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• 23 déc 2019

  Paris

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Desired Identities

  New technology-based metamorphosis in Japan

  In Japan, the kyara-ka phenomenon, ‘transforming into a character’ (Aihara Hiroyuki, 2007) is now giving birth to what Nozawa Shunsuke (2013) calls ‘an emerging art of self–fashioning.’ Based on elaborate disguise techniques, the kyara-ka phenomenon covers a variety of communication strategies and practices: cosplay, kigurumi, Vtubing, utaloid voice banks, use of voice-image filters to upload videos where humans look like characters… Exploring all the aspects of this ‘thingification of humans’, the conference will reflect on how and why a growing number of people market themselves as characters. The conference goal is to address the complexity of issues raised by these voluntary and, perhaps, ironical acts of obliteration. What is the profile of men and women who transform themselves into computer-graphic creatures? How do they deal with being loved only through their digital alter-ego? What little or grand narratives are being produced alongside? Can we still deal with the phenomenon in terms of authenticity (original) versus artificiality (copy)? What negotiations or refusals underly the use of characters as social masks?

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• 15 déc 2019

  Paris

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Objects of desire

  Lethal attraction?

  With a focus on the loving attachments to objects perceived as emotionally dangerous, this special issue of anthropology journal Terrain seeks to shed light on current controversies and public debates surrounding electronic emotions by comparing them to similar processes involved in other kinds of illegitimate “partnerships”. We propose to examine the conceptions that underpin the production of partners and to analyse the kinds of entity that are supposed to draw humans into emotional entanglements or sexual confusion: robots, electronic gadgets, dolls, fictional characters, sculptures, statues, shadows, human remains, plants, animals, etc.

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• 07 oct 2019

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  09 oct 2019

  Lyon

  Conference, symposium - Language

  Emotion, empathy, sensitivity

  Subjects and subjectivity through language and educative practices

   Au pluriel, le terme d’émotions, d’une part, cherche à encadrer des manifestations sémiotiques protéiformes (« colère », « joie », « peur », « surprise », « tristesse », etc.) et, d’autre part, se trouve côtoyé par des notions qui peuvent recouvrir une pluralité de points de vue (niveaux d’analyse, perspective disciplinaire, objet de recherche, etc.). Une multiplicité de termes (empathie, affectivité, affiliation, subjectivité, sentiments, passions, humeurs, etc.) est ainsi mobilisée dans le champ des sciences humaines pour la construction théorique, le développement méthodologique et la réflexion empirique autour de cette notion.

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• 04 avr 2019

  Charenton-le-Pont

  Study days - Science studies

  What role for communities in heritage management ?

  Cette journée a pour thème « Quel rôle pour les communautés dans la gestion du patrimoine ?».  Il s’agira, à travers trois sessions, d’examiner comment ces communautés assurent la participation des citoyens à la gestion du patrimoine culturel à travers la construction et le partage des savoirs. Cette journée a pour objectifs de faire mieux connaître les recherches européennes financées par la JPI-CH, de faciliter les synergies avec des projets français.

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