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A document about our association AMEDDIASTRANSCRIPT
WHY AMEDDIAS?Who are we, why, what ?
In loving memory of Marius
First logo, drafts and current logo of the association
AMEDDIAS asbl, 15 rue Saint Willibrord, L-2729 Luxembourg
No Reg. de Commerce: F007426
email: [email protected]
Our operations are conducted by members in Europe, Africa & Middle East, North America and South America.
We are from the Information Science and Communication (SIC) and related Sciences Education in Psychology,
the Law and Art. In short, we are loyal to a vision pushed international and interdisciplinary exchange.
For more news, enter our blog: http://ameddias.blogspot.fr/
October 11, 2006. A train crash in Luxembourg-French border (specifically Zoufftgen) caused the death of six
people. This tragic accident has caused much suffering and pain that the time is working to reduce gradually for
families, friends and those who knew the victims. Among them was killed Professor Marius Alexander Dees De
Sterio (AMDDS), as an exceptional man who has had the chance to work with him will never forget. This is the
reason why PhD students preparing a thesis in CIS Research Centre Mediations (CREM), University of Metz
decided to honor him. This association was born that continues to live the "scientific family" initiated by Marius,
as it was friendly.
To preserve the memory of Professor Alexandre Marius De Sterio Dees (1944-2006)
We promote humanism that characterized Professor. We are a meeting point for research on communication in
times of crisis, as we build a bridge between the university sector and the enterprise. We support doctoral
students as a place of transition from academia to the professional.
Every two years we offer an international conference in Luxembourg and we are open to sponsors. Our next
event is going to occur the 7th, 8th and 9
th of Marc. The topic discussed:
Marius Alexander Dees de Sterio (1944-2006)
AMEDDIAS asbl, 15 rue Saint Willibrord, L-2729 Luxembourg No Reg. de Commerce: F007426 email: [email protected]
Never before in history, has this topic “Crisis communication and public relations through glocal societies” been so
widely discussed in the media and in intellectual debates.
Are we in the midst of chaos? Are we embroiled in a total crisis which makes it so that our actions are,
more or less, well managed, in which individuals are helpless in face of these crises?
Or, are we in the middle of an esoteric crisis which by nature will be resolved in time?
Those two queries are immersed in a universe that seems characteristic for the 21st century in which crisis and
its snowball effects bring in their wakes misunderstandings or even misinformation. The decline in the purchasing
power of households, unemployment caused by a massive relocation of firms, urbanization and its corollaries
causing malfunctions in social cohesion, crisis of morality or moral crisis, humanitarian crises, financial crises who
disrupted the social interaction forcing decision makers to devise innovative strategies so that prosperity, growth
and power continue to illuminate the hope of powerless people. The Greek crisis and its consequences on
European Union, also raises the following question: is it a coincidence of history if the etymology of the word
‘crisis’: “krisis” « reminds us of its Hellenic origin and refers to the concept of decision and judgment?
These modern crises which hurt our current societies appear as issues that open the way to specialists, which
under the banner of proven expertise, believe they have solutions. All these actions taken in an attempt to
provide an answer to various crises are part of this desire to establish social and cultural mediations. But from
one crisis to another, the answers vary depending on the strategies developed. We should then deeply think
about the notion of crisis. At what point can we declare a crisis? What might be the proclaimed legitimacy of such
a decision? Are there any instruments, a grid, indices to assess a crisis? How to recognize and clarify the
parameters that define the strategies or observations of the actors who, facing the crisis, try to protect their
interests? What role should media play in covering the crisis?
These questions deserve appropriate answers as long as one focuses on the portmanteau word that can be «
crisis». It seems fundamental – for all disciplines to think about the definition and meaning given to that word
today in our glocal societies, multilingual and / or urban societies, in which local and global information must be
spread to various public bodies but also to everyone in that sense crisis communication mediated by ICT needs to
be effective thoughtful and controlled in the light of technical, human and financial corporations, states, nations.
AMEDDIAS asbl, 15 rue Saint Willibrord, L-2729 Luxembourg No Reg. de Commerce: F007426 email: [email protected]
This call for papers not only intends to remove ambiguities and misunderstandings regarding the concept of «
crisis », but also wants to unify the various and multidisciplinary contributions that will better highlight the
strategies used by different actors. Expected papers intend to examine the notion of crisis in order to
contextualize it among different approaches that might confront many societal sometimes hard to overcome.
4-axes will be offered around the concept of crisis communication under the critical eyes of researchers:
Axis 1: Crisis role among observers, actor’s strategies within a crisis situation (modelization and case
study)
Axis 2: Identification criteria and observation tools for crises elements
Axis 3: Effect of crisis on evolution tools of researchers and definition of new concepts and theories
Axis 4: A crisis definition and a public relations definition beyond geographical border
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