Nove perspektive v humanistiki in družboslovju

Vabimo vas, da se udeležite 2. konference Nove perspektive v humanistiki in družboslovju, ki bo potekala 30. in 31. januarja 2025 v organizaciji Filozofske fakultete in Fakultete za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani. Doktorska konferenca združuje vsa področja fakultet Univerze v Ljubljani, vključenih v skupni študijski program Humanistika in družboslovje (Filozofska fakulteta, Fakulteta za družbene vede, Fakulteta za socialno delo, Teološka fakulteta, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, Akademija za glasbo, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo), namenjena pa je doktorskim študentkam in študentom vseh letnikov ter nedavnim doktorantkam in doktorantom. Konferenca ponuja priložnost za predstavitev rezultatov že dokončanega dela ali dela v nastajanju s poudarkom na izvirnih znanstvenih prispevkih. Spremljevalni program bo objavljen naknadno. 

Vabilo                                               Call for papers

Tematska področja 

V svetu, ki se hitro spreminja, humanistika in družboslovje igrata ključno vlogo, saj ponujata poglobljen uvid v kompleksnost družbe. Ta ne omogoča le njenega razumevanja, ampak tudi izboljšanje družbe same. Namen tokratne konference Nove perspektive v humanistiki in družboslovju je vzpostaviti interdisciplinaren dialog, ki se dotika tistih področij družbe, ki nanjo ključno vplivajo in jo sooblikujejo, obenem pa kažejo na sodobne probleme, s katerimi se kolektivno in globalno soočamo. 

Sprejemamo prispevke, ki se umeščajo v naslednja razpisana področja: 

1. Globalni izzivi sodobne družbe (politične institucije in procesi, geopolitična vprašanja, okolje in podnebne spremembe, družbena gibanja, kulturne in socialne spremembe, (ne)rešeni konflikti iz preteklosti, migracije, religija) 

2. Medijska kultura in družbeno komuniciranje (mediji, splet in družbena omrežja, umetna inteligenca) 

3. Kritika sodobne znanosti s pogledom v prihodnost 

4. Inovacije v sodobni umetnosti in družbena kritičnost (v književnosti, vizualni umetnosti, gledališču, glasbi, filmu, plesu in dizajnu) 

5. Jezik kot odsev družbenih sprememb 

6. Sodobni izzivi pri poučevanju in socialnem delu 

Podaljšan rok za prijavo na konferenco in oddajo povzetka je 1. december 2024. Ob prijavi je treba oddati naslov prispevka, razširjeni povzetek v dolžini 250–350 besed (brez referenčne literature) za zbornik povzetkov in 5 ključnih besed. Prispevke sprejemamo v slovenskem ali angleškem jeziku. Pri oddaji v slovenskem jeziku prosimo tudi za angleško različico. Do 15. decembra 2024 bodo prijavljene in prijavljeni prejeli obvestilo o sprejetju na konferenco. Čas za predstavitev prispevka je 15 minut, krajša razprava bo sledila ob koncu vsake sekcije. Kotizacije za sodelovanje na konferenci in objavo prispevka ni. 

Povzetke oddate preko spletne strani: https://1ka.arnes.si/a/1cfaea15.

Po konferenci bomo izdali zbornik prispevkov. Rok za oddajo prispevkov je 28. februar 2025 (do 20.000 znakov brez referenčne literature). Navodila za oblikovanje besedila bodo objavljena naknadno. Povzetki in prispevki bodo pred objavo dvojno slepo recenzirani. 

Za dodatne informacije nam lahko pišete na: konferenca.HID@fdv.uni-lj.si.

