Dates; 5-7 July 2021
Location: Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France
Website: 39th Albi-Nîmes Conference
Deadline for submission of proposals: 25 Feb 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic prevented the 39th Albi-Nîmes Médiations Sémiotiques Conference from taking place on the scheduled dates in July 2020. The subject of the event, “Life: Guidelines and strategies for permanence,” had nevertheless clearly understood the urgency to reflect on survival strategies. The updating of this call for proposal integrates a reflection on the event, which caused the postponement, through the integration of the transversal axis, “Design of Emergencies in the Time of Epidemics”. In case of a new lockdown, or if speakers will unable to reach the conference, an option for virtual participation is guaranteed.
In the field of human science, research in design, semiotics and philosophy focus on the theme of life: research in bio-design (Pyper, 2006) and biomimicry (Hargroves & Smith, 2006), the interest in life forms (Fontanille, 2015) and the semiotics of life (see Zinna, 2019), the transition from a philosophy of being to a philosophy of living (Jullien, 2015) and the philosophy of animals (Jeangène Vilmer, 2011) and plants (Kohn, 2017; Pelluchon, 2016), making life a subject of common study, with an individual approach (“how should one live today”), the collective values to adopt (sustainability as a shared meta-value), as well as strategies to cope with the changes brought by the Anthropocene (what should humans do in relation to non-humans to ensure this permanence).
You will find here the call for proposal.
Conditions of participation
There are two methods of participation: upon invitation or by responding to the call for proposal. The abstracts submitted must adopt an original and unprecedented approach. They must be sent in RTF or Word format to colloque.albi.2021@gmail.com.
The first page must show the contact details of the applicant (surname, first name, affiliated laboratory, e-mail address and telephone number); the following page must remain anonymous and contain an abstract of 300 to 500 words, including a reference to one of the research areas for each field. A bibliography of recommended reading containing 5-10 titles must be added at the end of the abstract.
You will find here the conditions of participation.
Deadlines
Proposals must be submitted no later than: 25th February 2021.
Notification of acceptance: 5th April 2021.
Registration before: 20th May 2021.
Preliminary program: 30th May 2021.
Selection process
Proposals will be submitted to a double-blind evaluation by the experts of the Scientific Committee. The results of the evaluation will be known on 5th April 2021.
Registering for the conference
Upon acceptance, the speaker must register online at https://mediationsemiotiques.com/albi-2021. For registrations before 20th May 2021 :
- €70 for students (after 20th May €90) ;
- €100 for teachers and researchers (after 20th May €130).
Duration of presentation
The length of each presentation must be no longer than 20 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&As.
Languages available
English, French and Spanish.
Online information
The conference agenda is available at: https://www.mediationsemiotiques.com/albi-2021.
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