Our ability to communicate successfully affects so many aspects of our \;lives. Difficulties\, \;indeed failures\, or breakdowns in communication can \;play a major role in hostility\, conflict and war. Communication problems \;can also lead to personal frustration and desired outcomes not being \;realised.
The nature of our communications can raise larger contextual issues about \;human learning\, exchange of knowledge and the nature of humanity. How can \;we communicate where those involved have quite different languages\, \;specialisations and views of the world? How can we avoid conflict when we \;strongly disagree based on the great differences in how we perceive \;things? How can we appreciate and consider highly divergent views from our \;own? How can we still communicate effectively when the conceptual gap is \;so large? How can we make good decisions and complete tasks when \;communication is difficult?
Wars may be started and sustained by communication difficulties. When we \;communicate we are not just stating facts\, but also emotions and personal \;positions that may underlie them. In the cut and thrust of everyday life\, \;being able to recognise\, track\, and respond to the varied levels in \;communication can be challenging. It may require us to appreciate \;knowledge and realities vastly different than our own\; bridging \;communication gaps may place us well outside our comfort zone.
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference project seeks to explore \;these and other topics and create dialogue about communication and \;conflict. We seek submissions from a range of disciplines including \;communication studies\, journalism\, public affair&rsquo\;s\, public relations\, \;philosophy\, psychology\, literature\, management\, business studies\, \;information technology\, science\, the visual and creative arts\, music\, \;politics and also actively encourage practitioners and non-academics with \;an interest in the topic to participate.
We welcome traditional papers\, preformed panels of papers\, workshop \;proposals and other forms of performance recognising that different \;disciplines express themselves in different mediums. Submissions are \;sought on any aspect of Communications.
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed \;panel proposals. Papers will also be considered on any related theme. \;What to Send:
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. If an \;abstract is accepted for the conference\, a full draft paper should be \;submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. 300 word abstracts should be submitted \;simultaneously to both Organising Chairs\; abstracts may be in Word\, \;WordPerfect\, or RTF formats with the following information and in this \;order:
E-mails should be entitled: CC3 Abstract Submission
\nPlease use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes \;and any special formatting\, characters or emphasis (such as bold\, italics \;or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals \;submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should \;assume we did not receive your proposal\; it might be lost in cyberspace! \;We suggest\, then\, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
\nOrganising Chairs:
Paul James: \;pj@inter-disciplinary.net
Rob Fisher: \;cc3@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the Probing the Boundaries programme of research \;projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and \;interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are \;innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the
conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. \;Selected \;papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). \;
If you like this Project you may also like: Bullying and the Abuse of \;Power\, Connectivity in the 21st Century\, Crisis and Opportunity\, \;Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds\, Forgiveness\, Hope\, \;Interculturalism\, Multiculturalism\, Conflict and Belonging\, Responsible \;Living\, The Citizen in the 21st Century\, Time\, Space + Body\, War\, Civil \;Conflict\, Security and Peace
\nPlease note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are \;not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or \;subsistence.
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