[Although this call doesn’t focus on presence phenomena, the rise of digital models, fashion shows, social media influencers, etc. along with the organizers’ openness toward a wide range of topics, suggest it may be of interest to some in the presence community. –Matthew]

Fashion and Photography
2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday 12th March 2021 – Saturday 13th March 2021
Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/global-transformations/fashion-and-photography/conferences/

Submission deadline: 4th September 2020

NOTE: Due to the postponement of this event in relation to the Covid pandemic, we are delighted to be able to unexpectedly reopen the Call for Submissions for the newly rescheduled dates.

In the early 20th century, fashion and photography were indelibly wedded through the efforts of a number of photographers, fashion designers, and magazine publishers. Once these cultural power shapers created the form, fashion photography took on a life of its own and became – perhaps always was – art.… read more. “Call: Fashion and Photography: 2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference”

Call for Submissions

Handbook on Games and Sex/Sexuality
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6343859/call-submissions-handbook-sexsexuality-game-studies

Deadline for proposals: September 30, 2020

We have been approached by Bloomsbury Publishing to put together a proposal for a handbook on the intersection of (video) games with sexual content and sexuality. Traditionally, handbooks are envisioned as comprehensive surveys of the discipline aimed at the library market. Volumes typically consist of about 25-35 contributions written by experts in their respective areas of the field. There is a great deal of interest and exceptional work being done on this topic with numerous publications written and published in the last five years. This publication would attempt to gather as many threads of work being done by both the established academics in the field of game studies as well as promising young scholars.

The concept behind a handbook is to compile a comprehensive assembly of essays in an attempt to map a discipline.… read more. “Call: Chapters for Handbook on Games and Sex/Sexuality”

Call for Abstracts

British Society of Aesthetics: Aesthetics and Ethics in the Digital Age
27th and 28th May 2021
Cambridge, UK
https://fass.open.ac.uk/research/conferences/AEDA

Submission deadline: 31st December 2020

Submissions are invited for the upcoming conference British Society of Aesthetics: Aesthetics and Ethics in the Digital Age. The conference will take place on 27th and 28th May 2021 in Cambridge, UK.

The aim of this conference is to explore some developments in recent practice that raise new and interesting questions for the philosophy of art. Artists, working independently in different parts of the world, are creating new forms of technological interfaces and experimenting with the biological, the nano and the digital. At the heart of all their works is a deep ethos of balancing the aesthetic and the ethical in how we relate with others and our environment, whether in the same physical space or as distributed bodies.… read more. “Call: Aesthetics and Ethics in the Digital Age – British Society of Aesthetics Conference”

Call for Chapters

HCI and Beyond: Advances Towards Smart and Interconnected Environments
Bentham Science Publishers (Web of Science Indexed)
NO PUBLICATION FEE
https://sites.google.com/view/hciandbeyond/call-for-chapter

Abstract submission deadline: September 4, 2020

This Edited Book invites chapters presenting new discoveries, innovative ideas, concepts, theoretical findings, practical solutions, improvements, and novel applications related to the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and its applications in the context of Smart and Interconnected Environments:

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Applications of HCI for Smart Homes, Smart Cities, Smart Workplaces and Smart Vehicles
• Design of Technology for special user groups – elderly, children, disabled etc.
• Prototypes of Interactive Systems with a focus on Human-Centered Design
• Applications of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality
• Safety and Security in HCI
• Assistive robotics and automated technologies
• Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Mining in HCI
• Novel works in mobile or web development related to HCI for Smart Environments
• Applications of HCI in healthcare, education, entertainment and games
• Any applications or studies of HCI, UX or related technologies focusing on COVID-19

Link to publisher’s website about this book: Click here (you can also pre-order the book from this link)

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission deadline: September 4, 2020
Abstract review notification: September 11, 2020
Full paper submission: October 11, 2020
Full paper review notification: October 30, 2020
Book publication: First quarter of 2021

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS… read more. “Call: Chapters for “HCI and Beyond: Advances Towards Smart and Interconnected Environments””