1st HCIAS SYMPOSIUM ON IBERO-AMERICAN STUDIES
COMMUNICATION IN POLARIZED SOCIETIES
Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies | HCIAS
1st HCIAS SYMPOSIUM ON IBERO-AMERICAN STUDIES
Communication in Polarized Societies
4 – 6 December 2023
Venue: Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg (IWH), Germany
The 1st HCIAS International Symposium addresses the study of communication and its multiple socio-political implications in Ibero-American societies. Ibero-America, with its imbrications within the region and with other regions of the world, is characterized by highly dynamic socio-cultural processes of transformation in which the role of communication is decisive.
The symposium adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to reveal the analytical potential of the framework of societal communication, especially with regard to the analysis of transversal issues such as democratization and democratic backsliding, polarization, or trust. At the same time, it highlights the capacity of area studies to analyze and interpret contemporary communication phenomena based on profound regional knowledge.
The 1st HCIAS Symposium welcomes theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions from different perspectives of the social sciences and the humanities addressing one of the following four subfields:
1. Political communication and the public sphere
2. (Inter-)cultural Communication
3. Public communication, knowledge society, and social development
4. Digitalization and artificial intelligence in public communication
PUBLIC EVENTS
ROUND TABLE: Science Communication
December 5, 2023, 18:30-19:30
By Dr. David Kaldewey, Dr. Elena Lázaro Real, Jon Chase, and Martin Enserink
Followed by a reception
This public event will take place at the Marsilius-Kolleg
KEYNOTE LECTURES
Dec. 4, 11:00-12:30
Dr. Teresa Correa
“Inequalities in the algorithmic era: A perspective from digital media users in Latin America”
Dec. 5, 09:30-11:00
Dr. Ottmar Ette
“Communication Breakdown?
The Task of Literature in Polarized Societies in Latin America”
Dec. 6, 14:00-15:30
Dr. Dale A. Koike
“The individuality of interculturality”
These public events will take place at the IWH
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CLOSED
Submissions due by June 30, 2023
Registration and Submission of Abstracts Form
Registration and Submission of Abstracts for a Flash Talk Form