Speech can be used to change societies in bad ways. It supports institutional oppression\, establishes new oppressive \;norms\, silences opponents\, spreads disinformation and propagates feelings of hate. \;Online communities \;magnify \;the effects \;of individual speech acts. \;This \;workshop \;series\, comprising five meetings\, \;will \;dive into five different aspects of oppressive speech. We&rsquo\;ll look at \;social norms and institutions\, silencing and free speech\, \;social meaning\, norm-shifting and disinformation. We&rsquo\;ll \;bring several tools \;and perspectives from linguistics\, social modelling\, and philosophy\, including \;game theory\, semantics/pragmatics \;and \;speech act theory. We&rsquo\;ll seek answers to how \;oppressive speech \;works and how to defend against it. \;
\nTheme 1: Social Norms &\; Institutions: Game Theory (3-4 Dec)
Theme 2: Silencing\, Speaking up &\; Free Speech (28-29 Jan)
Theme 3: Social Meaning &\; Semantics/Pragmatics (18-19 Feb)
Theme 4: Norms &\; Practices: Speech Acts &\; Conversational Dynamics (24-26 Mar)
Theme 5: Disinformation\, Epistemic Vices &\; Online Harm (6-7 May)
Speakers Theme 5: \;
\nThursday\, 6 May
\nAlessandra Tanesini
\nQuassim Cassam
\nAnastasia Kozyreva
\nKevin Zollman
\nCailin O&rsquo\;Connor
\nFriday\, 7 May
\nStephan Lewandrosky
\nMihaela Popa-Wyatt\, Tatjana Scheffler\, Veronika Solopova
\nEric Beerbohm
\nMichael Lynch
\nRay Drainville &\; Jennifer Saul
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