CFP – Pausing Time/Timing the Pause
In his acceptance speech for the Nobel prize in literature Jon Fosse only half jokingly referred to himself as the master of silence: how else, he asked, can we bring the unsayable out in language than through “long pause, short pause, or, simply, pause.”
This year’s Ereignis conference seeks to bring the relation between speech and silence into further focus. Our key questions are:
- What kind of speech, or speech event, enables the silent to come forward?
- How can that which cannot be said be alluded or referred to in speech?
- How is the relation between speech and silence challenged by the an increasing awareness of non-human speech?
- What are the socio-political ramifications of these relations?
The 4th interdisciplinary Ereignis conference will take place on August 10 and 11, 2024 at Hotel Nadmorski in Gdynia, Poland, with a hybrid option for those unable to attend in person. Registration will be required.
More info at: https://ereignis.no/pages/events.php?idn=conference-2024