Program for Rhetoric Culture III: Social Relations and Religion
RHETORIC IN SOCIAL RELATIONS AND RELIGION
3 rd Rhetoric Culture Conference: 13. – 17. February 2005
(as of 08.02.2005)
PART I:
RHETORIC IN SOCIAL RELATIONS
FIRST DAY , Sunday, 13. February 2005
Morning session
General Theory
Chair:
Ivo Strecker (Mainz/Addis Ababa)
Discussants:
Nurit Bird-David (Haifa), David Zeitlyn (Kent), Anke Reichenbach (Leipzig),
Chris Gregory (Canberra)
9.30 - 10.00
Welcoming Address
10.00 – 10.45
Michael Herzfeld (Harvard) Convictions: Embodied Rhetorics of Earnest Belief
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.00
Jon Abbink (Amsterdam) Culture, Power and Rhetoric
12.00 – 12.45
Robert Hariman (Northwestern) The Rhetor ’ s Eye
12.45 – 14:30
Lunch Break
Afternoon session
The Rhetorical Formation of Kinship and Gender
Chair:
Michael Herzfeld (Harvard)
Discussants:
Jon Abbink (Amsterdam), Brigitte Mral (Oerebro), Asif Agha (Philadelphia)
14.30 – 15.15
Jean Lydall (Addis Ababa) Kinship: Mother and Child of Rhetoric
15.15 – 16.00
David Zeitlyn (Kent) Constituting Kin through Talk
16:00 – 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.15
Nurit Bird-David (Haifa) The Rhetorical Construction of Kinship Relations
17.15 – 18.00
Chris Gregory (Canberra) Singing about Lakshmi: Rhetorical Strategies of Men and Women
18.00 – 18.45
Vincenzo C. Bartoli (Rome) Rhetoricin Gender Relations
SECOND DAY, Monday, 14. February
Morning session
Rhetorical Modulations of Temper in Social Relations
Chair:
Stephen Tyler (Houston)
Discussants:
William Sax (Heidelberg), Megan Biesele (Austin), Vincenzo C. Bartoli (Rome)
9:00 – 9:45
Anke Reichenbach (Leipzig) Sweet Tongues: The Rhetoric of Politeness
9:45 – 10:30
Asif Agha (Philadelphia) Tropes of Slang
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45
Susan du Mesnil de Rochemont (Karlsruhe) Swearing in Social Relations
11.45 – 12:30
Niko Besnier (Los Angeles) The Public Power of Gossip
12.30 – 14.30
Lunch Break
Afternoon session
14.30 – 15.00
Anna-Maria Brandstetter and students (Mainz) Presentation of Exhibition on Social Relations and Religion
Chiasmus in Social Relations
Chair:
Andreas Eshet é (Addis Ababa)
15.00 – 15.30
Anthony Paul (Amsterdam) When Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair: Lessons from Macbeth
15.30 – 16.00
Boris Wiseman (Durham) L é vi-Strauss, Chiasmus and the Ethnographic Journey
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee break
16.30 – 16.45
Stephen Tyler (Rice) Picturing Chiasmus
16.45 – 17.00
Ivo Strecker (Mainz/Addis Ababa) I for You, and You for Me
17.00 – 17.45
General debate on chiasmus and culture
17.45 – 18.30
Michael Oppitz (Zurich) The Shaman's Rhetoric
18.30 – 20.30
Supper
SECOND DAY, Monday, 14. February
Evening Session
20.30 – 22.00
Round table discussion
CURSES, BLESSINGS, OATHS AND PROMISES:
LINKING THE SOCIAL AND THE RELIGIOUS
Chair: William Sax (Heidelberg) & Jean Lydall (Addis Ababa)
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THIRD DAY, Tuesday 15, February
PART II:
TOWARDS A RHETORICAL THEORY OF RELIGION
Morning session
General Theory
Chair:
Stephen D. O'Leary (Los Angeles)
Discussants:
Richard Werbner (Manchester), Annabelle Mooney (Cardiff), Stephen Tyler (Houston)
