one of the (sub) themes of the congress.
>
> a symposium that corresponds to one of the (sub) themes of the congress.
>
> All papers will be organised in symposium sessions.
>
> A symposium is allotted one hour and a half or two hours and contains 3 or
> 4 paper presentations followed by 45 minutes of plenary discussion. The
> organisers strongly encourage participants to propose new and interactive
> symposium formats: in addition to the regular paper symposium, one could
> also think about organising a poster symposium, an interactive symposium
> (papers have to be distributed and studied before participation), a point-
> counterpoint symposium (two radically opposite papers are presented and
> discussed). The program will promote regional meetings for different ISCAR
> sections.
>
>
>
> Deadlines
>
> For symposium, paper and poster proposals: 10 January, 2005
>
> Notification of acceptance/rejection: 15 March, 2005
>
> Final digital versions of summaries: 7 April, 2005
>
>
>
> Procedure
>
> All paper proposals must include: 1) title of paper, 2) authorīs name, 3)
> mailing address, 4) e-mail address, 5) a 400-500 word summary (max), 6) a
> reference to one of the congress themes/topics.
>
> All symposium proposals must include: 1) title of symposium, and a
> indication of the format chosen 2) title of papers, 3) name and address
> information (mail addresses and e-mail) of organisers and participants, 4)
> a 400-500 word summary (max) of each paper, and 5) a 250 word description
> (max) of the theme of the symposium clarifying the relation of the
> symposium to the congress theme or to one of its subthemes.
>
> All singular poster proposals must include: 1) title of poster, 2)
authorīs
> name, 3) mailing address, 4) e-mail address, 5) a 400-500 word summary
> (max).
>
> Proposals must be submitted by e-mail and sent to: iscar2005@iscar.org
>
>
> Topics
>
> The discussions of the congress will be thematically related as much as
> possible. Below you have a list of main issues that may be discussed
during
> the congress. Participants should focus theirs presentations on one of
> these subthemes
>
>
> THEME A.- Theoretical and Methodological Issues
>
>
> New trends in Cultural-Historical theory and research
>
> Cognition in social practices
>
> Diversity and heterogeneity of mind
>
> Emotion and subjectivity in culture
>
> Self, identity, and culture
>
> Semiotic mediation and meaning construction
>
> Narrative construction of self.
>
> Methodological challenges in cultural and social research
>
> Theoretical and methodological problems in Activity Theory
>
> Qualitative research and social practice
>
> Problems of the unit of analysis
>
>
>
> THEME B.- Acting in changing worlds
>
> Socialization, interaction, and human development
>
> Ways of discourse, modes of thinking and forms of participation
>
> Learning and knowledge construction in social practice
>
> School practices, interaction, and discourse
>
> Argumentation, negotiation, and intercultural communication
>
> Literacy in changing worlds
>
> Citizenship in changing world
>
> Doing gender in changing world
>
> Life long learning in changing worlds.
>
> New technologies, communication, and identity
>
> Working place and new technologies
>
> New ways of teaching-learning and technology
>
> Sociocultural approaches to therapy practices.
>
> Intervention programs in institutions (design and assessment).
>
>
> Lainaus Mike Cole <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>:
>
> > Lets assume iscar2005 will answer your good question, David.
> > Meantime, there is the concerete question of what sorts of symposia
> > folks are interested in and whether any of the xmca discussions invite
> > a more extended, face to face, seminar in spain next year.
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
>
>
>
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