Call for Papers
Affectivity and Technology: Philosophical Exploration
Special issue of Topoi
Journal: https://www.springer.com/journal/11245/
Submission deadline: June 1, 2023
We are inviting submissions of papers for a Special Issue of the journal Topoi, entitled Affectivity and Technology: Philosophical Explorations. The special issue aims to explore the relations between affective states and environmental artifacts and structures. Papers, which should not exceed a maximum of 9000 words, should be written in English, fit for blind review, and must be submitted through the online submission system Editorial Manager, by choosing the category “ S.I.: Affectivity and technology (Fasoli/Heersmink/Piredda)” from the menu “Article Type”. Please read the Submission Guidelines before submitting your paper. The deadline for paper submission is June 1st, 2023.
For any questions, please contact one of the Guest Editors:
- Marco Fasoli (fasoli@uniroma1.it)
- Richard Heersmink (r.heersmink@tilburguniversity.edu)
- Giulia Piredda (piredda@iusspavia.it)
DESCRIPTION
In connecting 4E cognition with the topic of affectivity and emotions, the framework of “situated affectivity” has emerged, pointing out the important role of the interaction between the emoter and the environment in the unfolding of our affective lives (Colombetti & Krueger 2015; Griffiths & Scarantino 2009; Stephan et al. 2013; Stephan & Walter 2020). In this area, several proposals have been made, ranging from the notion of affective scaffold to those of affective artifacts and affective affordances, so that an epistemological and ontological evaluation of these proposals is now needed.
There has also been a growing interest in the philosophical analysis of technology and artifacts (Clowes et al. 2021; Franssen et al. 2018; Hilpinen 2011). The aim of this special issue is to foster the interaction between the philosophical reflections on affectivity and those on technology, further developing this fruitful borderland (Candiotto & Piredda 2019; Colombetti 2020; Fasoli 2018; Krueger 2014, Krueger & Osler 2020; Heersmink 2018; Piredda 2020; Viola 2022). One specific topic of reflection concerns the connection between technology, affectivity, memory and the construction and maintenance of personal identity (Heersmink 2018).
We encourage submission of original papers on the aforementioned topics. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
- Kinds of affective artifacts and scaffoldings
- Art, artifacts, and affect
- Affectivity, memory, and technology
- Affectivity, technology, and self
- Self-tracking technologies, affect, and self
- Digital technologies and affect
- Embedded/situated affectivity or extended/distributed affectivity?
- Statues, identity, and affect
- Affective affordances
- 4E cognition and affect
- Embodiment, affect, and tools
- Skill, affect, and tools
Invited Contributors
- Alfred Archer (Tilburg University)
- Laura Candiotto (Pardubice University)
- Marta Caravà (Purdue University) & Marta Benenti (University of Turin)
- Giovanna Colombetti (Exeter University)
- Joel Krueger (Exeter University) & Tom Roberts (Exeter University)
- Lucy Osler (University of Cardiff)
- Enrico Terrone (University of Genoa)
- Marco Viola (University of Roma Tre)
- John Sutton (Institute for Advanced Study in Paris)
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Richard Heersmink
Assistant Professor in Philosophy
Coordinator of the MA track Philosophy of Data and the Digital Society
Department of Philosophy
Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences
Tilburg University | Tilburg | The Netherlands
E: j.r.heersmink@tilburguniversity.edu