4th Global Conference: Bullying and the Abuse of Power
4th Global Conference
Bullying and the Abuse of Power
Sunday 4th November ? Tuesday 6th November 2012
Salzburg, Austria
Call For Papers
Bullying is a global problem. Whether it takes
place in the schoolyard, the board room, the
corridors of academe, a detention centre for
alleged terrorists, a government office, or cyber
space and whether it involves insult, physical
assault or manipulation of the environment with
the intention of making another person's life
intolerable, bullying involves the abuse of power.
Everyone is affected by it, whether directly or
indirectly.
All of us know people who are bullied, and all of
us know bullies, though we may be unaware that we
do. After all, bullies may seem, on the surface,
to be kind, caring and supportive human beings,
interested in nurturing others. And if they have
been kind to us, we may fail to perceive their
unkindness to others.
Bullying goes on at every level, often goes on
behind closed doors; inside private emails, and in
actions that might appear innocuous. It grows out
of the ability that many (and perhaps most) people
have, to find enjoyment and fulfilment in exerting
power over others. It depends for its existence
either on a lack of empathy and human feeling, or
on the developed ability to suspend empathy. It
can ruin lives, and it can end lives. We should
not allow ourselves to believe that because it is
not open to view, bullying is not present.
In the first two years of Bullying and the abuse
of power, a number of themes have emrged. Two of
these ? bullying in schools and bullying in the
workplace (including universities) are
unsurprising and have featured strongly in both
earlier conferences. Alongside these, and other
themes with a practical focus, such as cyber
bullying, participants have wrestled with the
problem of saying exactly what is to count as
bullying, and how far its boundaries extend.
Abstracts are now invited for Bullying and the
Abuse of Power 3, for individual contributions or
for symposia of three papers. Abstracts that
illuminate and comment on more than one sphere in
which bullying manifests itself, are especially
welcomed, as are abstracts that draw together
insights from more than one academic, professional
or vocational area, or that draw from more than
one cultural or theoretical perspective. Abstracts
are also especially welcomed that focus on
bullying in areas where the abuse of power is less
commonly thought of in this way, including the ill
treatment of elders, genocide, human trafficking,
and bullying in international relations and
international trade.
1. Bullying in School/in the Workplace
- Bullying of older people/disabled people
- Sexual bullying
- Racial bullying
- Religious intolerance
2. From Playground Bullying to Genocide/Bullying:
How Far Can it Go?
- Human Rights abuses
- Genocide
- The Holocaust
- Human trafficking
3. International Relations
- Cultural intolerance
- Terrorism as a means of persuasion
- Imposition of the wishes of the developed world
on developing countries
- Bullying of Indigenous people
4. Multinationals, Impoverished Nations and Corner
Shops
- The effects of globalisation on business
- Changing patterns of shopping: corner shops vs
superstores
- Advertising and vulnerable consumers
- Cut price goods and low pay for workers
Papers will be considered on any related theme.
Abstracts should be written in simple language and
for individual contributions should be no longer
than 300 words, while for symposia they should
include a 150 word overview for each contribution
and a 200 word overview for the whole session
(please take these word limits seriously).
Abstracts should be submitted by Friday 4th May
2012. If an abstract is accepted for the
conference, a full draft paper should be submitted
by Friday 3rd August 2012.
Abstracts should be submitted to the Organising
Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or
RTF formats, following this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to
10 keywords.
E-mails should be entitled: BULLY4 Abstract Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using any special formatting, characters or
emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline).
Please note that a Book of Abstracts is planned
for the end of the year. All accepted abstracts
will be included in this publication. We
acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper
proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply
from us in a week you should assume we did not
receive your proposal; it might be lost in
cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an
alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Gavin J Fairbairn
Professor of Ethics and Language
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Wroslyn Road
Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
Email: [email protected]
The conference is part of the Ethos Hub series of
ongoing research and publications projects
conferences, run within the Critical Issues domain
which aims to bring together people from different
areas and interests to share ideas and explore
innovative and challenging routes of intellectual
and academic exploration. All papers accepted for
and presented at the conference will be eligible
for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers
may be developed for publication in a themed hard
copy volume.
For further details of the project, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/bullying-and-the-
abuse-of-power/
For further details of the conference, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/bullying-and-the-
abuse-of-power/call-for-papers/
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