Rok za prijavo na konferenco in oddajo povzetka: 15. november 2024

Podaljšan rok za prijavo na konferenco in oddajo povzetka: 1. december 2024

Obvestilo o sprejetju prijavljene teme: 15. december 2024

Konferenca Nove perspektive v humanistiki in družboslovju v Ljubljani: 30. in 31. januar 2025

Oddaja prispevka za zbornik: 28. februar 2025

Program

PLENARY SPEAKER DR. ROK SMRDELJ
Rok Smrdelj (1992) is a Research Associate at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He is involved in the research programme Problems of Autonomy and Identities in the Time of Globalization (P6-0194). His research focuses on the sociology of media and communication, with a particular emphasis on studying communication dynamics in the hybrid media sphere. In his PhD dissertation, he examined the construction of the migrant “crisis” on Twitter in Slovenia, employing a combination of critical discourse analysis and digital quantitative methods. He also investigates structural changes in the public sphere, particularly in the context of recent neoconservative mobilizations opposing equality policies in Europe and beyond. His research has been recognized internationally, with findings regularly presented at conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Currently, he serves as the secretary of the Slovenian Sociological Association and as the book review editor ort he journal Social Science Forum. He has received an award from the Slovene Sociological Association for young, promising sociologists and an award from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana ort he best doctoral dissertation in social sciences. Between 2017 and 2022, he was a scholarship holder of the Eng. Milan Lenarčič University Foundation.

dr. Rok Smrdelj: Migration on Twitter (X): Communication Relations in the Digital Media Sphere
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 9.10–10.00, Faculty of Arts
The initial promise of social media to foster democracy and amplify marginalised voices in the public sphere has proven largely illusory. Although digitalisation has broadened public communication, the main beneficiaries have been those already powerful in society, such as politicians, traditional media, and economically influential entities. However, the digital media sphere also provides “structural opportunities” for the articulation of less privileged social voices, indicating that the dynamics of power relations within this sphere are more complex than they initially appear. To explore these dynamics and understand how communication relations are shaped within the contemporary digital media sphere, we examine debates on Twitter (now called X) during the “migrant crisis” in Slovenia. In doing so, we base our analysis on the assumption that examining communication relations requires considering both user “agency” and structural factors, including the medium’s affordances, its underlying logic, and the broader social context.

Employing social network analysis and critical discourse analysis, our study reveals that during the “migrant crisis” in Slovenia, posts with anti-migrant content – framing migration predominantly through a security lens – achieved higher virality. Similarly, hyperlink analysis revealed that posts containing hyperlinks frequently directed users to “right-wing” media outlets and other sources promoting anti-migrant discourses, thereby increasing the visibility and reach of such content within the Twitter migration debate. These patterns reflect broader global anti-migration trends, which Slovenian anti-migration actors have appropriated and embedded within local anti-migrant discourses. 

The findings also indicate that the most influential users were primarily members of the parliamentary political mainstream, including MPs, political party members, and the then Prime Minister, alongside representatives of the mass media, such as journalists and editors. Network analysis revealed patterns of polarisation, with the network splitting into “left-wing” and “right-wing” political clusters. Although the “left-wing” network was numerically larger, the “right-wing” network proved more influential and active, generating the most retweets. The “right-wing” network consisted mainly of parliamentary political actors and a significant number of anonymous users. In contrast, the “left-wing” network predominantly included by civil society actors and public figures with pro-migrant stances, with a noticeable absence of “left-wing” parliamentary politicians. These observations reflect broader structural shifts in parliamentary politics over recent decades, characterised by the normalisation of “right-wing” political agendas and the marginalisation of “left-wing” agendas. As “left-wing” agendas become increasingly marginalised within the legitimate boundaries of parliamentary politics, this shift is mirrored in the public sphere, where “left-wing” agendas are primarily represented by social movements, civil society initiatives, and individual public figures outside the formal realm of parliamentary politics, rather than by parliamentary parties.

