Conference programme

'Middle' and 'Creative': Emerging Russian Social Groups in Language and Culture.

Conference Room

The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre

14 Buccleuch Place

'Middle' and 'Creative' conference
Friday 25 October
9.30-10.00 Registration, coffee
10.00-10.10 Opening word - Lara Ryazanova-Clarke (University of Edinburgh)
10.10-11.10 Keynote talk: Helena Goscilo (Ohio State University)
11.10-12.40 THE NEW SOCIAL REALITY: SEARCHING FOR DEFINITIONS AND ESTABLISHING HIERARCHY
Chair: Ilia Kalinin Elena Trubina (Ural Federal University). “Сreative class” and its others in the context of uneven development
(St Petersburg University) Victoria Merzlyakova (Russian State University for the Humanities). “I’m ok but who are all these people?” Practices of social representation of the “Ok-class” and its opponents on the Runet
  Vera Zvereva (University of Edinburgh). “Around us is bydlo”: demarking social boundaries on the Russian networking sites
12.40-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.30 LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL MARKERS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
Chair: Vera Zvereva Natalia Azarova (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Science). Creativity as a word and as a concept in contemporary Russian
(University of Edinburgh) Oxana Moroz (Russian State University for the Humanities). Российское мокьюментари как язык репрезентации: о чем мы говорим?
  Svetlana Bochaver (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences). Coherence and Incoherence in Contemporary Russian Poetry
  Polina Kliuchnikova (Durham University). “Creative community” or “linguistic misfits”: Translingual practices and transcultural identities of Russian-speaking migrants in the UK
3.30-4.00 Coffee
4.00- 5.30 THE MIDDLE CLASS: 'NEW' AND 'OLD' CULTURAL PRACTICES
Chair: Luke March Elena Gapova (Western Michigan University). “Creative Class”, Virtual Community and the Urban Culture Buzz
(University of Edinburgh) Galina Zvereva (Russian State University for the Humanities). “Us vs Them”: practices of shaping the Russian middle class in social media
  Tatiana Venediktova (Moscow State University). “Bourgeois reader” as a Cultural Hero
5.30-6.15 Wine reception
Saturday 26 October
9.00-10.30 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CREATIVE CLASS
Chair: Aldona Judina Anna Kotomina (Russian State University for the Humanities). Multimedia projects for Moscow Circorama and the public show as self-representation of the “creative class”
(University of Edinburgh) Galina Shmatova (Russian State University for the Humanities). “Креативный класс” в пространстве театра: образ и стратегия
  Yulia Griber (Smolensk State University). Colour representations of Russian “creative class” in urban space
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.30 THE MIDDLE/CREATIVE CLASS IN THE PROTEST MOVEMENTS
Chair: Victoria Merzlyakova Sergey Davydov (Higher School of Economics). Construction of protest activity at the leading Russian TV channels during the electoral period in 2011-2012
(Russian State University for the Humanities) Yulia Lukyanova (University of Edinburgh). Politicisation of the identity of the middle class in Russia: a socio-psychological approach
  Ekaterina Suverina (Russian State University for the Humanities). Social media in Russian protest: How we try to create common values
12.30-1.15 PRESENTATION OF THE CALVERT FORUM
  Jonathan McClory (Calvert 22 Foundation, London). The Calvert Forum: Exploring Russia's creative potential.

 

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The working languages of the conference are English and Russian.

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