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September 1, 2021

Call For Papers, Special Issue: Towards Digitization of Cultural Practices and Contents: Issues, Limits, and Legal tools (Guest Editors, Marie-Sophie de Clippele and Anne Wagner) (International Journal for the Semiotics of Law) @AnneWag26082949

 



Call for Papers
Special issue

Towards digitization of cultural practices and contents

Issues, limits and legal tools

 

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law https://www.springer.com/journal/11196

 

Guest Editors: Marie-Sophie de Clippele & Anne Wagner

 

 

It is often claimed that developing a digital strategy to improve access to and participation in culture and cultural heritage increases democratization and citizens’ sense of collective belonging. As a result, and particularly in the COVID-19 context, many cultural institutions, both public and private, have accelerated the development of tools for accessing and digitally disseminating their cultural content: online access to collections, visits to museums or 3D virtual sites, visits to entirely online exhibitions, online access to cultural and musical performances, reading of tales via video... Furthermore, participatory digital cultural practices have also increased exponentially to integrate users in the creation, use and transmission of culture and cultural heritage (methods of crowd sourcing, storytelling, citizen science...), notably through digital tools linked to artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

 

However, this digital craze, already underway before the pandemic, is not without legal difficulties, particularly in the field of intellectual property and data protection, and also raises ethical questions. With the dematerialization of cultural practices and content some legal principles can constitute obstacles, while others can facilitate digitization and access to such content and practices. Both mechanisms in public law – legislation and case law ensuring a balance between rights and interests, such as those of the author, the owner, the user, the personal data subject or controller; participatory governance measures; development of direct and indirect cultural policies… – , as well as tools in private law – licence contracts; property rights; control and access mechanisms such as Digital Rights Management (DRM); legal governance models and structures, etc. must be examined for an inclusive access to dematerialized cultural practices and content. Nevertheless, the notion of access itself should be examined, including from an ethical point of view: the desire to grant universal access to certain dematerialized cultural content may come up against certain rights and interests, particularly those of the communities of origin, a fortiori when it comes to digitizing sacred objects. Following a decolonial approach to the concepts of access and dematerialization, thought should be given to the inclusion of these communities in the digitization process as well as in the access policies of these digital contents.

 

The aim of this Special Issue is therefore to question the dematerialization movement from a legal point of view, by asking within what limits, under what conditions and with what legal tools cultural practices and contents can develop in the context of digitization of cultural practices and contents.

 

Three axes are to be explored in this Special Issue, in which more concrete thematic ideas are listed, while being open to other aspects within these three axes:


1.              Digitization and intellectual property

 

What are the issues, limits and tools in intellectual property law in the face of digitized cultural practices and content?

 

-    The evolving enforcement of intellectual property rights with the expansion of digitized cultural practices and content;

-  The impact of Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the digital single market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC on intellectual property regimes, in particular with regard to the reproduction right of works of visual art, as well as with regard to other exceptions to the rights of reproduction or communication to the public;

-  New licensing practices for the use of new digital tools (co-created digital files, 3D scanning, virtual reality games...);

-   The scope of the exceptions to copyright and related rights for user-generated content with cultural creations (quotation, parody, etc.) and the adequacy of remuneration rights

-  The issue of restitution of cultural goods and their digitization: the intellectual (and material) rights on these goods.

 

2.              Digitization, cultural platforms and data protection

 

What are the issues, limits and tools in platform law and data protection law in the face of digitized cultural practices and content?

 

-  The role of cultural platforms in guaranteeing access while respecting the principle of cultural diversity (regulation of private cultural platforms, development and accessibility of cultural platforms managed directly by the public authorities, particularly for education and research, etc.);

-  The role of new intermediaries in cultural mediation (for ex. risks of new gatekeepers such as streaming platforms for accessing cultural content);

-  Data protection of digital cultural content, especially in the case of user-generated content.

 

3.              3. Digitization, participatory governance and virtual communities

 

What are the issues, limits and tools of participatory governance in the face of digitized cultural practices and content?

 

-  The right(s), interest(s) and/or responsibility(s) for users of these cultural practices;

-  Virtual communities vs. communities of origin;

-   The principles of participatory governance for these dematerialized cultural practices and contents;

-  The challenge of the (digital) commons (need for new open licenses, etc.);

-  The role of public authorities in ensuring active participation in culture.

 

Please send your abstract of 500 words (max.) to Marie-Sophie DE CLIPPELE (marie- sophie.declippele@usaintlouis.be) by 25 February 2022 with decisions made by 25 March 2022. Papers should be no longer than 15,000 words. The deadline for submitting full papers is 25 August 2022.