The dominance of the “right-wing” political network, despite its smaller user base, can be attributed to the effective “agency” of its members and to the media logic of Twitter. The platform’s technological affordances promote communication forms conducive to the perpetuation of anti-migrant discourses. These include the brevity of posts, which favours simplistic and emotionally charged expressions of opinion over in-depth debate on migration; the retweet function, which amplifies the visibility and normalisation of anti-migrant content through repetition and rapid dissemination; user anonymity, which reduces accountability for sharing polarised and controversial migrant content without fear of repercussions; and algorithmic exposure, which prioritises emotionally intense and polarised anti-migration posts likely to attract higher engagement, thereby extending their reach and influence within the network. These structural characteristics make Twitter a conducive environment for the dissemination of anti-immigrant and discriminatory discourses, which, in our case, are advanced by “right-wing” political actors, “right-wing” media, and their anonymous supporters. However, they fail to foster the conditions necessary for nuanced and reasoned debates capable of critically engaging with and challenging simplistic and populist anti-migration discourses reducing complex migration issues to overly simplistic solutions.

Thus, our findings demonstrate that the media architecture of Twitter negatively impacts the prospects for constructive and deliberative public dialogue, narrows the boundaries of legitimate public debate, and exacerbates polarisation and the decline of the public sphere. Despite these pessimistic findings, we also examine the potential “structural opportunities” that Twitter – and social media platforms more broadly – may offer to amplify pro-migrant voices and, more generally, to advance progressive political agendas and social visions.

PLENARY SPEAKER DR. SINJA GERDINA
Asist. dr. Sinja Gerdina finished her PhD in the field of Studies of everyday life at the Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ljubljana in 2022. In 2023 she received Faculty’s awards for best doctoral dissertation for her dissertation titled Socio-cultural aspects of death and post-mortem organ donation behaviours. She works as a researcher at the Centre for Social Psychology (FDV UL) for several years, where she studies different topics of public health and sustainable development through a social marketing perspective, an approach for behaviour and social change. Pedagogically she is active as a teaching assistant at the Department of marketing communication and public relations (FDV UL). Currently she is a president of The Slovenian Association for Social Marketing and an associate at OPRO, the Institute for Applied Studies.

dr. Sinja Gerdina: Everyday life though perspective of death: researching post-mortem organ donation
Friday, 31 January 2025, 16.50–17.50, Faculty of Social Sciences

Death is universal and inevitable for all human beings. We are all powerless in the face of our own end, however, not all individuals are equal in its regard, as death is socially constructed. Consequently, the experience of death and the manner in which it is conceptualised varies depending on the prevailing social order. The phenomenon of death offers insights into the functioning of a society. It provides an opportunity to observe the power dynamics between the social system, social institutions and individuals, and the impact of existing social inequalities on life and death. How individuals confront their own death is influenced by their societal position, including factors such as socio-economic status, age, gender, place of birth and residence, and lifestyle, all of which affect life expectancy.  While people are powerless against death in the end, they are not powerless in postponing death with preventive efforts. Post-mortem organ donation is part of the medical efforts that can save or prolong lives of people experiencing life-threatening organ failure. Despite high levels of willingness for post-mortem donation in contemporary societies, this is not always reflected in behaviours such as registering organ donation decision, discussing this decision with significant others, and consenting to the organ donation of deceased relative. In her doctoral dissertation, dr. Gerdina explored this gap at the macro, mezzo, and micro levels of social functioning. She employed a conceptual framework of death as a three-staged liminal process, building on pre-existing anthropological theories. In this keynote address, she will guide you through the main findings of her dissertation, structured around the three stages of death: imaginary, real, and symbolic. Her findings illustrate how personal decisions about post-mortem organ donation manifest the power struggle between social systems, individuals, and mortality. Throughout the lecture, dr. Gerdina will also share her research journey, from developing research questions and methodology, overcoming the challenges of conducting empirical qualitative research during the COVID-19 pandemic, to the analysis and interpretation of her findings.

