Monday, November 21, 2011

CFP for conference "Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction"

7th Global Conference
Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction
Sunday 15th July 2012 – Tuesday 17th July 2012
Mansfield College, Oxford
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 digital arts and cinema
 * digital artistic practices and aesthetics
 * mobile media, place and the telematic body
 * bodies in cyberculture; body modifications; from apes to androids
– electronic evolution; biotechnical advances and the impact of
life, death, and social existence
 * artificial intelligence, robotics and biomedia: self-organization
as a cultural logic
 * gender and cyberspace: new gender, new feminisms, new
masculinities
 * cyberpunk and steampunk: exploring the differences and
similarities
 * online cultures of virtual worlds and videogames and its impact on
science fiction
 * interactive storytelling, emergent narratives, transmedia
storytelling
 * nature, enhancing nature, and artificial intelligence; artificial
life, life and information systems
 * networked living in future city, new urban lifestyles
 * human and post-human politics; cyborg citizenship and rights;
influence of political technologies
 * boundaries, frontiers and taboos in cyberculture
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed
panel proposals. Papers will also be considered on any related theme.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 13th January 2012. If
an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should
be submitted by Friday 11th May 2012. 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, f) up to 10 key words
E-mails should be entitled: VISIONS7 Abstract Submission.
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). Please note that a Book of Abstracts is
planned for the end of the year. All accepted abstracts will be
included in this publication. 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
Email: rihad@inter-disciplinary.net
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Freeland, Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom
Email: cyber7@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 of the project, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/visions-of-humanity/
For further details of the conference, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/visions-of-humanity/call-for-papers/
Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and
we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel
or subsistence.

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