Workshop Picturing Norms for Argumentation
We are delighted to invite you to a special workshop held on the occasion of Bita Heshmati’s defence of her thesis Visual Argument: Concepts and Methods for Analyzing the Argumentative Uses of Images.
Date: 11 June, Location: University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy, Oude Boteringestraat 52, Groningen, Room Omega.
14:00 – 14:30 Prof. dr. Sara Greco (Università della Svizzera Italiana) Argumentative portraits. Images of garment workers in digital activists’ argumentation on sustainable fashion
14:30 – 15:00 Dr. Gabriela Kišiček (University of Zagreb) Auditory Arguments in Legal Discourse
15:00 – 15:30 Tea
15:30 – 16:00 Dr. Roosmaryn Pilgram (Leiden University) Strategic Use of Third-Party References in Argumentative
16:00 – 16:30 Dr. Emar Maier (University of Groningen) Dogwhistle emojis are literally just pictures
16:30 – 17:15 Discussion on Evidence in Multimodal Argumentation
This workshop is made possible with financial support from the Center for Language and Cognition and the NWO-funded project The Normativity of Multimodal Argumentation.
Attendance: Please notify your attendance, in person only, by sending a message to the organisers Lotte van Poppel and Jan Albert van Laar at j.a.van.laar rug.nl.
Advance notice of the workshop PRAGMATIC INSIGHTS INTO MULTIMODAL ARGUMENTATION, 18 June 2026, University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy, with a keynote address from Chi-Hé Elder (University of East Anglia): Meaning through misunderstanding: Inference, intention, and the negotiation of accountability.