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<\/strong><\/p>\nHumour in narratives \u2013 from the word to the text and back<\/strong><\/p>\n Wladyslaw Chlopicki<\/strong> (Jagiellonian University)<\/p>\n In this workshop it is planned to present a brief historical overview of approaches to the analysis of humorous texts\u2013 from jokes to longer humorous texts, focusing on the latter. The\u00a0central issue to be addressed then is the choice of linguistic approach to analysing humorous lines\u00a0and text-specific frames of characters, events, places or objects. Stylistics of humorous texts will be\u00a0addressed too as the lexical choices are a typical way writers introduce humorous lines into narrative stories. Following the discussion of humorous lines and textual frames a discussion of classification\u00a0of humorous plots will follow and in this part participants will be encouraged to bring examples of\u00a0humorous plots from their own cultures in order to discuss their compatibility with the\u00a0classifications proposed so far. Such examples may be made available beforehand to the lecturer to\u00a0facilitate workshop organization.<\/p>\n Here is a more detailed plan of the\u00a0workshop<\/a>. Suggested reading<\/b><\/p>\n Further reading (if desired)<\/b><\/p>\n About the lecturer<\/b> Jessica Milner Davis<\/strong> (University of Sydney) and\u00a0Jennifer Hofmann<\/strong> (University of Zurich)<\/p>\n When any instance of humour is created, that is done by a humourist selecting and combining a number of variables in structure, medium and content and exposing it to an\u00a0audience. Alternatively, a combination may present itself by happenstance and then be perceived\u00a0as humour. There are three groups of so-called classical theories of what makes up humour (or what\u00a0is funny): these are: superiority; festive rule-breaking; and mechanical patterning. Incongruity (often considered a \u2018theory\u2019 on its own) in fact underlies all three. These three theories inform a schema of\u00a0how \u2018humour potential\u2019 translates into \u2018humour product\u2019 (whether intentionally or accidentally)\u00a0adopting varying formats and using various modalities. This is Step 1 of the model. The product\u2019s\u00a0reception by its audience will depend on a number of personological and environmental factors and\u00a0forms Step 2. Step 3 is the phase that considers the impact, both in the short and longer term, of\u00a0experiencing the humour product. Combined, these factors and stages can be graphed to represent\u00a0what might be called \u2018the humour transaction\u2019. This conceptual approach does not pretend to\u00a0explain WHY humour is humorous, but t may assist humour researchers to clarify the focal point\/s of\u00a0their selected studies. In the workshop, we may well discuss: How useful is such a conceptual\u00a0approach to humour research? Does it raise more questions than answers?<\/p>\n Here is a more detailed plan of the\u00a0workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n Suggested reading<\/b><\/p>\n Further reading (if desired)<\/b><\/p>\n About the lecturers<\/b> Jennifer Hofmann PhD is a senior teaching and research fellow at the department of personality and assessment, university of Zurich, since 2014. She completed her PhD in the same department prior to which she studied psychology, psychopathology in adulthood and social pedagogy. As a doctorate from 2010 to 2014 she worked for the Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich and the Distance Learning University, Brig (Switzerland). In that time, she has written 33 journal articles, book chapters and encyclopedia entries. She was awarded the DANYS award from the International Society for Humor Studies as the emerging scholar of 2014 and has been involved in the FET OPEN ILHAIRE (www.ilhaire.eu<\/a>) project, as well as several national grants. Her current research interests are in personality, en-and decoding of laughter, humor and humor trainings, as well as nonverbal behavior (applying the Facial Action Coding System). Website: http:\/\/www.psychology.uzh.ch\/chairs\/perspsy\/about\/hofmann.html<\/a>. Email: j.hofmann@psychologie.uzh.ch<\/a>. <\/p>\n Tom Ford <\/strong>(Western Carolina University) In preparation for the workshop, read the article by\u00a0Graham, Haidt & Nosek 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n Suggested reading<\/b><\/p>\n About the lecturer<\/b> Giselinde Kuipers<\/strong> (University of Amsterdam)<\/p>\n This tutorial has a dual aim. First, it gives an overview of social scientific approaches to the study of humour, through the notion of social boundaries. All social life is organized around boundary-drawing and social categorization: distinguishing the good from the bad, the funny from the boring, the moral from the immoral, the humorous from the non-humorous. Such categorizations are applied to people as well as things or utterances. Humour and laughter are among the strongest markers of social boundaries: those who laugh together feel connected, if only for a fleeing moment; whereas those who do not join in the laughter easily feel excluded or alienated. Drawing on theories and empirical studies from anthropology and sociology as well as political science and media and communication studies, we will investigate and discuss how humour draws social boundaries, and what the social consequences of such boundary drawing may be.<\/p>\n Second, this tutorial aims to develop empirical research skills. Participants will be presented with a range of empirical case studies (by the lecturer, as well as other humour scholars) and hands-on research exercises. Thus, they will be stimulated to translate both everyday observations and abstract theoretical notions into theoretically informed research questions, which can then be answered through systematic empirical research. Hopefully, we will be able to profit from the diverse backgrounds of participants in this tutorial in discussing humour tastes, humour scandals, and humorous genres and inside knowledge. Participants are kindly invited to bring along interesting cases, observations and examples for analysis(pictures, cartoons, clips, texts, emails etc) and think\u00a0about the following questions<\/p>\n In preparation for the workshop, read the articles by\u00a0Kuipers 2011,<\/a>\u00a0Friedman & Kuipers 2013<\/a>, Kuipers 2014<\/a>, Nissenbaum & Shifman 2015,<\/a>\u00a0and Kuipers 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n Suggested reading<\/b><\/p>\n About the lecturer<\/b> From 2010 until 2015, Giselinde was Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research<\/em>. The\u00a0doctoral seminar is free for all participants<\/b>. Due to the limited capacity, registrants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis (however, priority will be given to graduate students). The pre-conference\u00a0doctoral seminar is organised by the Graduate School of Culture Studies and Arts, and supported by the ASTRA project of Tallinn University \u2013 TU TEE (European Union, European Regional Development Fund).<\/p>\n Graduate students may also find it of interest that small grants are available for the best student abstracts submitted before January 1, 2018. See the call for papers<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n
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\nLinguist. Senior Lecturer at Department of English Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krak\u00f3w and in Krosno State College. He authored e.g. the Polish language monograph on humour research (O humorze powa\u017cnie) and co-edited numerous monographs e.g. Polish Humour, Cognition in Language, Culture\u2019s Software: Communication Styles and Humorous Discourse<\/em>. His academic interests include interdisciplinary humour research in the context of cultural studies, cognitive linguistics, linguistic pragmatics and narratology as well as translation studies. Member of editorial boards of international journals and co-editor of European Journal of Humour Research<\/em> and Tertium Linguistic Journal<\/em>.
