[Air-L] CfP Young researchers - "Online political participation and its critics", International symposium of the DEL/CERTOP/CNRS research network, Paris, 19-20 June 2013

[Stephanie Wojcik]

> *International symposium of the DEL/CERTOP/CNRS research network*
>
> *"Online political participation and its critics" *
>
> *Paris, 19-20**June 2013***
>
> *Call for papers available on the DEL website: 
> **http://www.certop.fr/DEL/spip.php?article2573*

> Since its inception inJune 2002, at CERTOP/CNRS, under the scientific 
> responsibility of Gerard Loiseau, the "Electronic Democracy" network 
> (DEL*)* has been dedicatedto enhancing research in the field of 
> relationships between democratic processes and digital technologies. 
> In 2012, with its 150 members in more than twenty countries, DEL has 
> contributed to the creation of a place forinterdisciplinary 
> discussions through the organization of regular meetings and seminars. 
> In addition to the individual publications of its members, the network 
> has enhanced scientific cooperation among them and has beenable to 
> establish solid partnerships. DEL now wishes to contribute more 
> directly to the scientific production by organizing, ten years after 
> its creation, an international symposium. This meeting is aiming at 
> producing several publications that will allow both to summarize the 
> mass of research conducted so far in the field of "electronic 
> democracy", and to tackle new scientific issues.
>
> Therefore, the aim of the conference "A critical approach to online 
> political participation" is to confront the scientific work, from 
> various fields, devoted to the transformations of contemporary 
> political regimes possibly induced by the increasing integration of 
> digital technologies, especially Internet, in the various fields of 
> social life. Oscillating between a techno-centric enthusiasm and 
> skeptical social constructivism, the first analysis of the Internet's 
> ability to revitalize the functioning of representative government 
> through citizen appropriation has quickly given way to more 
> substantive questions. Under what conditions are citizens able to 
> capture digital networks in order to inform themselves, to express 
> preferences or political demands, to challenge institutionalized 
> powers or to constitute new forms of social mobilizations?
>
> Beyond such a teleological perspective, the increased opportunities 
> for information and expression generated by the development of social 
> networks that can disturb traditional representations and 
> institutional practices questions the boundaries of politics and the 
> role of technology in their ability to increase their degree of 
> elasticity.
> Specifically, this conference aims to explore the digital practices of 
> political participation by questioning both its empirical 
> manifestations, and the consistency of the concepts previously used to 
> qualify those practices.
>
> The conference will be held in Paris, for two days:
> §The first day (June 19, 2013) will be based on the presentation and 
> discussion of _young researchers_' papers, both in French or English, 
> coming from answers to the *call for papers available on the DEL 
> website: **http://www.certop.fr/DEL/spip.php?article2573*
>
> This first day is organized around three thematic sessions:
>
> 1. Theoretical and ideological debates on online political participation;
>
> 2. The new formats of political talk and new spaces of politicization;
>
> 3. New actors and reconfigurations of political power.
>
> For each session, four papers will be presented and discussed by a 
> dedicated critical reader, followed by a discussion with the public.
>
>
> §In addition to the general assembly of the DEL network to be held in 
> the morning, the second day (June 20, 2013) will be devoted to two panels:
>
> - The first roundtable will invite French and International key 
> researchers in the field to debate around the following question: /Can 
> we analyze online political participation with the traditional 
> concepts used in social sciences?/
>
> - The second panel will invite politicians and practitioners to react 
> to the following question: /is digital politics "politics as usual", 
> or has is changed your way of doing politics?/
>
> *Scientific responsibles*
>
> Gérard Loiseau (loiseau at univ-tlse2.fr)
>
> Stéphanie Wojcik (stephanie.wojcik at u-pec.fr)
>
> *Scientific committee*
>
> Eva Anduiza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain); Nick Anstead 
> (London School of Economics, UK); Frédérick Bastien (Université de 
> Montréal, Canada); Gersende Blanchard (Université Lille 3, France) ; 
> Robert Boure (Université Toulouse 3, France) ; Dominique Cardon 
> (Orange Labs, France) ; Stephen Coleman (Leeds University, UK); Carlos 
> Cunha (Lisbon University Institute, Portugal); Patrice Flichy 
> (Université Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée, France); Eric George 
> (Université d'Ottawa, Canada); Rachel Gibson (Manchester University, 
> UK); Todd Graham (University of Groningen, The Netherlands); Fabien 
> Granjon (Université Paris 8, France); Dimitris Gouscos (University of 
> Athens, Greece); Fabienne Greffet (Université de Lorraine, France); 
> Josiane Jouët (Université Paris 2, France); Rabia Karakaya Polat (Isik 
> University, Turkey); Norbert Kersting (Muenster University, Germany); 
> Raphaël Kies (Université du Luxembourg); Robert Krimmer (OSCE, 
> Poland); Gérard Loiseau (Certop/CNRS, France); Laurence Monnoyer-Smith 
> (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France); Karen 
> Mossberger(University of Illinois at Chicago, USA); Zizi Papacharissi 
> (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA); Serge Proulx (Université du 
> Québec à Montréal, Canada) ; Jarmo Rinne (University of Helsinki, 
> Finland); Cristian Vaccari(Università di Bologna, Italy); Thierry 
> Vedel (CEVIPOF, France); Yanina Welp (University of Zurich, 
> Switzerland); Stéphanie Wojcik (Université Paris Est Créteil, France); 
> Han Woo Park (YeungNam University, South Korea), Scott Wright 
> (Leicester University, UK).
>
> *Organization*
>
> Romain Badouard (Université de Technologie de Compiègne); Simon Gadras 
> (Université de Lorraine); Fabienne Greffet (Université de Lorraine); 
> Ewa Krzatala-Jaworska (Université Paris 1); Gérard Loiseau//// 
> (Certop/CNRS); Clément Mabi (Université de Technologie de Compiègne); 
> Laurence Monnoyer-Smith (Université de Technologie de Compiègne); 
> Clémence Pène (Université Paris 8); Anaïs Théviot (Sciences Po 
> Bordeaux); Stéphanie Wojcik (Université Paris Est Créteil).
>
> *In parternship with:
> *
>
> ·CERTOP/CNRS
> ·CEDITEC, Université Paris Est Créteil
> ·COSTECH, Université de Technologie de Compiègne
> ·Groupement d'intérêt scientifique sur la participation du public aux 
> processus décisionnels et la démocratie participative(GIS Démocratie 
> et participation)
> ·International Political Science Association (IPSA) - Research 
> Committee 10 "Electronic Democracy"
> ·European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) - Standing Group on 
> Internet & Politics
>
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