HI Everyone,
Just a reminder that the SIG is meeting today if you’d care to attend.
Details are below.
Warmest,
Et
Begin forwarded message:
From: Elizabeth Thomson <ethomson15@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: The next Special Interest Group on Semiotics of Peace and Compassion
is April 8 at 11am AEST
Date: 31 March 2022 at 5:39:51 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time
To: asflanet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Sara Abdelmawgoud <s.abdelmawgoud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dorothy Economou
<dorothyeconomou@xxxxxxxxx>, Anne Deane <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dear Colleagues
The next meeting of the Special Interest Group in the Semiotics of Peace and
Compassion is scheduled for 11am AEST on Friday April 8th.
The Zoom meeting link is below.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88123718889?pwd=czY5bEUvN2h4a1ZZaS9CMHphSTM2dz09 ;
<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88123718889?pwd=czY5bEUvN2h4a1ZZaS9CMHphSTM2dz09>
Meeting ID: 881 2371 8889 Passcode: 977834
The Agenda link is below.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xgK-bNNbWfHEI61jV5O7bo-7UP94P7VF/edit ;
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xgK-bNNbWfHEI61jV5O7bo-7UP94P7VF/edit>
The Minutes for the previous meeting link is below.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uq7jqLhtLZyDaKMlEjD4h0dafQSD6Ieg/edit ;
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uq7jqLhtLZyDaKMlEjD4h0dafQSD6Ieg/edit>
I am really excited that the SIG has
1. A new name:
Special Interest Group in the Semiotics of Peace and Compassion
2. A tag line/motto:
Moving towards peace through semiotic enquiry
3. An Identity statement:
We are home to a diverse group of enthusiastic scholars, citizen linguists,
teachers and students, working within the tradition of systemic functional
semiotics. We collectively seek to understand, promote and raise awareness of
the specific functions of language and other semiotic resources to express
peace, compassion and empathy in everyday life and in other theatres of
social engagement.
4. A Vision statement:
To empower and improve all lives, we examine and celebrate the semiotics of
peace, compassion and empathy through collaboration and research, teaching
and training.
5. A Mission statement:
To realise our vision, we will:
Identify, analyse and instantiate genres of peace, compassion and empathy -
by, for example, reading, discussing and creating texts in different
professional, disciplinary and community contexts
Share our findings on the semiotics of peace, compassion and empathy -
through research, conference sessions, special issues, community outreach and
other means of dissemination
Apply our findings to inform the development of curricula, courses, and
training resources oriented towards the language and other semiotic resources
of peace, compassion and empathy and mentor junior researchers and teachers
in the implementation of these resources.
Extend and help resource the work on meaning-making practices and the
communication of peace, compassion and empathy- by, for example, mentoring
junior colleagues, researchers, students, and communities in writing grant
proposals; conducting linguistic/discourse/semiotic analyses; collaborating
in research projects; hosting reading–writing groups
Connect and collaborate with other disciplines, groups, organisations, and
communities of practice that practise, research and promote peace, compassion
and empathy
Provide professional commentary on matters relevant to public discourses of
peace and compassion.
At the April meeting we will be decide on the structure of the SIG, the means
to fund the establishment of the SIG, and our presence in the community.
Everyone is invited and I encourage you to attend 1. if you are only a bit
curious, or 2. interested or 3. feeling committed.
Warmest regards,
Elizabeth Thomson
SIG Coordinator
