CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop «Language, democracy and political trust: An interdisciplinary
perspective from political theory, political science and sociolinguistics»
18 November 2024
Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Catalonia)
THEME
Do languages play a role in how we perceive and
interpret political messages? Does language or different language varieties
in oral political messages shape people’s trust in one another? Do
perceptions and ideologies about language and language varieties shape any
aspect of democratic regimes? Do linguistic ideologies affect people’s
political trust? Although recent works in sociolinguistics, political
science and political theory have studied whether the way we speak
affects the way we perceive and evaluate each other and its normative
implications, we are still oblivious to the effect of exposure to different
languages and linguistic varieties on people’s political trust and to what
extent this might be normatively problematic.
Submissions are invited addressing the workshop themes, including but not
limited to the following questions:
Linguistic ideologies and attitudes applied to the political realm.
Political parties, representation, languages and trust.
Social norms, language and trust.
Conceptions about the role and value of language and their normative
implications for democratic theory.
We welcome submissions coming from sociolinguistics, empirical political
science and political theory/philosophy, especially those performing
interdisciplinary work. We also welcome submissions from participants at
all career stages.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Matteo Bonotti (Monash University, Australia)
Kathryn A. Woolard (University of California San Diego, USA)
SUBMISSION
Those interested in presenting should send an abstract of no more than 500
words to bernat.puertas@ub.edu before June 30, 2024. Early career scholars
without institutional support in need of support can let us know when
submitting their abstracts. For further information please contact Bernat
Puertas (bernat.puertas@ub.edu).
ORGANISERS AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Avel·là Flors-Mas, Universitat de Barcelona
Núria Franco-Guillén, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Sergi Morales-Gálvez, Universitat de València
Bernat Puertas, Universitat de Barcelona
Toni Rodon, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
FUNDING
This workshop forms part of the project Language and Political Trust in
Multilingual Catalonia (LinguaTrust), funded by the Institut d’Estudis de
l’Autogovern, Generalitat de Catalunya (Grant Agreement Number:
PRE150/22/000008).
CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop «Language, democracy and political trust: An interdisciplinary
perspective from political theory, political science and sociolinguistics»
18 November 2024
Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Catalonia)
THEME
Do languages play a role in how we perceive and
interpret political messages? Does language or different language varieties
in oral political messages shape people’s trust in one another? Do
perceptions and ideologies about language and language varieties shape any
aspect of democratic regimes? Do linguistic ideologies affect people’s
political trust? Although recent works in sociolinguistics, political
science and political theory have studied whether the way we speak
affects the way we perceive and evaluate each other and its normative
implications, we are still oblivious to the effect of exposure to different
languages and linguistic varieties on people’s political trust and to what
extent this might be normatively problematic.
Submissions are invited addressing the workshop themes, including but not
limited to the following questions:
-
Linguistic ideologies and attitudes applied to the political realm.
-
Political parties, representation, languages and trust.
-
Social norms, language and trust.
-
Conceptions about the role and value of language and their normative
implications for democratic theory.
We welcome submissions coming from sociolinguistics, empirical political
science and political theory/philosophy, especially those performing
interdisciplinary work. We also welcome submissions from participants at
all career stages.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
-
Matteo Bonotti (Monash University, Australia)
-
Kathryn A. Woolard (University of California San Diego, USA)
SUBMISSION
Those interested in presenting should send an abstract of no more than 500
words to bernat.puertas@ub.edu before June 30, 2024. Early career scholars
without institutional support in need of support can let us know when
submitting their abstracts. For further information please contact Bernat
Puertas (bernat.puertas@ub.edu).
ORGANISERS AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
-
Avel·là Flors-Mas, Universitat de Barcelona
-
Núria Franco-Guillén, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
-
Sergi Morales-Gálvez, Universitat de València
-
Bernat Puertas, Universitat de Barcelona
-
Toni Rodon, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
FUNDING
This workshop forms part of the project Language and Political Trust in
Multilingual Catalonia (LinguaTrust), funded by the Institut d’Estudis de
l’Autogovern, Generalitat de Catalunya (Grant Agreement Number:
PRE150/22/000008).