Website: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/visions-of-humanity/call -for-papers/
Conference Announcement / Call for papers
5th Global Conference
Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction
Sunday 11th July 2010 – Tuesday 13th July 2010
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary
project aims to explore what it is to be human and
the nature of human community in
cyberculture, cyberspace and science fiction. In
particular, the project will explore the
possibilities offered by these contexts for
creative thinking about persons and the challenges
posed to the nature and future
of national, international, and global communities.
Papers, short papers, and workshops are invited on
issues related to any of the following themes;
* the relationship between cyberculture,
cyberspace, science fiction
* cyberculture, cyberpunk and the near
future: utopias vs. dystopias
* science fiction and cyberpunk as a medium
for exploring the nature of persons
* humans and cyborgs; the synergy of humans
and technology; changing views of the body
* human and post-human concepts in cyber arts
and cinema
* bodies in cyberculture; from apes to
androids – electronic evolution; biotechnical
advances and the impact of life, death, and
social existence
* artificial intelligence and biomedia:
self-organization as a cultural logic
* gender and cyberspace: new feminisms, new
masculinities
* electronic persons, community and identity;
cyberspace, cybercommunities, virtual worlds
* videogames and its impact on science fiction
* digital culture and interactive storytelling
* old messages, new medium: cyberspace and
mass communication
* nature, enhancing nature, and artificial
intelligence; artificial life, life and
information systems, networked living
* human and post-human politics; cyborg
citizenship and rights; influence of political technologies
* cyberpolitics, cyberdemocracy, cyberterror;
old conflicts, new spaces: elections, protest and
war in cyberspace
* the state and cyberspace: repression vs.
resistance
* boundaries, frontiers and taboos in
cyberculture
* religion and spirituality in cyberculture
* technology vs. the natural? cyberculture
and the green movement
The Steering Group welcomes the submission of
pre-formed panel proposals. 300 word abstracts
should be submitted by Friday 15th January
2010. If an abstract is accepted for the
conference, a full draft paper should be submitted
by Friday 28th May 2010.
300 word abstracts should be submitted
simultaneously to both Organising Chairs;
abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF
formats with the following information and in this
order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract.
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using footnotes and any special formatting,
characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). 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.
Joint Organising Chairs
Daniel Riha
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
E-mail: rihad@inter-disciplinary.net
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
United Kingdom
E-mail: visions5@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the ‘Critical Issues’
series of research projects run by
Inter-Disciplinary.Net. It aims to bring together
people from different areas and interests to share
ideas and explore various discussions which are
innovative and challenging. All papers accepted
for and presented at the conference are eligible
for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers
may be invited to go forward for development into
20-25 page chapters for publication in a themed
dialogic ISBN hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/visions-of-humanity/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/visions-of-humanity/call-for-papers/
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