Call for Abstracts International ConferenceArtificial Atmospheres and Unexpected Media: Exploring Media Art and Machine LearningOctober 16-17, 2024NOVA University Lisbon, Portugalhttps://ifilnova.pt/en/artificial-atmospheres-and-unexpected-media-exploring-media-art-and-machine-learning/ Submission deadline: June 30, 2024 (extended) Technology shapes our sensory experiences and extends our cognitive and bodily capabilities. Its pervasive influence coupled with the ever-expanding reach of artificial intelligence across diverse facets of society underscores the urgent need for comprehensive exploration, experimentation, and discussion. Machine learning advancements, while offering unprecedented tools and opportunities, also raises profound ethical dilemmas, blurring the boundaries between reality and artificiality. It is urgent that this technology be explored and experimented with and discussed from various…

Call for Papers Contemporary Aesthetics Special VolumeHow will AI Change the Field of Academic Aesthetics?https://contempaesthetics.org/call-for-papers/ Guest editors: Gioia Laura Iannilli (Bologna University) and Ossi Naukkarinen (Aalto University), with co-editor Enrico Glerean (Aalto University) Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2024 Over the past few years, Artificial Intelligence, AI, has increasingly entered our everyday lives and different versions of it are changing our political, medical, economic, creative, recreational and many other practices. It is impossible not to use and be affected by AI because our cars, smartphones, factories, and electrical networks, for example, are dependent on it. The broad field of aesthetics,…

Call for Book Chapters “‘Git Gud’ and Other Stories: The Influence of Open Culture on Game Experiences”Editors: Kevin Veale and Adam Jerretthttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2024-all/msg00838.html Submission deadline for abstracts: June 30, 2024 This is the first call for book chapters for a proposed edited collection on the cultural impact of games. Initial submission is via 500 word abstracts, due 30 June 2024 to gitgud.multiplay@gmail.com. SCOPE Cultures and discourses surrounding games can have an outsized impact on how people experience them. In Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman discuss different forms of culture as ways of understanding how games…

Call for Papers 6th Zip-Scene Conference on Immersive StorytellingTopic: Unveiling the Crisis of Stories: Can Interactive Digital Storytelling Lead to Deep Listening?October 17-19, 2024DOX: Centre For Contemporary ArtPrague, Czech Republichttps://conf.zip-scene.com/ Submission deadline: July 1, 2024 In 2024 Byung-Chul Han’s latest book was published in which he stated that we live in the era of a narrative crisis (Han 2024). According to him, the stories became “inflated”, “they have lost their original power” and the story consumers might be lonely beings as they do not experience the stories within a community. One of the main reasons for this is that we…

Call for Papers SCRITA 2024: Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot InteractionOrganized in conjunction with IEEE RO-MAN 2024: 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive CommunicationPasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California, USAAugust 26, 2024Workshop: http://scrita.herts.ac.ukRO-MAN 2024: http://ro-man2024.org/ Submission deadline: July 14, 2024 (extended)Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scrita2024 This workshop will be a half day event on 26 August and it is organised in conjunction with the IEEE RO-MAN 2024 conference, held in Pasadena, California, USA. This workshop focuses on the continuous investigation of unresolved and new open challenges of the factors affecting people’s acceptance and trust in robots in…

Call for Papers Understanding Esports AudiencesInterdisciplinary Esports SeminarPart of the CoEsports-network event Esport Nexus JyväskyläJyväskylä, FinlandNovember 7-8, 2024https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/understanding-esports-audiences Submission deadline for abstracts: August 11, 2024 Esports are both mediated and performed by their nature. As such, they are always performed to someone: Imagined and real audiences are indistinguishable parts of esports and as long as there has been competitive gaming, there has been different forms of spectating play, both online and offline. Understanding esports and esports cultures requires understanding esports audiences.  For service providers and teams in the esports ecosystem, understanding audiences is likewise crucial, as viewership numbers, ticket sales…