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Experiencing Humour: A Conceptual Model of an Interpersonal Transaction<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nJessica Milner Davis PhD FRSN is Honorary Associate in the School of Literature, Art and Media, University of Sydney; Coordinator of the Australasian Humour Studies Network [http:\/\/www.sydney.edu.au\/humourstudies]; Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge; and Research Affiliate with Brunel University\u2019s Centre for Comedy Studies Research. Her publications include a monograph on Farce <\/i><\/em>(Methuen 1978, 2003), and edited multi-disciplinary thematic studies in humour: Understanding Humor in Japan<\/i><\/em> (2011, winner of the 2008 AATH Prize for humour research books), Humour in Chinese Life and Letters <\/i><\/em>and Humour in Chinese Life and Culture<\/i><\/em> (both with Jocelyn Chey, Hong Kong UP 2013 and 2015), and Satire and Politics: The Interplay of Tradition and Practice<\/i><\/em> (Palgrave 2017). She is currently preparing a book on humour by and about judges. Website: http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/humourstudies\/<\/a><\/u>. Email: jessica.davis@sydney.edu.au<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n
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Social Psychology of Humour in Intergroup Settings: Applications to Political\u00a0Humour<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIn this workshop, I will discuss current theory and social psychological research\u00a0on the social consequences of humour in intergroup settings, focusing on primarily on disparagement\u00a0humour. Students will then use relevant theory and empirical findings as a framework for thinking\u00a0about the social consequences of political humour\u2014disparagement humour or ridicule directed at\u00a0politicians. I will lead students in formulating new hypotheses derived from theory and past research,\u00a0and in designing new studies to test their hypotheses.<\/p>\n
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\nhumorous lines and text-specific frames as well as types of humorous plots.<\/li>\n
\nthe proposed models, brings examples of humorous stories with interesting plots and
\nhumorous lines from their own cultures (with English translations if available), addressing
\nthe issues concerned from the point of view of their respective fields of study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nmen\u2019s in-group cohesion, sexual harassment, rape proclivity, and victim blame. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research<\/em>, 28(2),187-204.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\nThomas E. Ford is a Professor of Psychology at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, United States. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Maryland. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: The International Journal of Humor Research<\/em>, and is a co-author with Rod Martin of The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach<\/em> (2nd Edition). His research interests include disparagement humour and prejudice, political humour, humour styles, and the relationship between humour and subjective well-being.
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<\/strong>Humour and Social Boundaries: Studying Humour From a Social Science Perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nGiselinde Kuipers is a professor of cultural sociology at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and chair of the department of sociology at this University. Giselinde studied cultural anthropology at Utrecht University, with a brief stint at the University of Seville in Spain. In 2001, she received her PhD in sociology (with distinction) from the University of Amsterdam. Before taking up her current position, she worked at the department of communication studies at the University of Amsterdam, spent a year as visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (USA), and was a postdoc at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Between 2009 and 2012, she was (part time) Norbert Elias Professor at the Department of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
\nGiselinde has published widely in the fields of cultural sociology, the sociology of humour, beauty, media studies, and cultural globalization and transnational culture. Much of this research is comparative: Giselinde has done research in several European countries (the Netherlands, France, Italy and Poland) as well as the US. In 2006, she published Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke, comparing Dutch and American humour styles. A new revised edition of this book has appeared in 2015.<\/p>\n
\nFor more information about Giselinde, see www.giselinde.nl<\/a>.
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\nAdditional information for the\u00a0members of the Graduate School of Culture Studies and Arts<\/a>: for you, all participation expenses (including accommodation and transportation) are covered. Please be informed that the deadline for cancellations is June 1, and registrants who fail to attend the seminar will be asked to reimburse the cost of accommodation, transportation, and food.<\/p>\n
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