 

Appel à proposition Numéro Spécial

Vers une numérisation des pratiques et des contenus culturels Enjeux, limites et outils juridiques

 

Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique https://www.springer.com/journal/11196

 

Directeurs invités : Marie-Sophie de Clippele & Anne Wagner

 

L’importance de développer une stratégie numérique pour améliorer l’accès et la participation à la culture et au patrimoine culturel est souvent mise en avant pour augmenter la démocratisation et le sentiment d’appartenance collective des citoyens. Dès lors et dans le contexte particulier du COVID-19, nombre d’institutions culturelles, publiques et privées, ont accéléré le développement d’outils d’accès et de diffusion numérique à leurs contenus culturels : accès en ligne aux collections, visite de musées ou de sites virtuels en 3D, visite d’expositions entièrement en ligne, accès en ligne aux représentations culturelles et musicales, lecture de contes par vidéo... Par ailleurs, les pratiques culturelles numériques participatives ont également accru de manière exponentielle pour intégrer les usagers dans la création, l’usage et la transmission de la culture et du patrimoine culturel (méthodes de crowd sourcing, storytelling, citizen science…), notamment par des outils numériques liés à l’intelligence artificielle et à la réalité virtuelle.

 

Toutefois, cet engouement numérique, déjà entamé avant la pandémie, ne va pas sans poser de difficultés sur le plan juridique, notamment dans le domaine de la propriété intellectuelle et de la protection des données, tout en suscitant quelques interrogations éthiques. La dématérialisation des pratiques et des contenus culturels interroge en effet nombre de principes juridiques, qui peuvent tantôt constituer des obstacles, tantôt faciliter la numérisation et l’accès à ces contenus et pratiques. Ainsi, tant des mécanismes en droit public – législation et jurisprudence veillant à équilibrer les droits et les intérêts, comme ceux de l’auteur, du propriétaire, de l’usager ou du sujet ou contrôleur des données privées ; mesures de gouvernance participative ; développement des politiques culturelles directes et indirectes , que des outils en droit privé – contrats de licence ; droits de propriété ; dispositifs de contrôle et d’accès, comme la gestion numérique des droits ; modèles et structures juridiques de gouvernance… - participent à l’enjeu de l’accès aux pratiques et contenus culturels dématérialisés. Néanmoins, la notion d’accès elle-même invite à réfléchir à ses contours, en ce compris sur le plan éthique : la volonté d’ouvrir l’accès de manière universelle à certains contenus culturels dématérialisés peut se heurter à certains droits et intérêts, notamment ceux des communautés d’origine, a fortiori lorsqu’il s’agit d’objets sacrés numérisés. Suivant une approche décoloniale quant aux concepts d’accès et de dématérialisation, cela implique une réflexion quant à l’inclusion de ces communautés dans le processus de numérisation ainsi que dans les politiques d’accès de ces contenus numériques.

 

Le présent appel à propositions a ainsi pour objet d’interroger le mouvement de dématérialisation sur le plan du droit, en se demandant dans quelles limites, à quelles


conditions et avec quels outils juridiques les pratiques et contenus culturels peuvent se développer dans un contexte de numérisation.

 

Trois axes sont explorés dans le cadre de ce Numéro Spécial, dans lesquels sont listées des idées de thématiques plus concrètes, tout en étant ouvert à d’autres aspects au sein de ces trois axes :

 

 

 

1.     Numérisation et propriété intellectuelle

 

Quels enjeux, limites et outils en droit de la propriété intellectuelle face à des pratiques et contenus culturels numérisés ?

 

-          L’évolution de l’application des droits de la propriété intellectuelle avec l’expansion des pratiques et contenus culturels dématérialisés ;

-          L’impact de la Directive (UE) 2019/790 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 17 avril 2019 sur le droit d'auteur et les droits voisins dans le marché unique numérique et modifiant les directives 96/9/CE et 2001/29/CE sur les régimes de propriété intellectuelle, notamment quant au droit à l’image des œuvres d’art visuel, ainsi qu’eu égard à d’autres exceptions aux droits de reproduction ou de communication au public ;

-          Les nouvelles pratiques de licences pour utiliser de nouveaux outils numériques (fichiers numériques co-créés, scan 3D, jeux dans la réalité virtuelle…) ;

-          La portée des exceptions au droit d'auteur et aux droits voisins pour les contenus générés par les utilisateurs avec des créations culturelles (citation, parodie, etc.) et l'adéquation des droits de rémunération ;

-          L’enjeu de la restitution de biens culturels et de leur numérisation : les droits intellectuels et matériels distincts sur ces biens.

