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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
From 22th to 25th September the conference »Culture and Its Discontents« will take place at Innsbruck University. Our aim in organising this conference is twofold: on the one hand, we want to reflect on the term ›culture‹ as such. What meanings does it have? Is there a way of propping up alternative interpretations that diverge from its common meanings – such as culture as a singular practice, as an act, as a technique or as a product? On the other hand, we will discuss the term's strengths and weaknesses. When does it work well for describing social and environmental processes? Do we need other terms and if so, when do we need them?
Speakers: Vortragende: Iman Attia (Berlin), Terry Eagleton (Lancaster, Dublin), Kien Nghi Ha (Berlin), Chris Hann (Halle), Ulf Hannerz (Stockholm), Wolfgang F. Haug (Berlin), Wolfgang Kaschuba (Berlin), Ulrich Ladurner (Die Zeit/Hamburg), Carola Lentz (Mainz), Siegfried J. Schmidt (Münster), John Storey (Sunderland), Jürgen Wertheimer(Tübingen), Peter V. Zima (Klagenfurt).
Information on participating / attending:
Participation at the conference is free. We are kindly asking for your binding registration no later than Sept. 1st 2014 by email to Stefanie Blasy (stefanie.blasy@student.uibk.ac.at).
We will provide simultaneous translation of German presentations into English.
Date:
09/22/2014 - 09/25/2014
Event venue:
The conference will take place in the Assembly Hall (main building, Campus Innrain, Innrain 52) at the University of Innsbruck.
6020 Innsbruck
Tyrol
Austria
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Language / literature
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
06/30/2014
Sender/author:
Dr. Christian Flatz
Department:
Büro für Öffentlichkeitarbeit und Kulturservice
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event47721
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