Int. Workshop on Argumentative Norms in Public Policy: Between Reason and Unreason
Mon & Tue, 27-28 SEP 2021
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Call for Abstracts and Discussants
Working group 2 (“Norms for public argument”) of the European Network for Argumentation and Public Policy Analysis (COST Action CA17132 – APPLY; https://publicpolicyargument.eu/) is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts (from any field) addressing the theme of this meeting, as well as self-nominations to join this meeting as a discussant.
Hybrid meeting (onsite and online)
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Program
GMT+1 MON 27 SEPT
2:00 PM Welcome, Overview (Local Organizers and WG-leaders)
2:30 PM State of the art-Paper Presentation & Discussion (WG-leaders)
3:30 PM BREAK
3:40 PM Hubert Marraud, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain: Group identity in public deliberation
4:15 PM BREAK
4:45 PM Robert Asen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA: Democratic Relationships and Argument: Envisioning Vibrant Public Engagement in Diverse Societies
6:00 PM End
GMT+1 TUE 28 SEPT
10:00 AM Small group work at self-selected locations
1:45 PM TRANSFER
2:30 PM Christoph Lumer, University of Siena, Italy: Dialogue Norms for Promoting Reason in Public Argumentation
3:05 AM Cristina Corredor, UNED Spain: Public argumentation and dissent. Argumentative justification of non-argumentative political action
3:40 AM BREAK
4:10 PM Michael Morreau, UiT, Norway: Tracking trustworthiness is a solution to problems of online misinformation
4:45 AM Rahmi Oruç, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey: Between Efficiency and Cooperation: the Debate on the Moves of the Antagonist in Post-classical Muslim Argumentation Literature
An online version of the program is at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1on0MHgnqId1ifMyojOrfqQQ8QrMV02h4NB5JgoMl6_M/edit?usp=sharing)
Keynote speaker
Robert Asen (Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), https://commarts.wisc.edu/staff/asen-robert/
Format
Presentations last 20 mins plus 15 minutes for discussion. The meeting includes a keynote address, presentation of a draft of WG-2’s major deliverable (an overview of norms for public argumentation), small group sessions to finalize this draft, as well as a networking session to meet new potential co-authors.
We expect to invite four abstracts for presentation and hope to be some 20-30 participants at this meeting. Authors of abstracts that cannot be accepted are automatically considered as potential discussants. Invitations are extended based on aggregated votes by the local organizers and the working group leaders. There are no fees.
Submission & registration
To submit your abstract (maximum 500 words, including author information) or your self-nomination, respectively to register for this meeting, please use this form: https://forms.gle/9fYxmZpmsh4Xx45GA
Funding
Participants (from COST countries) are eligible for travel cost reimbursement as per (updated) COST rules: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-guidelines/
Note: A Management Committee meeting (MCM) is held on Wednesday, Sept 29, 10:00-12:00 AM, linked remotely to two meetings in Lugano, Switzerland, and Rome, Italy. MCM members automatically receive invitations via the COST e-system.
Local organizers
Paula Olmos & Hubert Marraud
paula.olmos@uam.es ; hubert.marraud@uam.es
Working group leaders
Jan Albert van Laar & Frank Zenker
j.a.van.laar@rug.nl ; frank.zenker@fil.lu.se
Venue
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Francisco Tomás y Valiente 1, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Important dates
Submission deadline (abstracts & self-nominations as discussant): 15 AUG 2021
Invitations sent: 22 AUG 2021
Registration deadline: 15 SEPT 2021
Workshop: Mo-Tue, 27-28 SEPT 2021
MCM: 29 SEPT 2021
Practicalities (travel, hotels, etc.)
Please see https://bit.ly/MADRID-PRACTICALITIES