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Ref: Exploratory Workshop No.135
"Tolerance or Violence: Signs of minority
differences in
Dates and location of the Workshop:
11-14.09.2006
Hotel Flagman (http://www.beachbulgaria.com/sozopol/flagman.shtml)
Name and full coordinates of applicant:
Office 111
New
21,
Prof. Maria Popova, D.Sc.
Director of
Tel.: +359 2 8 110 111
Cell: +359 888 605 497
Fax: +359 2 8 110 130
E-mail: mpopova@nbu.bg
Krasimir Angelkov
Secretary of
Tel.: +359 2 8 110 171
Cell: +359 888 688 633
Fax: +359 2 8 110 130
E-mail: kangelkov@nbu.bg
Keywords related to the research topic
Cross-cultural contributions, ethnic minorities, violence, policy of
tolerance, minority integration.
Abstract
The main idea of the workshop is to bring together researchers and representatives from different European universities and institutions who are supposed to discuss cultural, political, sociological and psychological influences and effects resulting from interactions between different minorities in the light of recent
events and terrorist attacks across Europe, to explore the relationships
between ethnic and social groups and offer adequate research strategy for determining
and getting over differences between minorities and within them. The semiotic
approach suggests appropriate methods and tools for explanation of the problem
in its cultural, political and social perspectives.
The case for an Exploratory Workshop
After World War II,
The workshop "Tolerance or Violence: Signs of
minority differences in Europe" is to be held on September 2006 as a
scientific event organized by Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies at
New Bulgarian University.
During the last ten years the center gained significance and international reputation as organizer of high-level summer schools,
conferences, seminars and workshops with participation of leading scientists
from
We are interested in collaboration with ESF and
financial support because
in this way we could enrich and sophisticate our ongoing researches and we think this is a very good way to improve and channel
our scientific research and have the possibility of inviting outstanding
researchers from several European countries.
The participation of such representatives of high-ranking
universities and institutions guarantees that we can achieve clearer and fuller
theoretical pattern of the relationships between minorities in different
European regions, as well as inside minorities, which will be the main subject
of the presented workshop.
We shall be particularly interested to
have as many as possible materials, investigating the individual strategies in
different areas of people.
The project presents an interdisciplinary research of cultural, political, sociological and psychological aspects of problems between all sorts of minorities (i.e. Muslims vs. Christians, East vs. West, Roma vs. Bulgarians etc.), as well as the problems resulting from these relationships.
The main subject of the workshop is influenced by
recent events in
The main discussion will be on the theoretical aspects of these differences in
The violation of human rights, the proper outlining and definition of the
scope of conflicts, as well as the analysis of the way in which different minorities act in different situations, using semiotic approaches, will allow us define the profiles of dominant groups and dominated groups. It will help us find clear issues concerning
violence and tolerance in the groups.
We will try to find out if there are any symbols, signs or taboos, whose abuse or rejection will lead to ethnic or even international confrontations, or if the violence we see every day on TV and around us is the result only of political and
social interests. The role of political scientists will be to define the
political parameters of conflicts and the causes for their appearance. The role
of semioticians will be to define and interpret the related symbols and signs
(if any) and answer the question:”Are there common “laws” valid for all bloodsheds,
or is every single conflict marked by its own distinctive features and reasons
without being rooted in the traditions of the respective community?” If non-compliance
with and disrespect of the traditions belonging to every
minority leads to distortion of ideological parameters and – to forcible
determination of neighbor’s problems? Or exactly the
compliance with these traditions and the rejection of the neighbor community to
recognize those leads to armed conflicts.
One of the aims of the workshop is to define the motives leading to leadership within the groups, as well as the aspirations for leadership among minorities.
The reason for proposing this topic is our
willingness to avoid ethnic conflicts in
We feel that such a project will help finding the
correct patterns of tolerance between minorities and communities in the society
and will develop as a bigger shared project involving many different universities
and scientists who aimed at stabilizing the situation not only in
We also think that such a project, once completed, will
help for the improved social integration of surveyed groups in the countries
with such problems.
We also believe that this will be the beginning of
a series of such initiatives among other European universities in order to achieve
the optimum results which are useful for solving the problems. The organizers
will invite all participants to present this workshop to their universities and
institutions in order to extend the field of related research.
Preliminary Workshop Program:
11.09.2006
Arrival
12.09.2006
Morning session
13.09.2006
Morning session
10:30-11:00 BREAK
11:00–11:30 Joseph R. Llobera (United Kingdom)
11:30-12:00 Kristian Bankov (NBU)
14.09.2006
Departure
List of Proposed Participants:
- Prof. Pascal
Perrineau, extreme right in
- Prof. Nonna Meyer, antisemitism, racism;
Paris, CEVIPOF –
http://www.cevipof.msh-paris.fr/chercheurs/mayer.html
- Prof. Pierre-André Taguieff, racism;
IEP,
http://www.denistouret.net/textes/Taguieff.html
- Prof. Jozeph R. Llobera, sociology and social anthropology;
- Prof.
Chris Hann, Political and economic anthropology,
property relations, religion and civil societies, ethnicity; Max Planck Institute for
http://www.eth.mpg.de/dynamic-index.html?http://www.eth.mpg.de/people/hann
- Assoc. prof. Plamen Bochkov, Gender and Social roles, migration and cultural
identity;
- Prof. Maria Popova, Dc.S., Semiotics; New
http://www2.nbu.bg/semiotic/star/M_Popova2.htm
- Assoc. prof. Antonii Todorov, Political Culture; New Bulgarian University,
- Paul Cobley, Social semiotics, Communication theory, Genre
theory;
http://www.authorbiography.net/61586_paulcobleypaulcopley.html
- Gordana
Jovanovic, Social
Psychology;
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University
of Belgrade, Cika Ljubina 18-20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
- Dr. Kristian Bankov, Memory and Identity; New
- Veronika Azarova, Semiotics of Gender Studies; New
Estimated Budget (in EUR):
|
Status |
Travel costs |
Meal |
Accommodation |
Foreign guests
|
|
|
|
|
Pascal Perrineau |
500 |
90 (3x30) |
120 (3x40) |
|
Nonna Meyer |
500 |
90 |
120 |
|
Pierre-André Taguieff |
500 |
90 |
120 |
|
Jozef R.
Llobera |
600 |
90 |
120 |
|
Chris
Hann |
400 |
90 |
120 |
|
Gordana Jovanovich |
300 |
90 |
120 |
|
Paul Cobley |
600 |
90 |
120 |
|
Total |
3400 |
630 |
840 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bulgarian Participants
|
|
|
|
|
Maria Popova |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Antonii Todorov |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Plamen Bochkov |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Kristian Bankov |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Veronika Azarova |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Total |
0 |
450 |
600 |
|
|
|
|
|
STAFF
|
|
|
|
|
Elena Alexieva – translator |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Krasimir Angelkov - administrator |
|
90 |
120 |
|
Total |
0 |
180 |
240 |
TOTAL
|
3400 |
1260 |
1680 |
|
|
|
|
6340 |
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Fuel – 500
Bus from
Conference hall – 300
Photocopying – 200
Secretarial assistance - 500
Technical support (Multimedia, Internet, Telephone, Fax, etc.) - 300
Total: 2800
TOTAL: 9140
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