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ICC goes multimodal: International Colloquium on Communication

Vom 22.-26. Juli 2018 trafen sich Sprechwissenschaftler/innen aus den USA und Deutschland im Rahmen des International Colloquium on Communication in Marburg. Das Thema des diesjährigen Kolloquiums war die Multimodalität von Kommunikation. Weitere  Informationen zum Programm finden Sie unter https://iccmultimodal.wordpress.com/ .

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International Colloquium on Communication 2018
Philipps Universität Marburg (Germany) July 22nd - July 29th

Multimodality in Communication: According to Gunther Kress (2010), multimodality is the normal state of human communication. This insight, that communication functions through different modalities, is as old as theory on communication itself. Cicero, Quintilian and Aristotle emphasized voice, gesture, facial expressions and other modalities in the art of speech. The importance of these modes was one of the founding impulses of the discipline of speech in the U.S. at the end of the 19th century. In the last 20 years, the integration and analysis of different communication modalities has gained new prominence, and it has done so in different strands of the field.

At the 2018 International Colloquium on Communication we will discuss the concept of multimodality for speech and communication studies across and between different areas. For example, in interpersonal communication and conversation analysis, scholars take non-verbal layers, such as prosody and bodily expression, to be fundamental to the analysis of communicative events. More recent theoretical analysis and critical examinations  of public discourse reach across social media platforms to comment on a variety of traditional and non-traditional speech acts. In argumentation studies, the prominence of scholarship on visual argumentation is now complemented by recent work on sound. Kinetics, embodiment and somatics as communication practices are addressed in performance and dance studies research. Communication pedagogy has emphasized and to some extent embraced the importance of multimodal writing and speaking. Thus, multimodality in communication can be considered from a number of different realms, perspectives, and practices.

The International Colloquium on Communication (ICC) is an interdisciplinary conference that invites scholars from the U.S. and Europe to present and discuss new results of research on communication. The ICC was founded in 1968 and takes place every other year. A specific feature of the ICC is its small size, with only about 25 participants. Each scholar presents a paper that is followed by a discussion among the entire group. The length of the colloquium allows additional time for interaction and dialogue. Please note, that participants are expected to attend the entire colloquium. The conference will be held in English. Those interested in presenting a paper at the ICC should submit an abstract of 300 words to the Program Chairs listed below by 1 December 2017. The abstracts should contain a brief section on the notion of multimodality the author employs. Notice about acceptance will be sent out by 1 February 2018. U.S. based scholars are asked to submit to Professor Michelle LaVigne (mrlavigne[at]usfca.edu), while European scholars are asked to submit to Professor Kati Hannken-Illjes (kati.hannkenilljes[at]uni-marburg.de).

Submission opening: 1 October 2017
Submission deadline: 15 December 2017

Contact:

Prof. Michelle LaVigne, PhD
Director of Public Speaking
Department of Rhetoric and Language
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA 94117
U.S.A.
mrlavigne[at]usfca.edu

Prof. Dr. Kati Hannken-Illjes
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
Arbeitsgruppe Sprechwissenschaft
Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6
35032 Marburg
Germany
kati.hannkenilljes[at]uni-marburg.de
Tel. 06421-2824642