[H-verkko] CFP: S10: Communication in Early Modern Towns: News, Gossip, Messages (EAUH)

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S10: Communication in Early Modern Towns: News, Gossip, Messages (EAUH)
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Session for the 13th International Conference on Urban History which will take
place in the scenic seaside city of Helsinki from the 24th to the 27th August
2016.

S10: Communication in Early Modern Towns: News, Gossip, Messages

People have always communicated with each other one way or another. Information
flow from one person to another has been studied widely from various
perspectives. The study of letters is and has been a major field of study when
looking into communication during the early modern era. Also newspapers and
their circulation have been studied. And while gossip has also been studied a
wider perspective to urban communication is still needed. Thus, in this session
the focus is on the informal and unstructured communication within a town and
among the townspeople. Today we have whatsapp, facebook, instagram, text
messages and so on but what were the modes of communication during the early
modern era?

The session seeks to find answers for the following questions. How did people
communicate when it came to information that needed to be passed on quickly? How
were messages, news and gossip mediated within a town? What kind of means did
people use (e.g. short letters, messengers)? Who communicated with who? How can
this communication be reached and what kinds of sources can be used?

We invite papers discussing small and middle sized towns. Major cities (such as
London, Paris or Rome) have been studied vastly and smaller towns have been
given less attention in historical research even though they have a significant
meaning for the overall history of Europe. However, the session wishes not to
concentrate solely on European areas but greets papers discussing towns outside
the European continent with pleasure as well.

Keywords:communication, early-modern, gossip, small and middle sized towns

Period:Early ModernType:

Specialist session

Session organisers: Mari Inkeri Välimäki, University of Turku, Finland Riitta
Laitinen, University of Turku, Finland

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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Riitta Laitinen, Mari Välimäki <riilai at utu.fi;
marivaz at utu.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 1.11.2015
Lisätietoja WWW-osoitteesta: https://eauh2016.net/programme/sessions/