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Satirical Discourse in Troubled Times – Deadline Extended<span></span></span></p>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Fourteenth International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">May 16-19, 2018</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (USA)</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Session Organizer:</span><br><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Kevin Howley</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Professor of Media Studies</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Department of Communication</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">DePauw University</span><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:khowley@depauw.edu" target="_blank">khowley@depauw.edu</a></span></u><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">On July 4, 1852, the former slave and
abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass, thought to be alive and well by the
current occupant of the White House, famously proclaimed: “At a time like this,
scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. O! had I the ability, and
could reach the nation’s ear, I would, today, pour forth a stream, a fiery
stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern
rebuke.” Douglass’s recognition of the value and importance of pointed satire
in troubled times is deeply relevant to the current historical moment. From
climate change and the rise of authoritarianism to austerity politics and the
criminalization of dissent, these are most assuredly troubled times.</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship
that examines the discursive power of political dissent in the satiric
register, this session seeks to address the following questions: What role does
satire play in such vexed and perilous times as these? Do we laugh to keep from
crying? More critically, are we, as cultural critic Neil Postman famously put
it, merely “amusing ourselves to death”? Or is satire a potent, if somewhat underappreciated,
resource for resistance, resilience, and renewal in the wake of the ascent of
anti-democratic forces; the deepening of social, political and economic
inequalities; and the wholesale destruction of our fragile ecosystem? In
correspondence with this year’s conference theme, Qualitative Inquiry in
Troubled Times, this session examines the form, function, and political
efficacy of satirical discourse in contemporary culture.</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Theoretical and empirical papers employing
qualitative methodologies may include, but are not limited to, the following
lines of inquiry:</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Satire as creative resistance</span><br>
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Political mobilization within and through satire</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Satirical discourse and digital culture</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Satirizing neoliberalism</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Political satire in national, international,
and transnational contexts</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Limits and possibilities of racial satire</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Assessing the efficacy of political satire</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Form and content in satirical discourse</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Satirical interventions in public policy</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">* Historical perspectives on political satire</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Send 300-word abstracts, a short biographical
statement, and contact information to the session organizer no later
than October 30, 2017 <</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:khowley@depauw.edu" target="_blank">khowley@depauw.edu</a></span></u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">>.</span><span></span></span></p>
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<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_2675972015873256063m_-4840106800119073187m_-70945637818589213gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Kevin Howley, Ph.D.<br>Professor of Media Studies<br>Department of Communication<br>DePauw University<br>600 S. Locust St.<br>Greencastle, IN 46135</div></div><div>Twitter: @thekhowley</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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