Conference

Images of Animate Movement. Representations of Life

May 26 – 28, 2011
eikones NCCR Iconic Criticism – Power and Meaning of Images
Basel University

The fascinating paradox that we can see life in abstract images is the starting point of this conference. In a drawing of just a few lines, we can immediately recognize a human figure walking. A moving quadrangle can be seen as a crawling caterpillar. And some well-placed moving points are directly joined together in the form of a dancing couple. Again and again, we are astonished that we can actually see a creature moving in the image – even when the image is of such a reduced and simple nature or when it is not even a temporal moving image. How this impression of animate movement can be explained is what is explored at this conference: how can a simple line or form suddenly transform into something so specifically meaningful?… read more. “Call: Images of Animate Movement. Representations of Life”

From Black Box to Second Life: Theatre and Performance in Virtual Worlds

A day of Round Table presentations and discussions

Friday 20 May 2011, 10am till 5pm
@ Performance Studio 3, School of Arts and New Media, University of Hull – Scarborough Campus and Live stream at: http://www.livestream.com/icpcluster

This event is free and open to all. Please come along. For more info and to RSVP email: M.Chatzi@hull.ac.uk

Conveners: Dr Maria Chatzichristodoulou [aka Maria X] (Hull), Dr Mark Childs (Coventry), Dr Iryna Kuksa (Staffordshire), and Dr Toni Sant (Hull)

Contributors: Stelarc (video keynote),  Joff Chafer (Coventry), the Conveners, Cat Fergusson-Baugh (Hull), Dr Stephen Hodge (Exeter), Dr Michael Nitsche (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA – telepresentation), Nancy Reilly-McVittie (Manchester Metropolitan),  Annabeth Robinson (Leeds College of Art & Design), King’s Visualization Lab (person TBC).… read more. “Call: From Black Box to Second Life: Theatre and Performance in Virtual Worlds”

Call for Papers: Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance Themed edition on innovation, technology and converging practices in drama, applied theatre and performance

RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance is a refereed journal aimed at those who are interested in applying performance practices to cultural engagement, educational innovation and social change. It provides an international forum for research into drama and theatre conducted in community, educational, developmental and therapeutic contexts. Contributions are drawn from a range of people involved in drama and theatre from around the world. It aims to bring the fruits of the best researchers to an international readership and to further debates in the rich and diverse field of educational drama and applied theatre.

This themed edition will explore the rapidly evolving intersections between drama, applied theatre, digital gaming, technology and educational practices in a variety of settings.… read more. “Call: Innovation, technology and converging practices in drama, applied theatre and performance (RiDE special issue)”

Call for Papers
1st workshop on
Augmenting Social Interaction through Affective Computing

Workshop at ACII 2011

http://www.augmenting-social-interaction.org/
http://www.acii2011.org/

Augmenting Social Interaction through Affective Computing is the first workshop on affective computing that specifically aims to improve or enhance social interaction among humans. Social interactions, whether mediated or face-to-face, can benefit significantly from advances in affective computing and social signal processing. Example application areas include mental healthcare, training and coaching, negotiation, and close intimate interactions. To address this topic, we invite submissions on the relation between social interaction between humans and affective computing technologies.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Case studies on applying affective computing to social interaction
• Psychological insights into affective aspects of social interaction
• Affective signal processing specific to augmenting social interaction
• Detailed application concepts for augmenting social interaction
• Ethical aspects of augmented social interaction
• Methodological issues in evaluating social interaction applications
• Theoretical frameworks to guide research on augmented social interaction

The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 4th International conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII2011) at the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis, TN.… read more. “Call: Workshop on Augmenting Social Interaction through Affective Computing at ACII 2011”

CALL FOR PAPERS
CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts Special issue on Quality of collaboration in design

The focus of this special issue is on quality of collaboration across a variety of design situations, with a special interest on the detailed analysis of interactive dynamics in small groups or teams.

Submission of intentions to contribute: May 16, 2011 (a more detailed time schedule is below)

GUEST EDITORS

Francoise Detienne, CNRS – Telecom ParisTech,
francoise.detienne@telecom-paristech.fr

Michael Baker, CNRS – Telecom ParisTech,
michael.baker@telecom-paristech.fr

Jean-Marie Burkhardt, University Paris Descartes,
jean-marie.burkhardt@parisdescartes.fr

SCOPE

This special issue aims to bring together research on theories, models and analysis techniques that enable us to understand the quality of collaborative activity in design interactions. The term ‘quality’ can be understood from different points of view: in descriptive terms (identifying and discriminating the intrinsic properties of collaboration), in a normative sense (identifying what makes ‘good’ or less good collaboration, considered /sui generis /as well as in relation to its outcomes), or a combination of both.… read more. “Call: ‘Quality of Collaboration in Design’ special issue of CoDesign”