 

2.     Numérisation, plateformes culturelles et protection des données

 

Quels enjeux, limites et outils en droit des plateformes et en droit de la protection des données face à des pratiques et contenus culturels numérisés ?

 

-          Le rôle des plateformes culturelles pour garantir un accès en respectant le principe de diversité culturelle (régulation de plateformes culturelles privées, conditions de développement et d’accessibilité des plateformes culturelles gérées directement par les pouvoirs publics, notamment pour l’enseignement et la recherche…) ;

-          Le rôle des nouveaux intermédiaires dans la médiation culturelle (par exemple, les risques liés à l'apparition de nouveaux gardiens, tels que les plateformes de diffusion en continu, pour l'accès aux contenus culturels). ;

-          La protection des données des contenus culturels numériques, notamment en cas de

user-generated content.

 

3.     Numérisation, gouvernance participative et communautés virtuelles

 

Quels enjeux, limites et outils de gouvernance participative face à des pratiques et contenus culturels numérisés ?


-          Le(s) droit(s), intérêt(s) et/ou responsabilité(s) pour les usagers de ces pratiques culturelles ;

-          Communautés virtuelles vs. communautés d’origine ;

-          Les principes de gouvernance participative pour ces pratiques et contenus culturels dématérialisés ;

-          L’enjeu des communs (numériques) (besoin de nouvelles licences etc.) ;

-          Le rôle des pouvoirs publics pour garantir la participation active dans la culture.

 

Veuillez envoyer votre résumé de 500 mots (max.) à Marie-Sophie DE CLIPPELE (marie- sophie.declippele@usaintlouis.be) avant le 25 février 2022, les décisions étant prises pour le 25 mars 2022 au plus tard. Les articles ne doivent pas dépasser 15 000 mots. La date limite de soumission des articles de fonds est fixée au 25 août 2022 au


February 25, 2021

Call For Papers: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, Roundtables

Call for Papers: International Roundtables for the Semiotics of Law--IRSL 2021. The roundtables are scheduled for June 17-18, 2021, online. Frank Fleerackers is the organizer, and the Leuven University Faculty of Law will host the event, which is in honor of Jan M. Broekman's 90th birthday.


More information here.


May 3, 2020

Call For Papers: Three Special Issues of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law



Call For Papers, Three Special Issues


INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW & COMPARATIVE LEGILINGUISTICS
COVID-19 INFODEMIC – BETWEEN LAW, ETHICS AND FAKE NEWS

Guest Editors: Anne WAGNER, Aleksandra MATULEWSKA & Sarah MARUSEK

The 2020 pandemic of Covid-19 virus struck the globalized world unexpectedly, resulting in
the misleading predictions of fatalities information chaos and fake news. Aware of the
consequential impact of distortions and half-truths, the World Health Organization stresses
that societies suffer not only as a direct result of disease, social-distancing but also overabundance
of information that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and
reliable guidance. The spread of rumors and misinformation has been possible also due to the
prevalence of distance communication methods which enable publication of anything without
any limits or peer review as verification. Such pieces of news, if skillfully posted, may reach
enormous numbers of people causing harm and unpredictable consequences.

The important questions one may ask focus on the following topics:
1. Journalism ethics – in the light of the need to catch attention of readers numerous
journals start posting and publishing unverified and misleading materials,
2. The role of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tencent, Tiktok and
others in limiting or spreading misinformation,
3. Hate speech and cyberbullying connected with pandemic and its effects on society,
economy, politics, etc.
4. Cyberattacks connected with Covid-19 (Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,
WHO has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyberattacks directed at its
staff, and email scams targeting the public at large, analogously platforms made
available to teachers and other sectors such as ZOOM have been hacked),
5. Ostracism directed at people who got infected and unconsciously spread the
disease onto others,
6. Legal means of combating fake news, hate speech, cyberbullying,
7. Stereotyping and deviant community creation as a result of stereotypes,
8. Image manipulation,
9. Other semiotic aspects of communication during pandemic,
10. Imaging China as the first country who detected the infected people,
11. Imaging other countries hit by the virus,
12. Imaging political parties involved in decision-making processes connected with
counteracting the pandemic,
13. Political discourse – modes of reporting infections, disease, asking for help,
solidarity, social distancing,
14. Imagining artistic means to express concern, solidarity and hope.
Our aims, with these 3 important Special Issues, are (1) to provide an international
interdisciplinary forum of thought in these scientific fields where linguistic and legal interests
converge, (2) to facilitate integration between linguists, semioticians, computer scientists,
medical experts and lawyers from all around the world, (3) to demonstrate a broader overview
of Covid-19 invading both our personal and professional spaces, and (4) to show the various
political, legal and medical measures put in place to combat this invisible scourge.

