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> >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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