9:00 – 9.45
Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Cape Town/Paris) The Trope of ‘ Pontifex ’
9.45 – 10.15
Coffee Break
10.15 – 11.00
Ivo Strecker (Mainz/Addis Ababa) Rhetorical Foundations of Religion
11.00 – 11.45
Tuula Sakaranaho (Helsinki) Conceptualising Religion from a Rhetorical Perspective
11.45 – 12.30
Matthew Tomlinson ( Bowdoin) Religious Rhetoric
12.30 – 14.30
Lunch Break
Afternoon session
Ritual as Rhetorical Action
Chair:
Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Cape Town/Paris)
Discussants:
William Sax (Heidelberg), Jan Swearingen (College Station), Robin Shoaps ( Amherst)
14.30 – 15.15
Christian Meyer (Mainz) Rhetoric and Ritual Theory
15.15 – 16.00
Rupert Stasch (Reed) Figuration in Mourning as a Site of Culture's Temporality
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.15
Richard Werbner (Manchester) Seance Reflections with Richard Werbner
17.15 – 18.00
Ulrich Demmer (Munich) Ritual and the Rhetoric of Moral Argumentation among the Jenu Kurumba (South India)
FOURTH DAY, Wednesday 16. February
Morning session
Rhetorical Inventiveness in Myth, Magic and Divination
Chair:
Jean DeBernardi (Edmonton),
Discussants:
Chris Gregory (Canberra), Philippe-Joseph Salazar (Cape Town), Tamar Gordon (Troy)
9.45 – 10.30
William Sax (Heidelberg) The Rhetoric of Cursing
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45
Susanne Br ü chle (Mainz) Tropical Inventiveness in Divination
11.45 – 12.30
Thomas Hauschild (T ü bingen) Rhetoric, Myth and Technology
12.30 – 14.30
Lunch Break
Afternoon session
Rhetorics of Religious Movements
Chair:
Megan Biesele (Austin)
Discussants:
Richard Werbner (Manchester), Tuula Sakaranaho (Helsinki), Donal Carbaugh (Amherst)
14.30 – 15.15
Stephen D. O'Leary (Los Angeles) Cults, New Religions, and the Norms of Religious Rhetoric
15.15 – 16.00
Tamar Gordon (Troy) The Cultural Rhetoric of Proselytic Media
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.15
Jean DeBernardi (Edmonton) The Persuasive Art of Syncretic Narrative:Chinese Genesis
17.15 – 18.00
Annabelle Mooney (Cardiff) Cults and Anti-Cult Rhetoric in Mainstream Culture
FIFTH DAY, Thursday 17. February
Morning Session
Rhetorics of Religious Movements (continued)
Chair:
Christian Meyer (Mainz/Dakar)
Discussants:
Robert Hariman (Northwestern), Jean DeBernardi (Edmonton)
Stephen D. O'Leary (Los Angeles)
9.00 – 9.45
Robin Shoaps (Amherst) Conversion and the Rhetorical Contestation of Moral Authority in Sacapulas
9.45 -10.30
Jan Swearingen (College Station, Texas) Religious Influences upon the Rhetoric of Liberty and Freedom in Emerging Democracies
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45
Donal Carbaugh (Amherst) Cultural Rhetoric, Revelatory Insight, and Nature
11.45 - 12.30
Stephan Feuchtwang (London School of Economics) On Excessive Communication
12.30 – 14.30
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
14.30. 16.30
Round Table Discussion
INDETERMINACY, EXCESS AND RESTRAINT
IN SOCIAL RELATIONS AND RELIGION
Chair:
Stephen Tyler and Ivo Strecker
16.30 – 17.00
Tea Break
17.00 – 18.00
MEETING OF THE EDITORIAL TEAMS
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