- 2 Special Issues for International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, each of which can
comprise 14 papers of no more than 30 pages.
- 1 Special Issue for Comparative Legilinguistics that can comprise 6 papers of no more
than 30 pages
We welcome submissions in English or French.
Send your proposal to the three of us: aleksandra.matulewska@gmail.com,
valwagnerfr@yahoo.com, and marusek@hawaii.edu.

Deadline for abstract of 300 words: 10 December 2021
Decision for inclusion: 1 February 2022
Deadline for full paper: 15 March 2022 (instructions will be sent after decision to include
papers in the special issue)

April 4, 2017

Call For Papers: 19th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law (IRSL, 2018, 23rd-25th May, 2018)

From the mailbox:

 
The 19th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law (IRSL 2018)23rd – 25th May, 2018 Hosted by Örebro University / Sweden   This roundtable aims at exploring, analysing, debating the very close semiotic connections between real and fictitious societies, and exploring the mimicking between human and non-human people in order to express the social order in which individual liberties, rights and duties are major concerns. This roundtable will focus on how to narrate real or fictitious national crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity, manslaughter, etc. We will not only focus on legal analyses and literature but also on how artists, political cartoonists and/or official court artists sketch court settings, crimes, and alleged offenders.  We invite contributors to reflect on how these ideas have been examined over the years. Papers which examine the way artists, storytellers, writers, novelists, singers, movie producers have provoked public discourse to confront Law and Arts in Crime Settings are particularly welcome. A special attention will be paid on how storytellers narrate a crime to a very young public and raise its awareness. The 19th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law invites further discussion into these and related questions and welcomes a plurality of approaches, including those of legal studies, philosophy, social science, linguistics, history, cultural studies, and the humanities. Abstracts of 300 words (max.) can be submitted by December 1, 2017 to Laura Ervo (Organizer) (laura.ervo@oru.se) and Anne Wagner (valwagnerfr@yahoo.com) with participation decisions made by January 15, 2018.  Selected papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. (Springer: http://www.springer.com/lawjournal11196) or edited volume.  http://www.springer.com/law/journal/11196/PSE?detailsPage=societies
 

November 30, 2016

Call For Papers: Representations of Law, Justice, and the Subject in "Engrenages"

Via @thomgiddens

CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW – REVUEINTERNATIONALE DE SÉMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE 
http://www.springer.com/law/journal/11196/PSE 
Editor-in-chief: Anne WAGNERUniversité Lille – Nord de FranceCentre de Recherche Droits et Perspectives du Droit, équipe René Demoguevalwagnerfr@yahoo.com  
Special issue: Representations of Law, Justice and the Subject in Engrenages  This is a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law/Revue international de Sémiotique juridique, the leading international journal on legal semiotics. 
The special issue will be devoted to exploring legal themes, representations, and images in the French television series Engrenages (known to English speaking audiences as ‘Spiral’). 
We therefore invite proposals for papers exploring themes including (but not necessarily limited to):• Portrayal of the relationships between branches of the justice system in Engrenages and/or how these are symbolized by relationships between the characters;• Portrayals of norm-transgression (which might include crime, corruption, and/or non-legal transgressionse.g. of roles, or norms of expected behaviour);• Portrayals of violence;• Imagery/discourses of the human body (living and/or dead);• Interpretations of gender and/or sexuality;• Representations of ethnicity, race, and/or migrants;• Representations of sex work/sex workers. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be emailed to the guest editors, Professor Peter Robson (peter.robson@strath.ac.uk) and Dr Mary Neal (mary.neal@strath.ac.uk), by 15 March 2017.
Decisions will be made by 30 April 2017, with submission of full papers due by 30 April 2018 and publication of the special issue anticipated in 2018.  
Anne Wagner, Ph. D., Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches - QualifiéeAssociate Professor, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (France)Correspondante LANSAD/CRL - CGU CALAISCentre Droit et Perspectives du Droit, Equipe René Demogue - Université de Lille II (France)Research Professor, China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing - China)
http://fr.linkedin.com/in/annewagnerhttp://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9322-6/page/1Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - http://www.springer.com/law/journal/11196Series Editor, Law, Language and Communication - Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/series/ASHSER1363)
President of the International Roundtables for the Semiotics of Law - http://www.semioticsoflaw.com/