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Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

13–15 May 2026
Istanbul University Faculty of Letters
Europe/Istanbul timezone

Congist'26

Session

Session 2.3 (Day 2)

D2-S2-A8
14 May 2026, 10:45
A8 (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

A8

Istanbul University Faculty of Letters

Conveners

Session 2.3 (Day 2): Dilbilim & Göstergebilim / Linguistics & Semiotics

  • Sara Bokaie (İstanbul Arel University)

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  1. The Communicative Constitution of Crises: A Sociopragmatic Perspective (D2-S2-A8)
    Jo Katambwe (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
    14/05/2026, 11:05
    Oral Presentation

    Crisis is often seen as an extraordinary event that leads to its management in a more or less unilateral and vertical manner by tightly controlling information flows and narratives (Coombs, 2023; Seeger et al, 2016). Crisis is an opportunity to reconfigure or reterritorialize a system in order to make it more adapted and resilient.
    From a sociopragmatic point of view, crises are endemic to...

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  2. Mediating War, Performing Crisis: Populist Narratives of the Russo-Ukrainian War on Twitter (D2-S2-A8)
    Olena Siden (University of Helsinki)
    14/05/2026, 11:25
    Oral Presentation

    Crises are not only disruptions of political and social order but also mediated performances through which legitimacy, identity, and power are negotiated. This research examines how the Russo-Ukrainian War was transformed into a discursive tool in French political communication, focusing on Marine Le Pen’s Twitter activity during the 2022 presidential campaign. Drawing on Critical Discourse...

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  3. Societal Crisis of an EU Country – Between Social Inequalities and Poor Sustainability: A Case Study of a Romanian Mainstream Newspaper (D2-S2-A8)
    Mona Simu (Research Institute for Quality of Life)
    14/05/2026, 11:45
    Oral Presentation

    In my PhD thesis on Social problems in Romania as reflected by the press was shown, as one of the results, that, on one side, people and communities in the Romanian society are resorting to social innovations as coping, and on the other side, authorities are insufficiently adapted to change, and the public policies lack sustainability.
    The methodology of the here proposed paper (based on the...

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