Bucharest conference panel summary – May 16, 2025 – BEYOND LANGUAGE 2025
BEYOND LANGUAGE 2025 International Conference for Young Scholars
The Speakers of the Bucharest panel during BEYOND LANGUAGE 2025 International Conference for Young Scholars addressed a diverse range of disciplines, with a strong focus on linguistics, media studies, cultural anthropology, and communication.
Topics presented during the Bucharest panel of the International Conference BEYOND LANGUAGE 2025 ranged from the beauty standards in Western contexts, and analyses of alternative and diasporic media in the U.S. and Romania, to the framing of the energy crisis in Spanish and Romanian television and the discursive construction of protest movements. Multimodal theories were employed to understand how urgency, vulnerability and exceptionality were conveyed through news and political language. The visibility of religion in public discourse and the formation of Georgian identity through literature and trauma also highlighted the role of narrative in constructing social and national identities. Finally, public health communication was examined through research on how online media influenced perceptions of vaccination, and linguistic analysis was used to demonstrate how language shapes cultural and communal meaning.
Linguistic and discursive practices in alternative media, focusing on nonprofit, independent, and diasporic media in the U.S. and Romania.
How East Asian beauty standards, particularly from South Korea, Japan, and China, influence contemporary beauty norms in Europe and North America. How aesthetic ideals are shared and transformed through social media and other discursive practices.
Televised representations of the 2025 energy crisis in Spain and Romania, focusing on how the event was framed as exceptional through multimodal strategies.
Theories of multimodality and media framing to analyze how news discourse conveys urgency and vulnerability during infrastructural failures.
The term wooden language denotes a rigid, conventional, and often formulaic mode of expression frequently found in political speeches.
The visibility of religion through discourse practices and social spaces.
How online media shapes public perception of vaccination strategies through contrasting narratives, which can inform public health communication strategies.
Embroidery as a powerful medium for communicating identity, memory, and emotion, evolving from a traditional craft to a form of textile art and mnemonic practice.
The evolution of nationalism from the 17th century to the present, highlighting its role in shaping nation-states and influencing identity, governance, and cultural integration.
The symbolic negotiation of meaning during the Rezist protests in Romania, focusing on the interactions between media and social actors in a hybridized public sphere.
How Georgian identity is created as peripheral in literature, underscoring elements specific to Georgian cultural memory, especially the multi-generational trauma.
The cultural and anthropological significance of mineral water naming in Transylvania, highlighting the interplay between language, sensory experiences, and community identity.
Opracowane i dodane przez: M.P.