WORKSHOP: Humanities and social sciences, let’s talk about science communication
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 13.40–14.40, Faculty of Arts
Tinca Lukan, PhD researcher, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
Živa Gornik, Master’s student, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
Nika Černoga Mihelič, Master’s student, Sociology of Culture, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

Science communication encompasses the diverse ways in which the processes, outcomes, and implications of scientific research can be shared or discussed with various audiences (van Dam, 2020, p. 3). In recent years, the need for effective science communication has become more urgent due to growing societal challenges, such as the rise of misinformation, increasing polarisation, and waning public trust in science and scientists. Addressing these issues requires scientists and researchers to actively engage with the public, policymakers, and other stakeholders to ensure that their work is understood and valued. This workshop is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the essence of science communication. You will gain practical insights and tools to effectively communicate your research findings, tailored to the needs and expectations of your audience. Together, we will explore three key questions: Who is your target audience? What is your core message? And which communicative forms and narratives best convey your message? The workshop will include interactive brainstorming sessions and group discussions, offering a supportive space for you to develop strategies for impactful science communication. Whether you’re new to this field or seeking to refine your skills, this workshop will empower you to make your research accessible and relevant.

WORKSHOP: Key aspects of productive quantitative research strategies in social sciences and humanities 
Friday, 31 January 2025, 14.00–15.00, Faculty of Social Sciences
dr. Samo Kropivnik, Associate Professor, Chair of Marketing Communications and Public Relations, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
The session addresses data collection and data analyses processes, that are commonly used in quantitative studies in social sciences and humanities. The focus is on key characteristics of this procedures, on their flexibility and commensurability and especially on productivity of the research process. Some advice how to avoid common pitfalls in collecting and analysing data, as well as in making conclusions are provided (drawing on lecturer’s experiences, obtained through mentoring more than two hundred studies).  As the framework of diverse empirical studies, the logic of a research process is briefly introduced at the beginning of the session in terms of research approach 

Konferenca Nove perspektive v humanistiki in družboslovju bo potekala v četrtek, 30. januarja 2025, na Filozofski fakulteti (Aškerčeva cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana), v petek, 31. januarja 2025, pa na Fakulteti za družbene vede (Kardeljeva ploščad 5, 1000 Ljubljana).

Prvi dan bo na Filozofski fakulteti konferenca potekala v Modri sobi (5. nadstropje), predavalnici 415 (4. nadstropje) in v Didaktični predavalnici (na koncu hodnika v prvem nadstropju na severni strani fakultete). Kosilo in večerni prigrizek (pica) pred neformalnim druženjem bosta organizirana na fakulteti. Večerni del programa bo potekal v bližnjem lokalu, do katerega se odpravimo skupaj po zaključku formalnega dela konference.

Drugi dan bo na Fakulteti za družbene vede konferenca potekala v predavalnicah 19, 20 in 21 v 1. nadstropju. Kosilo in zaključna pogostitev bosta organizirana na fakulteti.

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Najbližji postajališči mestnega avtobusa za lokaciji konference (linija 6 povezuje obe fakulteti):

- Filozofska fakulteta: avtobusno postajališče Aškerčeva (linije 1, 6, 6B),

- Fakulteta za družbene vede: avtobusno postajališče Mercator (linije 6, 8, 11).

NASTANITEV

Doktorska konferenca ne vključuje nastanitve za sodelujoče. Svetujemo vam, da raziščete različne možnosti hotelov/hostlov v okolici Ljubljane, na primer:

-              B&B HOTEL Ljubljana Park (cca. 100 € za 2 noči z zajtrkom)

-              Hostel Celica (cca. 50 € za 2 noči v 4-posteljni sobi z zajtrkom)

izr. prof. dr. Sašo Jerše (prodekan za doktorski študij in znanstvenoraziskovalno delo na FF UL)
izr. prof. dr. Katja Manfreda Lozar (prodekanja za študijske zadeve na FDV UL)
Ina Poteko (doktorska študentka, FF UL)
Karla Tepež (doktorska študentka, FDV UL)
Meta Bergamasco (doktorska študentka, FF UL)

Drugi sodelujoči pri organizaciji:
Mia Hočevar (doktorska študentka, FF UL)
Živa Gornik (magistrska študentka, FF UL)
Luka Kropivnik (doktorski študent, FF UL, ISN – ZRC SAZU)