Call for open research on the theme of “the historical evolution of the uses of computation, 1950-2015” in light of the IDF editorial initiative regarding Situated Computing. We invite all interested parties as well as the members of the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) to contribute in building a body of shared knowledge focusing on how uses and users co-evolved over time together with the tools that enabled computational services and technology-mediated interaction in organizational and social settings. We invite you to contribute by sharing references to high quality research contributions, by both historians of science/technology who have focused on the…

National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference Game Studies area April 16-19, 2014 Chicago, IL, USA

[Note: see titles from the previous conference on the event web site CONTEMPHOTO ‘14 Contemporary Photography Conference April 24-26, 2014 Istanbul, Turkey http://www.contemphotoconference.org/ Sources of Photography: Imagination versus Reality CONTEMPHOTO ’14 Conference aims at achieving a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective on fictional reality of photography on the basis of imagination and reality. Contemporary trends in photography are going to be explored in relation to the multiple roles as document, witness, archive, or individual expression, fantasy and an artistic object. 2nd Conference on Contemporary Photography, DAKAM’s CONTEMPHOTO ’14 will take place on April 24-26, 2014, in Istanbul.…

Call for Papers The Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Science is to be held in Kaliningrad (former Königsberg), Russia, June 23-27, 2014. The conference is organized by the Interregional Association for Cognitive Studies (IACS), the Interregional foundation “Centre for the Development of Interpersonal Communication” and Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. The conference continues a series of Conferences on Cognitive Science held in Kazan’ (2004), St. Petersburg (2006), Moscow (2008), Tomsk (2010), and Kaliningrad (2012) (for more information see the IACS website: www.cogsci.ru). The conference is intended to provide a multidisciplinary forum for scientists exploring cognition and its evolution, intellect, thinking,…

Special Issue of Interacting with Computers Sensor/Recognition-based Learning in Contextual Surroundings Guest Editors: Gheorghita Ghinea, Brunel University, UNITED KINGDOM Wu-Yuin Hwang, National Central University, TAIWAN Jiangang Cheng, Tsinghua University, CHINA Cristina Hava Muntean, National College of Ireland, IRELAND Aims Recent advances in sensors and recognition technology give a great potential for creating brand new environments for interaction and learning. These could offer users flexible and tangible ways to interact with or learn from meaningful information in authentic environments. Therefore the sensors and recognition technologies can facilitate users to have authentic interaction with surroundings and explore problems by using useful information…

Call for papers The 11th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference – HCC 11 July 30th – August 1st, 2014, Turku, Finland ICT and Society It is crucial to understand how ICT innovation is associated with change in society! Human Choice and Computers – a series of conferences organised by the International Federation of Information Processing’s (IFIP) Technical Committee 9 (TC9) – focuses on this critical issue. It works to shape socially responsible and ethical policies and professional practices in the information society. The themes pertinent to the work of IFIP TC9 will be covered at this conference.…

Call for Papers / Panels Society for Phenomenology and Media 16th Annual Conference March 12-15, 2014 Hochschule Furtwangen University and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany The Society for Phenomenology and Media (SPM) is pleased to receive abstracts (200 words maximum) for consideration of inclusion in its 16th annual international conference. The conference will be sponsored by Hochschule Furtwangen University, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and the Husserl Archives-Freiburg. It will be held in Freiburg im Breisgau at the university. Proposals for 3-person panels are now also being accepted. These should be organized around specific media-for example: film, the Internet, mobile communication, medieval manuscripts, print media (books, newspapers,…

Call for papers International symposium: “The digital subject:  In-scription, Ex-scription, Tele-scription” University of Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, Archives nationales, November 18-21, 2013 Organizers: Pierre Cassou-Noguès (Department of philosophy, LLCP, SPHERE, EA 4008) Claire Larsonneur (Department of anglophone studies, Le Texte Étranger, EA1569) Arnaud Regnauld (Department of anglophone studies, CRLC – Research Center on Literature and Cognition, EA1569) This symposium is part of a long-term project, “The digital subject,” endorsed by the LABEX Arts-H2H (http://www.labex-arts-h2h.fr/) and follows a first symposium on Hypermnesia held in 2012.  We are exploring the ways in which digital tools, be they real or fictional, from Babbage…

Dear all, In conjunction with the Games and Literary Theory Conference 2013, being held at the University of Malta on October 31st and November 1st, a PhD seminar is being organized on November 2nd. http://gamesandliterarytheory.wordpress.com/phd-seminar/ For any questions, contact gamelit2013@um.edu.mt. We look forward to seeing you there! Daniel (Daniel Vella <danielvella84@GMAIL.COM>) — PhD seminar in connection with the Games And Literary Theory Conference 2013, Malta, Oct 31st – Nov 2nd Games and Subjectivity: Text, Experience, Identity and the Self Lecturers Espen Aarseth, IT University of Copenhagen Hans-Joachim Backe, Ruhr Universität Bochum Joyce Goggin, University of Amsterdam Jonas Linderoth, Gothenburg University…

CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENDED Pictorial and Spatial Representation Special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology Guest editors: Valeria Giardino and Gabriel Greenberg NEW DEADLINE for submissions: 15 October 2013 The Theme Pictorial and spatial representation play an essential role in a vast range of human communication and reasoning, exemplified by the widespread use of diagrams, maps, pictures, iconic gestures, comics, and film. In this special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology, we seek to bring together work from philosophy and cognitive science (including psychology, linguistics, and computer science) that breaks new ground in the study…

CALL FOR PAPERS COOP 2014 Eleventh International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems 27-30 May, 2014 Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société Sud-Est Nice, France http://coop2014.wordpress.com/ IMPORTANT DATES 8 November 2013 – Deadline for paper submissions 1 February 2014 – Notification of acceptance/rejection 15 February 2014 – Camera ready Papers  27-30 May 2014 – COOP 2014 conference in Nice INTRODUCTION COOP is one of the key European conferences on Cooperative Systems, Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Collaborative Computing and is affiliated to EUSSET – the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies. COOP 2014 will be…