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3rd international Symposium: Micro-Analysis of Online Data (MOOD-Z) University of Zurich, Switzerland | July 16th – 17th 2015

The Micro-Analysis of Online Data (MOOD) network is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who explore theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of computer mediated communication (CMC). Although our broad focus is on the application and/or adaptation of conversation and discourse analytic techniques to online data, we are also sensitive to the fact that much online data consist of visual or hypertextual material. Therefore we are also interested in developing novel methods that are tailored towards multimodal environments with limited verbal and paralinguistic data from platforms such as Pinterest to Soundcloud to SecondLife.

The 2015 symposium will include two keynote speakers:

Prof. Dr. Miriam Locher, University of Basel Dr. Sean Rintel, University of Queensland and Microsoft Research Cambridge

We invite proposals for paper presentations that address theoretical, methodological, and method-based issues related to the analysis of CMC. We particularly encourage submissions related to the following topics:

• The application of conversation analysis and various forms of discourse analysis to the study of online interaction.
• Methodological challenges related to carrying out micro-analyses of online discourse/ CMC environments, particularly with methodologies typically applied to face-to-face interactions.
• Theoretical considerations around the communicative conditions for online (written) communication, e.g. addressing issues such as physical vs. virtual presence, and how processes of reading and writing differ in their communicative conditions and consequences from face-to-face interaction.
• The issue of ‘place’ and ‘space’ in (relation to) online discourse.
• Technologies that support the analysis of online interaction.
• Ethical dilemmas inherent to the study of online interaction.

Submission instructions: Proposals (max. 500 words) for presentations (15 minutes) should be submitted as Word documents to mood-z@ds.uzh.ch<mailto:mood-z@ds.uzh.ch> by 28th February 2015.

Please include the full title of your proposed paper, institutional affiliation, and contact information (including email).

For more information about the Symposium: http://www.ds.uzh.ch/Tagungen/MOOD-Z

For more information about the MOOD network: http://moodnetwork.ruhosting.nl/

Organisation committee of MOOD-Z: David Giles (University of Winchester), Jessica Nina Lester (Indiana University), Katrin Lindemann (University of Zurich), Trena Paulus (University of Georgia), Emanuel Ruoss (University of Zurich), Wyke Stommel (Radbout Universiteit Nijmegen), Caroline Weinzinger (University of Zurich)

CFP: We are opening a call for papers for a panel taking place during the SIEF 2015 12th Congress, in Zagreb Croatia (June 21-25, 2015), and wanted to pass the information on to ENAS members. The panel focuses on ageing in a European context and is also part of  the conference’s “Food” stream because of its topical interest.

Conference:  SIEF 2015 12th Congress, Zagreb, Croatia (June 21-25, 2015)

Panel: European heritages, realities and utopias: the elderly’s consumption of coffee, tea and “leisure” time

Panel Organizers: Lisa Le Fevre (TC, Columbia University and Santa Clara University) and  Brian O’Hare (Columbia University)

Panel Description:
“When exploring conceptions of aging and the life course, media outlets offering the “feel-good” article have often concentrated on topics of enigmatic longevity, an individual’s miraculous ability to perform an activity or quaint gatherings of grandmothers and grandfathers for social causes. While articles such as these draw the public’s attention to “successful aging,” they also hint at the importance of sustained engagement to individual and social life. Researchers and scholars in anthropology, sociology and psychology, have long understood and focused on the importance of social and interpersonal relationships for sustaining healthy and meaningful lifestyles across the life course. As such, this panel takes a look at the heritages, realities and utopias that aging individuals bring to the table when they meet for coffee, tea or other “leisure” activities – particularly in the context of European lifestyles or ancestry. Using ethnographic data conducted during fieldwork and studies in countries such as Bulgaria and Spain, questions that the panel seeks to address ask what exactly is being “consumed” during these meetings, what are the intentional/unintentional meanings held in such gatherings and how can moments like these become movements to benefit those aging in Europe and beyond.”

Submission Requirements and Deadline:

•         All paper proposals should be submitted electronically at the following link by January 14, 2015: (http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2015/panels.php5?PanelID=3505)

•         Please include the paper’s title, author(s) name(s) and email(s), a short 300 character or less abstract and a longer 250 word or less abstract. More information on the guidelines for submitting papers, and on the conference theme can be found at: (http://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2015/cfp.shtml)

•         If you have any further questions, please feel free to email the conveners Lisa Le Fevre  or Brian O’Hare through the submission site at: (http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2015/panels.php5?PanelID=3505)