Negative Solidarities.
The age of anger and hate speech in the Anglophone globalized public sphere.
When
November 9-10-11, 2023
Where
Palazzo Du Mesnil
Via Partenope 10/A - 80121, Napoli
Contact
Beast of Hatred image used with kind permission of Art Hazelwood www.arthazelwood.com
Programme (There is also a PDF version of the programme for download.)
NOV 9
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09:30
Prof. Roberto Tottoli, Rector of University of Naples L’Orientale
Prof. Augusto Guarino, Deputy Prorector with delegated responsibility for internationalisation
Prof. C. Maria Laudando, Director of the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies
Welcoming address by the academic authorities
09:40
Rossella Ciocca
Introduction
US I. Nationalism, race, hate and political discourse
Chair Mara De Chiara
09:50
Brad Bullock (Randolph College, Virginia)
Trump, White Christian Nationalism, and the Normalization of Hate
11:00
Coffee break
US II. Fiction, narration, anger and the Woke agenda
Chair Vincenzo Bavaro
Marta Cariello (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)
On Talking Back, Taking Back, and Refusing to Comply:
Poetry and Community in the Arab Diaspora
11:20
12:00
Alessia Battista (University of Naples Parthenope)
On ‘Wilding’, Hatred and Children of a Separate Land:
Analysing Hate Speech in When They See Us
12:20
12:40
Roberto Esposito (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“I Still Believe in the Power of Love”.
Countering Hate with Drag Practices of Reiteration
13:00
Discussion
13:30
Lunch break
Hate and anger in South Asia:
Narrating identities, anxieties, bodies and communities
Chair Rossella Ciocca
15:00
Sanjukta Das Gupta (Sapienza University of Rome)
Forging a Global Identity:
The Anglophone Adivasi Press and the Narratives of Indigeneity
15:30
15:50
Yash Sharma (University of Cincinnati)
Militant Masculinities:
Anger and Anxiety in Contemporary India
16:10
Coffee break
Chair Esterino Adami
16:30
Federica Zullo (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)>
Narendra Modi and His Community(ies):
The Politics of Language of a “Paradoxical” Prime Minister
16:50
Giuseppe De Riso (University of Naples L’Orientale)
The Performance of Precariousness:
Race, Utopianism and the Nostalgic Recuperation of the Past in Mohsin Hamid’s Novels
17:10
Daniela Vitolo (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“Here She Lies, Alone and Undead”:
Gender, Bodies and Borders in Faiqa Mansab’s This House of Clay and Water
17:30
Discussion
NOV 10
Negative solidarities in UK:
culture, communication and politics
Chair Marta Cariello
10:00
Sabita Manian (Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania)
“The Temple-Bells are Callin” - From Brexit and Boris to Braverman
10:30
Anna Maria Cimitile (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Negative Solidarities, the Perils of Reading, and the Acts of Resistance of Banned Books
10:50
Rossella Ciocca (University of Naples L’Orientale)
11:10
Coffee break
11:30
Francesco Meledandri (University of Bari)
#Ready4Dishy? Assessing Twitter’s Controversial Engagement in UK Political Communication
11:50
Eleonora Esposito (University of Navarra)
Sole Alba Zollo (University of Naples Federico II)
The Multimodal Semiotics of Digital Misogyny:
A Focus on Women in UK Politics on Youtube
12:10
Fabio Cangero (University of Naples Federico II)
Antonio Fruttaldo (University of Macerata)
Breaking the Bias:
Reimagining Inclusive Public Health Policies for the Monkeypox (MPOX) Outbreak and Challenging Scapegoating Representations
12:30
Discussion
13:00
Lunch break
Digital and social media I.
Hate speech, hate symbols, hate patterns
Chair Giuseppe Balirano
14:30
Victoria Guillén-Nieto (University of Alicante)
Flags and Burning Crosses:
The Meaning of Hate Symbols through the Lens of Relevance Theory
15:00
Margherita Rasulo (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)
Maria De Santo (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Hate Speech on the Pyramid:
Consequences and Reflections
15:20
Alberto Manco (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Words for Dating: Self- and Heterodesignation Processes
15:40
Coffee break
Digital and social media II.
Groups, targets, designations and discriminations
Chair Massimiliano Demata
16:00
Maria Cristina Nisco (University of Naples Parthenope)
Annalisa Raffone (University of Naples L’Orientale)
A Social Media Critical Discourse Analysis of Intersectional Ableist and Fatphobic Discourses in Digital Spaces
16:20
Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Analysing the Red Pill Community:
A Discourse Analysis of D.A.R.V.O. in the Red Pill Community’s Discourse on Gender Discrimination
16:40
Francesco Nacchia (University of Naples L’Orientale)
“We Don’t Eat the Same”:
A Thematic Analysis of YouTube Comments on Video Promoting Peace within the Veg*an Community
17:00
Discussion
NOV 11
Digital and Social Media III.
Affect, ethnicity, hate speech and climate change
Chair Anna Mongibello
10:00
Tiziana Terranova (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Stamatia Portanova (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Of Affects and Algorithms:
The Case of Hate in Algorithmic Governmentality and Affective Computing
10:30
María Luisa Carrió-Pastor (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Hate Speech on Political Communication:
The Case of Pedro Sánchez’s Tweets
10:50
Elena Guerra, Stella Merlin, Marta Milani (University of Verona)
“Ethnic Substitution”:
Unfortunate Expression or Unacceptable Supremacism?
11:10
Michaela Quadraro (Calabria University)
Countering Hate.
A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis
11:30
Coffee break
11:50
Katherine E. Russo (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Negative Solidarities and the Australian Black Summer:
A Corpus-based Critical Analysis of Climate Change Discourse in Crisis Contexts
12:10
Marina Niceforo (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Digital Discourses about Eco-Anxiety: Sharing Negative Feelings on Social Media Platforms
12:10
Lorenzo Zannini (IUSS Pavia, University of Naples L’Orientale)
Mainstream Climate Adaptation as Negative Solidarity
12:50
Discussion and conclusion