[Eurchap] Programme EPICIC Colloqium - Lyon 8 april 2011

[Fidelia Ibekwe]

[2nd announcement with program]


*Colloquium on the Comparative Epistemology of Information & 
Communication in scientific disciplines.
8 april 2011, Jean Moulin University, Lyon - France*
Room : Amphithéâtre Malraux

website: http://isko-france.asso.fr/epicic/

*Aims & Scope*
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Although no consensus exists on a common definition of the concepts of 
information and communication, few can reject the hypothesis that 
information -- whether perceived as « object » or as « process » - is a 
pre-condition for knowledge. Epistemology is the study of how we know 
things (Anglo-Saxon meaning) or the study of how scientific knowledge is 
arrived at and validated (francophone conception). To adopt an 
epistemological stance is to commit oneself to render an account of what 
constitutes knowledge or in procedural terms, to render an account of 
when one can claim to know something. An epistemological theory imposes 
constraints on the interpretation of human cognitive interaction with 
the world. It goes without saying that different epistemological 
theories will have more or less restrictive criteria to distinguish what 
constitutes knowledge from what is not. If information is a 
pre-condition for knowledge acquisition, giving an account of how 
knowledge is acquired should impact our comprehension of information and 
communication as concepts. While a lot of work has been in Information & 
Communication Sciences on the definition of these concepts, less 
research has attempted to establish explicit links between differing 
theoretical conceptions of these concepts and the underlying 
epistemological stances.
This colloquium will gather eminent and renowned specialists from 
different countries and with different backgrounds to discuss how they 
and their corresponding disciplines perceive information & 
communication, the relationship these two concepts share with knowledge 
and how our comprehension of these two concepts affects 
interdisciplinary research.
The colloquium is one of the events planned in the context of the EPICIC 
project funded by the ISCC (Institut des Sciences de la Communication du 
CNRS). The EPICIC project is led by an international consortium of 
researchers from the following institutions: ELICO-Lyon3; iSchool of the 
University of Berkeley; iSchool of the University of Illinois; The L2C2 
research team of the Institute for Cognitive Sciences, CNRS-Lyon).
The colloquium also received some funding by the University of Lyon3 and 
logistic support from ISKO-France association for hosting the web site.

*Programme (tentative)*
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9 am. Welcome & Opening remarks

9:30 -11am : Information in LIS : Epistemological investigations
Thomas Dousa : Documentary Languages and the Demarcation of Information 
Units in Textual Information.
Birger Hjorland : The nature of information science and its core concepts.
Discussion

11-11 :10am Coffee Break

11:20 -- 1pm : Information & communication : a transdisciplinary analysis
Bruno Bachimont : Information et communication : phénomènes empiriques 
mais concepts mal définis.
Soren Brier : The Cybersemiotic approach to a transdisciplinary and 
evolutionary theory of meaningful information, cognition and communication.
Discussion

1pm -- 2 :30pm : Lunch break

2:30 -- 4pm : Information, communication & Knowledge
Luciano Floridi : Perception and Testimony as Data Providers
Jean Davallon : TBA
Discussion

4pm-4 :10pm Coffee break

4:10 -- 5:40pm : Relevance theory & meaning construction
Sylvie Leleu-Merviel : Horizon de pertinence dans le processus 
informationnel
Ira Noveck : The interface between sentence meaning and speaker meaning
Discussion

6- 6:30 pm Closing Panel : all speakers
Discussions with the public

*Registration*
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Fee: 30EUR
Registration is effective only if accompanied by payment.?
The Malraux Amphitéâtre has a limited seating capacity so we advice you 
not to wait until the last days to register.
Further information on the program, the invited speakers and 
registration can be found on the website http://isko-france.asso.fr/epicic/
PI : Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (ELICO- Université de Lyon3).

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Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan Ph.D. (MCF-HDR)        	'
Associate Professor                             '
University of Lyon3.                           	'
Dept. of Information - Communication            '
Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/              '
Research group: http://www.elico-recherche.net/ '
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