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

9.30-10.00Registration, coffee
10.00-10.10Opening word - Lara Ryazanova-Clarke (University of Edinburgh)
10.10-11.10Keynote talk: Helena Goscilo (Ohio State University)
11.10-12.40THE NEW SOCIAL REALITY: SEARCHING FOR DEFINITIONS AND ESTABLISHING HIERARCHY
Chair: Ilia KalininElena 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
12.40-1.30Lunch
1.30-3.30LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL MARKERS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
Chair: Vera ZverevaNatalia 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
3.30-4.00Coffee
4.00- 5.30THE MIDDLE CLASS: 'NEW' AND 'OLD' CULTURAL PRACTICES
Chair: Luke MarchElena 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
5.30-6.15Wine reception

Saturday 26 October

9.00-10.30REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CREATIVE CLASS
Chair: Aldona JudinaAnna 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
10.30-11.00Coffee
11.00-12.30THE MIDDLE/CREATIVE CLASS IN THE PROTEST MOVEMENTS
Chair: Victoria MerzlyakovaSergey 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
12.30-1.15PRESENTATION 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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