Program for Rhetoric Culture I: General Theory
Thursday, February 7, 2002
"Basic Propensities of Rhetoric Culture Theory”
Chair:
Donald Brenneis (Santa Cruz)
Discussants:
Ivo Strecker (Mainz) , Joachim Knape (Tübingen) , Gerry Philipsen (Seattle)
9. 00 – 10. 00: Welcome Address and Introduction
10. 00: Interlude I: “Didgeridoo” - Heiko Meder
10. 10 – 10. 50: Stephen Tyler (Houston) ”Culture, Rhetoric and the Unthinkable” Abstract
10. 50 – 11. 30: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
12. 00 – 12. 45: James Fernandez (Chicago) ”Rhetoric and the Moral Sentiments. A Critique of the Tropological Approach to Culture” Abstract
12. 45 – 13. 30: Discussion
-Lunch Break-
15. 00 – 15. 45: Ottmar Ballweg
(Mainz)
”Trowing, Not Knowing: the Scope of Analytical Rhetoric” Abstract
15. 45 – 16. 30: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
17. 00: Interlude II: “Speechscapes” - Anna-Maria Brandstetter
17. 20 – 18. 00: Bernhard Streck (Leipzig) ”Tracing an Anthropology of Aura” Abstract
18. 00 – 18. 30: Discussion
Friday, February 8, 2002
”Rhetoric and Resonance”
Chair:
James J. Fox (Canberra)
Discussants:
Françoise Douay (Aix-en Provençe) , Ludwig Jäger (Aachen) , Michael Oppitz (Zürich) , Stephen Tyler (Houston)
9. 00 - 9. 45: Alexander Henn (Heidelberg) ”Mimesis, Rhetoric and Culture” Abstract
9. 45 – 10. 30: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
10. 45: Interlude III: "The Shaman and his Drum" - Yarjung
11. 15 – 12. 00: Pierre Maranda (Laval) ”Speak, that I be! - Echo Chambers and Rhetoric. Sketch of a Resonance Model in Anthropology” Abstract
12. 00 – 12. 45: Discussion
-Lunch Break-
14. 30 – 15. 10: Ivo Strecker (Mainz) ”Tenor in Culture” Abstract
15. 10 – 15. 40: Discussion
15. 40: Interlude IV: “Divination” - Susanne Brüchle
16. 00 – 16. 30: Alula Pankhurst
(Addis Ababa) “Speaking Peace” Abstract
16. 30 – 17. 00: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
17. 30 – 18. 00: Jürg Gasché
(Iquitos) “Witoto Rhetoric Culture” Abstract
18. 00 – 18. 30: Discussion
Saturday, February 9, 2002
”Society and Self”
Chair:
James Fernandez (Chicago)
Discussants:
David MacDougall (Canberra) , Peter L. Oesterreich (Neuendettelsau) , Susanne Schröter (Frankfurt)
9. 00 – 9. 40: John Shotter (Durham) ”Rhetoric, Society and the Self” Abstract
9. 40 – 10. 10: Discussion
10. 10 -10. 40: Richard Coe (Burnaby) “The Ecology of Rhetoric Culture” Abstract
10. 40 – 11. 10: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
11. 30 – 12. 10: Todd Oakley (Cleveland) ”Attention and Rhetoric” Abstract
12. 10 – 12. 40: Discussion
-Lunch Break-
14. 15 – 14. 45: Michael Carrithers (Durham) “The Ironic Life of Keywords” Abstract
14. 45 – 15. 15: Discussion
15. 15: Interlude VI: "The Shaman, Self and Society" - Yarjung
15. 45 – 16. 15: Franz-Hubert Robling (Tübingen) ”Rhetoric Culture from the Viewpoint of the Orator” Abstract
16. 15 – 16. 45: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
17. 15 – 18. 00: Filipp Sapienza (Denver) ”Cyberspace and Transcultural Rhetoric” Abstract
18. 00 – 18. 30: Discussion
Sunday, February 10, 2002
”Sceptical Views of Rhetoric Culture”
Chair:
Stephen Gudeman (Minneapolis)
Discussants:
Thomas Bierschenk (Mainz) , James Fernandez (Chicago) , Stephen Tyler (Houston) , Vincenzo Cannada Bartoli (Rome)
9.00 – 9. 30: Françoise Douay (Aix-en-Provence) ”Reflections on Methodology”
9. 30 – 10. 00: Discussion
10. 00 – 10. 30: Pierre Maranda (Laval) ”RCT Rests on Wrong Assumptions” Abstract
10. 30 – 11. 00: Discussion
-Coffee Break-
11. 30 – 12. 00: Georg Elwert (Berlin) “Said and Unsaid Arguments Against Rhetoric Culture Theory“
12. 00 – 12. 30: Discussion
-Lunch Break-
”Hyperbolic Culture”
Chair:
Ralph Cintron (Chicago)
14. 00 – 15. 30: Round Table Discussion of September 11th and its Aftermath
-Tea Break-
”The Future of Rhetoric Culture Theory”
Chair:
Ivo Strecker (Mainz) & Stephen Tyler (Houston)
16. 00: Interlude VII: “Babylonic Sound Sculpture” - Guido Lukoschek
16. 15 – 17. 30: Round Table Discussion
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