Call for Papers: Ethnographic Fiction & Speculative Design Workshop

http://www.designculturelab.org/ethnographic-fiction-speculative-design-workshop-cfp/

Ethnographic Fiction and Speculative Design is a full-day workshop at the 5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies–C&T 2011, in Brisbane, Australia, 29 June-2 July, 2011.

Position papers are due 1 April, 2011.
Please email submissions to speculativedesign@gmail.com.

Introduction

While pervasive technology development and implementation proceed apace, the potential social and cultural implications – including the ways in which end user communities can be active participants in these processes – remain underexplored. The inherent invisibility of the technological infrastructure required to support these emerging networks makes it difficult to identify which objects around us might have computational capacities, or what those capacities might be. Without that sort of tangible knowledge, it is also difficult to imagine how such networks stand to reconfigure individual identities and social interactions, or how access, data privacy and ownership might be managed.… read more. “Call: Ethnographic Fiction & Speculative Design Workshop”

“I Know Where I’m Going”

Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru

23-24 November 2011- Edinburgh (UK)

CALL FOR PAPERS

At a time of economic crisis and environmental threat, countries everywhere are addressing the dual challenge of protecting and preserving their natural and cultural heritage while maximizing its economic value. This two-day international conference will focus on the potential of new technologies to create high-quality, remote-access, visitor experiences for World Heritage Sites and other sites of cultural, historical and natural significance where remote access is desirable or necessary.

The conference has three main aims:

1. To showcase the new technologies available: including the 3D laser scanning of St Kilda WHS as part of the Scottish Ten project to create exceptionally accurate digital models of Scotland’s five UNESCO World Heritage Sites and others worldwide, in order to better conserve and manage them (http://www.scottishten.org/

This is a general message that the Learning in Higher Education (LIHE) site is open for submission of abstracts for the book tentatively titled – TRANSFORMING UNIVERSITY TEACHING INTO LEARNING VIA SIMULATIONS AND GAMES – to be published in conjunction with the International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education (LIHE)

The call for contributions is at
http://lihe.wordpress.com/future-events/lihe11-australia/symposium-call/

You are invited to submit your abstracts for the conference process and publication. The schedule leading to the publication date is set out below and details on what to include in your proposal are on the web site. The publishers are keen to make this a strong volume in the LIHE series and your contribution will be valued.

Please email me with any questions. As the book will be published almost immediately after the conference acceptance will lead to publication as a book chapter – since the submission process works to support and develop the authors to ensure the book is the best possible of its kind.… read more. “Call: Symposium and book: “Transforming University Teaching into Learning via Simulations and Games””

IACAP 2011

International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP)
First International Conference of IACAP:
Celebrating 25 years of Computing and Philosophy (CAP) conferences
Aarhus University (Denmark) – July 4-6, 2011

Conference Theme, “The Computational Turn: Past, Presents, Futures?”

In the West, philosophical attention to computation and computational devices is at least as old as Leibniz. But since the early 1940s, electronic computers have evolved from a few machines filling several rooms to widely diffused – indeed, ubiquitous – devices, ranging from networked desktops, laptops, smartphones and “the internet of things.” Along the way, initial philosophical attention – in particular, to the ethical and social implications of these devices (so Norbert Wiener, 1950) – became sufficiently broad and influential as to justify the phrase “the computational turn” by the 1980s. In part, the computational turn referred to the multiple ways in which the increasing availability and usability of computers allowed philosophers to explore a range of traditional philosophical interests – e.g.,… read more. “Call: International Association for Computing and Philosophy conference (IACAP 2011)”

Call for Papers: A Sonic Geography: Rethinking Auditory Spatial Practice

Interference: A Journal Of Audio Culture
An online peer-reviewed journal in association with Gradcam and the CTVR, Trinity College Dublin
http://www.interferencejournal.com/

There now exists a significant body of work exploring the confluence of spatial and sonic practices, with recent literature acknowledging the role of sound in the ongoing production, regulation and conceptual representation of space. Aural architecture, soundscaping and sonic sculpture abound, as do accounts of sonic strategies for the delineation of territory, the performance of identity, and the management of difference within physical, and more recently, mobile, virtual, and networked spaces.

Events in the mainstream art world that took place in 2010,  such as the inclusion of John Wynne’s untitled sound sculpture for 300 speakers, Pianola, and vacuum cleaner in the Newspeak: British Art Now exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, and Susan Philipsz’ reception of the Turner prize for her public sonic intervention ‘Lowlands’, demonstrate that this field of sound-based, spatially distributed practice has reached a level of maturity that resonates with a larger public, and is embraced on an institutional level that facilitates future production.  … read more. “Call: A Sonic Geography: Rethinking Auditory Spatial Practice (for Interference: A Journal of Audio Culture)”