Call for Papers

The Situated Metaverse: Cross-Cultural Philosophical and Practical Implications of Extended Reality
A Topical Collection in the journal Digital Society
https://link.springer.com/collections/jdbeeejfed

Submission status: Upcoming
Open for submission from October 1, 2023
Submission deadline: February 28, 2024

Digital Society is running a Topical Collection called “The Situated Metaverse: Cross-Cultural Philosophical and Practical Implications of Extended Reality.” Submissions open in October, but inquiries and proposals are welcome any time. Below is the description of the TC.

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This Topical Collection aims to address how XR’s impacts will be understood in different cultural contexts. While researching emerging technologies involves some amount of prediction, the rich science-fiction tradition surrounding XR promotes often baseless speculation. In order to promote XR as a topic of legitimate academic discourse, this Topical Collection welcomes clearheaded analyses of how XR will impact education, health, socializing, and work, especially those that consider under-addressed topics and locations, as well as explorations of the implications of XR across different philosophical traditions.

Topics that could be addressed include but are not limited to include:

• The role of XR in shaping diverse educational practices and pedagogies.
• The applications and impact of XR in healthcare, especially for overlooked conditions and populations.
• What impacts XR may have on mental and physical health, both positive and negative.
• The social implications of XR, especially as regards connectivity and dislocation.
• How XR may impact the future of work, labor relations, and practices.
• What sociotechnical imaginaries of XR are being forwarded by under-studied entities.
• The philosophical implications of the role and nature of XR in our societies, particularly those that foreground non-Western perspectives.
• How the “metaverse” is defined and developed in different contexts.
• The cultural implications of XR adoption, especially as regards under-represented locations and communities.
• Ethical challenges of widespread XR use.

I’ll be guest editing it (EIC is Federica Russo) and am happy to answer any questions!

Best,

Emmie Hine

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Emmie Hine
PhD Candidate in Law, Science, and Technology @ University of Bologna
emma.hine@studio.unibo.it
emmiehine.com