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Jahrestagung 2024

Overcoming the Divides? Towards Global Inclusivity in Communication Studies in Times of Uncertainty 
 

14th -15th November 2024 | Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
Call for Papers (download below)
You will find updated conference details on the website of the Communication Studies Department: www.kowi-salzburg.at 

Abstract

In times of unprecedented challenges, communication scholars need to foster a more profound understanding of what global inclusivity in their discipline means. Calls for de-westernizing or de-centering the discipline are not new: imbalances in knowledge production are well documented, in structural tangible aspects as well as intangible aspects of power and capital. Communication studies is still Western-centric and needs to break free from the epistemic confines of one-sided normativity.

Communication scholarship is beginning a much-needed shift towards more inclusivity and equality: for example, through the #CommunicationSoWhite debates and its repercussions as well as the increasing efforts by academic associations towards more inclusion. Yet even beyond well-meaning logistic steps, the epistemic contours of the field need to be pushed further.

The Annual Conference of the International and Intercultural Division of the German Association of Communication Studies (DGPuK) is the suitable community to push these debates. International and intercultural communication research can push these conversations because it engages in a global conversation and contributed to the de-westernization and decentering the discipline. Scholarship in international and intercultural communication has multi-faceted and rich research traditions that range from a micro focus on individual and interpersonal dynamics to macro approaches that include investigations of politics, societies, and cultures. Critical, international, and intersectional scholarship can counter multiple exclusions and marginalization of voices in academia. In addition, comparative approaches have the potential to enable understanding in a meaningful way that fosters decentering the field.

The Annual conference in Salzburg seeks to push global inclusivity in multicultural and globalized environments by cultivating scholarship that helps individuals to respect and appreciate the many facets of diversity.

As we navigate these pressing issues, we invite you to join us in exploring new horizons in time of multiple uncertainties. Encouraging dialogue, the annual conference by the International and Intercultural Division by the DGPuK (German Communication Association) seeks to contribute to a more profound understanding of what global inclusivity means. 

Organization
 

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hanan Badr
Head of Unit, Public Spheres and Inequalities                             

Thawab Hilal, MSc, MA
Senior Scientist, Public Spheres and Inequalities Unit      

Assoz. -Prof. PD Mag. Dr. Thomas Herdin
Head of Unit, Transcultural Communication

PD Dr. Mag.phil. Birgit Breninger
Deputy Head of Communication Studies Department, Transcultural Communication Unit

Contact

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
Fachbereich Kommunikationswissenschaft
Rudolfskai 42
5020 Salzburg, Austria
DGPuK-Salzburg@plus.ac.at

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