Call for Papers

The Phenomenology of Social Impairments
Special Issue of Phenomenology and Mind
https://journals.fupress.net/call-for-paper/the-phenomenology-of-social-impairments-special-issue-of-phenomenology-and-mind/

Deadline for submissions: 30 January 2021

Social impairments impact the way the world and others appear to us and are a key feature of mental disorders. Disturbed sociality typically involves modifications in intercorporeality and interaffectivity. These changes influence the structure of the self-other relation and determine the way subjects interact and perceive other people. The close relationship between anomalies in interpersonal embodiment and affectivity and reduced sociality is reflected from a growing body of research on mental disorders. Ample evidence indicates that difficulties in establishing intersubjective engagements involve irregularities of social capacities and predispositions, such as empathy, joint attention, ‘we’-relationships and emotional sharing. These fundamental features of intersubjectivity that stem from intercorporeality and interaffectivity, are critical for establishing shared experiences, and attaining social affordances.

Phenomenology and Mind invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to “The Phenomenology of Social Impairments”.… read more. “Call: “The Phenomenology of Social Impairments” – Special issue of Phenomenology and Mind”

Call for Papers

ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2021)
9-11 September 2021
Rome, Italy
http://www.grc.upv.es/goodit2021/

Submission deadline: May 1, 2021

Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Special issues associated with the conference are being organized. Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to those journals.

MOTIVATION AND RATIONALE

The conference will focus on the application of IT technologies to social good. Social good is typically defined as an action that provides some sort of benefit to the general public. In this case, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create positive societal impact.… read more. “Call: GoodIT 2021 – ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good”

Call for Papers

Athena: Philosophical Studies
Thematic issue: Philosophical Reflections on Media and Technology

Submission deadline: 30 June 2021

The journal Athena: Philosophical Studies (https://www.athena.lt/home) invites to submit the articles for the thematic issue Philosophical Reflections on Media and Technology.

Media and technology are important topics in contemporary philosophical reflections. They were discussed in the works of renowned thinkers, such as B. Latour, D. Harraway, B. Stiegler, F. Kittler – to name only a few – their insights have shaped the way we live and think in our highly technologized world.

However, recent technological developments and the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence urge us to think further about the impact of media on culture and humans, and formulate bolder hypotheses concerning the modes of technological existence and agency. Moreover, the new media and the smart technologies invite us to reconceptualize the classical philosophical questions and define the new ontological, epistemological, and ethical aspects of media and technology.… read more. “Call: “Philosophical Reflections on Media and Technology” issue of Athena: Philosophical Studies”

Call for Papers

Playfulness across Media
2021 Issue of Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
https://www.academia.edu/44445590/Call_for_Papers_Eludamos_Special_Issue_on_Playfulness_across_Media

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2021

“Playfulness” is a bona fide example of a travelling concept (Bal 2002), with a complex conceptual history that ranges from anthropology and psychology (e.g., Lieberman 1977; Sutton-Smith 1997) via literary theory (e.g., Stewart 1979; Hutchinson 1983) to the interdisciplinary field of game studies (e.g., Ensslin 2014; Sicart 2014). While there are thus evidently many different ways to approach the question what it means for humans or other animals to think, perceive, and/or behave “playfully,” even a brief look at our current media culture-with its increasing erosion of the border between work and play, its subversion of the notion of distinct media and established genre conventions, as well as its promises of new forms of creative and political participation-clearly demonstrates that this question is indeed still worth asking.… read more. “Call: “Playfulness across Media” issue of Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture”

Call for Participation/Call for Abstracts

One-Day Online Symposium:
“Cultural heritage and social impact: Digital technologies for social inclusion and participation”
24 February 2021
Online
https://culture-labs.eu/social-impact-online-symposium/

Organisers: Danilo Giglitto, Eleanor Lockley (Sheffield Hallam University); Eirini Kaldeli (ICCS, National Technical University of Athens); Luigina Ciolfi (University College Cork and Sheffield Hallam University)

Deadline for submissions: 8th January 2021

THEMES AND BACKGROUND

Cultural heritage is no longer seen solely as a safeguarding effort or an educational outlet but also as a form of civic and cultural representation and engagement that can contribute to social cohesion. The EU-funded collaborative project “CultureLabs” (https://culture-labs.eu/) investigates and proposes the use of novel methodologies and digital tools for facilitating the access to Cultural Heritage through tailor-made novel experiences, creative reuse, enrichment and co-creation. As part of CultureLabs, this one-day symposium will discuss how digital ecosystems shape the dynamics between institutions (including museums and academic institutions) and communities, leading to new models of collaboration and interaction around heritage and culture.… read more. “Call: Cultural heritage and social impact: Digital technologies for social inclusion and participation (Online Symposium)”