2007 WCA
Conference Program
Queensland
University of Technology
Gardens
Point Campus
2 George
Street
Brisbane
City 4001
AUSTRALIA
Friday,
July 27, 2007
11:30
a.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration Z Block 10th
Floor
Queensland
University of Technology
1:15
p.m. Opening
Ceremony Room
Z1064
Welcome: Dr.
Caroline Hatcher
Queensland
University of Technology WCA
Secretary-General
Dr.
Barbara Monfils
WCA
President
Greetings: WCA
Regional Vice-Presidents
Pacific
& Asian Communication Association Representative
Communication
Association of Japan Representative
Korean
Communication Association Representative
Australia
& New Zealand Communication Association Representative
Representatives
from other Communication Associations
WCA
Opening Address: Prof.
Susan Street Room
Z1064
Executive
Dean, Creative Industries Faculty
Queensland
University of Technology
Introduction
by Dr. Caroline Hatcher
Queensland
University of Technology
2:00-3:45 p.m. Opening
Keynote Address & Responses: Room
Z1064
Ms.
Maureen Ah Sam
Formerly
Oodgeroo Unit, Queensland University of Technology
Currently
Head, Gumurrii Student Support Centre Griffith University
³A
Dialogue between Nations OR a lack thereof: An Indigenous experience².
Introduction
by Dr. Caroline Hatcher
Queensland
University of Technology
Maureen
Ah Sam is from the Guugu Yimithirr and Kalkadoon Nations
This
address discusses the history of how the intercultural communication
between Indigenous Australian and non-Indigenous Australians
has failed and this failure has lead to the Indigenous peoplesı
situatednessı /'positioning' in contemporary Australian society.
Following Maureenıs presentation, three WCA members will respond to the issues
raised from a variety of cultural perspectives.
3:45
p.m. Coffee
Break Room
Z1064
4:00
p.m. University
Tour
Leaving from Room Z1064
5:00
p.m. Welcome
Reception Room
Z1064
6:00
p.m. Welcome
Dinner: Room
Z1064
Bush
Tucker & Cultural Experience
Saturday,
July 28, 2007
8:00-9:00
a.m. Registration B Block
Lobby
Queensland
University of Technology
Gardens
Point Campus
9:00-9:40 a.m. Distinguished
Lecture Room B507
Dr.
Takehide Kawashima
Nihon
University
Tokyo,
Japan
Introduction
by Dr. Barbara Monfils
University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater
USA
In
2008, WCA will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its founding. Dr. Kawashima, a founding member of
WCA, will share his views on the question: Looking back on the 25 years of WCA, in what ways has WCA
contributed to Expanding Visionsı in communication for the future.
9:40-9:55
a.m. Coffee
Break B Block
Lobby
9:55-11:25 am
Program 1.1
Room B505
Expanding
Visions: Eastern and Western
Perspectives on Communication in the 21st Century
Chair: Dr.
Carmencita Del Villar
University
of the Philippines
Diliman,
Quezon City, Philippines
"In
order to get something you've never had, you have to do something you've never
done:" A Multicultural Vision for Dialogic Communication for the 21st
Century
Dr.
Mark Orbe
Western
Michigan University
Kalamazoo,
MI, USA
Communication
in the 21st century, in many ways, is situated within a context of
multiple layers of culture (Shuter, 1998). As a result, communication successes
and failures are defined in light of their effectiveness in negotiating
cultural differences – in terms of/ based on race, ethnicity,
nationality, gender, socioeconomic status, spirituality, age, sexual
orientation and the like – while simultaneously maximizing similarities
in regards to core values, beliefs, and worldviews. A three-section vision will be articulated on what the
academy must do in order to contribute to greater communicative effectiveness
in an increasingly diverse world.
The three sections include a critique of existing intercultural communication
scholarship, a review of the concept of dialogic communication, and the
description of five practices that constitute a vision for intercultural
communication research and practice in the 21st century.
Eastern
Communication Model: A New Theory
Building and Its Application
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Dr. Sang Hee Kweon
Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, Korea |
Dr. Yi Keunyeong |
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Dr. Kim Wi-Geun Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, Korea |
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Historical/critical
approaches are applied to compare Eastern and Western communication theory. The
Western communication theories have been developed in the U.S and Europe.
The comparison of communication differences between the West and the East
includes several levels: 1) unit of analysis, 2) culture, 3) social back
ground, and 4) language and religion. This presentation will provide a
theoretical model of the Eastern communication processes which will simplify
the communication flow including text and context. The Eastern communication
model demonstrates complex ideas in a graphic representation.
Ennui,
Quotidian, Seductive, Stupidity: Continued Thoughts on Narrative Episteme
Dr.
Gerald Powell
Coppin
State University
Baltimore,
MD, USA
Cioran
was right! Human beings have been seduced by technology, and this fetish has
become increasingly primal and cognitively numbing. That human beings would
morph into a vegetable state of stupor was one of Cioranıs prophecies.
Humankindıs fetish with technology (knowledge) is an instinctively natural
action that takes the form of a narrative(s), i.e., scientific and
anthropological, understood as the architectonics of knowledge. From the
earliest narratives/myths to the most recent, humans have speculated, invented,
and depended on these pseudo-epistemic structures to confront their
speculations about their physical and metaphysical environment. It is not my
intention to put forth an argument, to debate and play philosophical puzzles;
rather, a healthy and earnest dose of skepticism is hoped to jostle the reader,
as Kant was jostled by Hume. In this effort, ennui and quotidian applied
to architectonics of knowledge (narrative epistemic) paint
what is an abashed picture of humanity, one that is humbling and humiliating.
Throughout the history of ideas, narratives have been the engine that fuels the
continued creation of human knowledge. But, beyond the obvious aforementioned
statement, what is humankindıs vested interest in narrative discourse? And what
role if any does ennui and quotidian have in
human communication?
9:55-11:25 am
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Program 1.2