6th Global Conference: Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction

6th Global Conference
Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace
and Science Fiction

Tuesday 12th July ? Thursday 14th July 2011
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 and science fiction
* cyberculture, cyberpunk and the near
future: utopia's vs. dystopia's
* 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
* mobile media, place and the telematic body
* bodies in cyberculture; from apes to
androids ? electronic evolution; biotechnical
advances and the impact of life, death, and
social existence
* body politics in cyberpunk and steampunk:
body modification versus cosplay?
* 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
* virtual worlds and videogames and its
impact on science fiction
* digital culture and interactive
storytelling, transmedia storytelling
* nature, enhancing nature, and artificial
intelligence; artificial life, life and
information systems
* networked living in future city, urban
lifestyles
* 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

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
14th January 2011. If an abstract is accepted for
the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 27th May 2011. 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

E-mails should be entitled: VISIONS6 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). 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: [email protected]

Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]

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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