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"Orientation in the occurence". Théorie littéraire et historiographie

Publié le par Marielle Macé (Source : Anna Keszeg)

Le département de littérature hongroise de l'Université Babes-Bolyai organise un colloque sur les relations entre théorie littéraire et historiographie

Le colloque fait l'objet d'une présentation détaillée sur un site en trois langues (anglais-hongrois-roumain) dont l'adresse est la suivante: http://conference.ubbcluj.ro/~occurrence

 

Présentation:

 

Orientation in the Occurrence

 

 

The conference attempts to confront contemporary historical disciplines (social history, historical anthropology, history of media, history of mentalities) and theoretical trends (ideology critique, cultural anthropology, media theory, cognitive sciences or post Lacanian psychoanalyses) with their (own) multiplicity. The conference is called to investigate the difference(s) between diverse research practices and the relationship between these practices and the processes they examine. Do social history, the history of media and the history of culture converge or diverge? What are the parameters of their inter- and disconnectedness? If we accept the multiplicity of time(s), can we – simultaneously – speak of simultaneity? What is going on now in cultural research?

According to Karl Mannheim – an epitome of the sociological turn – the transitional position of intellectuals betwixt and between social classes enables them to find a vantage point from which they can orient themselves on a global scene of the occurrence. What does the historicity of such ‘points' consist of and how does the idea of historicity depend on them? The Foucauldian practice of archeological description differentiates between layers in history; events possessing their own rhythm and transgressing the boundaries of ‘historically' established eras, however, seem to be arranged in a tabular form – the archeology of knowledge (pre)supposes the systematic rules of spreading. The question is whether occurrences have a structural context or, whether, we have to accept their irreducible heterogeneity. Should intellectuals cut across class boundaries, what is, then, the relationship between social practice(s) and the practical orientation of individuals?

How can the historical development of technical media explain the complex (hi)stories of art or culture? If we consider the arts to be the historical configurations of cultural(ly generated or tolerated) media (see: Pfeiffer), do we, then, consider technical media to be the catalysts of whatever has happened or do we consider arts (see greek téchne) to be the origins of technology? How shall we find our way in the „triangular labyrinth” of diverse (ancient) skills, the ever-changing corpus of knowledge and the accompanying techn(olog)ical establishments? How can these meanderings eventually lead (up) to the processes that are being discovered by (neuro)biology? How would evolutionary aesthetics or the biology of cultural history look like? (See the famous debate between Jean-Pierre Changeux and Paul Ricoeur: La Nature et la Règle) In what extent is the self-perpetuating story of the trauma a personal affair?

How is the level of ‘positivism' established (or determined) in a research practice – what is the rhythm of the occurrence, which distinguishes one (disciplinary) story from another?

The conference call invites historians, social scientists, researchers of culture(s) and media, the avatars of cognitive science, philosophers, literary historians, literary theorists, art historians, musicologists, writers, and (other) artists to examine the approaches, the descriptions, and – above all – the diversity of occurrences. The call for an interdisciplinary (re)orientation implies more than an invitation for a dialogue between diverse scientific and artistic fields. The challenge includes the possibility of transitions into the realm of the other's (practical) orientation. This meeting is not meant to turn into a 'meta-conference' elevated above disciplines, theoretical approaches and research practices, rather, it is called to encourage experts to cross established boundaries and find spaces for shared rhythms.

Programme: http://conference.ubbcluj.ro/~occurrence/en/lectures.html