> >3rd Global Conference
> >Cybercultures: Exploring Critical Issues
> >
> >Thursday 11th - Saturday 13th August 2005
> >Prague, Czech Republic
> >
> >Call for Papers
> >(please cross post where appropriate)
> >
> >This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims to examine,
explore and > >critically engage with the issues and implications created by the
growth > >of cybercultures and the continuing emergence of new media for human > >living and culture. In particular the conference will encourage
innovative > >dialogues in wrestling with theoretical and practical debates which > >surround the cultural contexts within which emerging media and > >technological advances are occurring.
> >
> >Papers, presentations, workshops and reports are invited on any of
the > >following themes;
> >
> >1. Cyberspace and Cyberculture
> >Disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives in cyberspace and > >cyberculture. Identifying key features and issues.
> >
> >2. Cybermedias: New Media and Technology
> >Defining the characteristics and features of 'new' media; histories
and > >theories of new media; technology as a culture; visual culture and
the > >impact of entertainment; digital communications and ways of
relating. New > >forms of literacy.
> >
> >3. The Virtual and Virtuality
> >The rise of the internet, www, and online 'communities';
interaction, > >interactivity and interfaces; private and public space; regulation;
risk; > >issues of access and control; knowledge management; education;
security > >issues. The influence of AI; weak and strong artificial
intelligence, > >cluster intelligence and agent driven intelligence
> >
> >4. Cyberpunk: Writing and Film
> >Art related communication of cyber worlds. Themes emerging and
developing > >within cyberpunk. Fiction, science fiction, anime, film. Cyberpunk
as a > >subculture. Cyberpunk as a medium for exploring the nature of
persons. > >
> >5. Digital and Interactive Arts
> >Collaborative hypermedia projects; Net.Art and Digital Culture; New > >Textualities: Hyperfiction, Cyberliterature
> >
> >6. Computers and Games
> >The aesthetic and architectural aspects of computer games.
Advergames, > >online games, narrative and games.
> >
> >7. Identities, Bodies, Cyborgs and the Human
> >Robot, Androids, Cyborgs. Birth of the Cyber body and cyber human.
Gender > >related issues, cross gender bodies and human machine bodies. > >
> >8. Cybercultures and Politics
> >The impact and influence on national and local politics.
Cybercultures and > >democracy. New media in political contexts; new forms of
citizenship; new > >media in social and economic contexts; the 'modern' society. > >
> >9. Cybercultures, Cybersubcultures and Communities
> >Social movements and the shaping of individual and collective
identities; > >the impact and implications of increasing globalisation.
cyberprotest, > >activism, anti-globalisation and social mobilisation. Social
exclusion. > >
> >These are indicative themes. Papers are welcome on these and related
themes. > >
> >Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts
should > >be submitted by Friday 3rd June 2005. If an abstract is accepted for
the > >conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 29th
July 2005. > >
> >300 word abstracts should be submitted to the Organising Chairs;
abstracts > >may be in Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats
> >
> >Dr Owen Kelly
> >Arcada Polytechnic
> >Helsinki
> >Finland
> >Email: owen@???
> >
> >Dr Rob Fisher
> >Inter-Disciplinary.Net
> >Freeland, Oxfordshire
> >United Kingdom
> >Email: rf@???
> >
> >Stephen Morris
> >Independent Scholar,
> >New York, USA
> >Email: smmorris58@???
> >
> >The conference is part of the 'Critical Issues' programme of
research > >projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and > >interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are > >innovative and exciting.
> >
> >All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be
published > >in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers will be developed for publication
in a > >themed hard copy volume.
> >
> >For further information about the project please visit: >
>http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mm/nmtc/nmtc.htm > >
> >For further Information about the conference please visit: >
>http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/cybercultures/c3/cfp.htm >
>
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