Conference programme
'Middle' and 'Creative': Emerging Russian Social Groups in Language and Culture.
Conference Room
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre
14 Buccleuch Place
| 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 |
| 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. |
The working languages of the conference are English and Russian.