Culture and Communication Network (CULCOM) 2024 Annual Conference
16 July 2024, Lancaster University, Bowland North, Seminar Room 5 and on Microsoft Teams (Join here)
This is the second annual conference of the interdisciplinary, cross-faculty Culture and Communication research network (CULCOM) which aims to connect Lancaster University staff across all levels and disciplines and postgraduate research students interested in the role of culture (broadly defined) in communication in any area (e.g., business, education, health). This year, we are pleased to host two guest speakers who will both focus on digital/virtual workplaces and interactions:
- Doris Dippold, Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Communication at University of Surrey, who has most recently focused on conversational AI in culturally diverse contexts
- Jane Lockwood, Adjunct Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, who studies intercultural workplace communication with a particular interest in intercultural virtual teams
Registration
To register to attend (without presenting), email Dimitrinka Atanasova (Dima) at d.atanasova@lancaster.ac.uk by end of day on Friday, 5th July. Let us know whether you plan to join online or in person and if joining in person include your dietary requirements. The event is free to attend.
Programme
| 9:30-10:00 | Coffee |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome and updates (Dima Atanasova) |
| 10:15-11:00 | Guest talk: Conversational AI, pragmatics and culturally diverse contexts (Doris Dippold, University of Surrey) |
| 11:00-11:45 | Guest talk: Intercultural virtual teams (Jane Lockwood, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
| 11:45-12:00 | Touch, communication, and leadership culture in the NHS (Stuart Nolan, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:15 | Developing (inter)cultural awareness in an online language course (Patricia Lanners-Kaminski, Linguistics and English Language) |
| 13:15-13:30 | Assessing pragmatic competence in intercultural communication: The case of international engineers (Mi-Jin Chung, Linguistics and English Language) |
| 13:30-13:45 | Lecturer’s views on decolonising curricula in the context of culturally inclusive teaching (Uta Papen, Linguistics and English Language) |
| 13:45-14:00 | Producing multi-media, interactive translations for the 21st century reader: Magazine texts from the era of la Movida Madrileña (Nicola Greenhalgh, Department of Languages and Cultures) |
| 14:00-14:15 | Coffee |
| 14:15-14:30 | Inside Londongrad: The language of Russian-speaking tour guides in London (Denis Rodionov, Linguistics and English Language) |
| 14:30-14:45 | Feminist imagination: ‘Popular feminism’ in the context of contemporary China (Lily Jinxian Wu, Sociology) |
| 14:45-15:00 | English as a Foreign Language (EFL) versus English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) (Tim Douglas, Engineering) |
| 15:00-15:15 | Summary (Dima Atanasova) |