Call for Book Chapters New Realities and New Pathways: Mediated Communication Pedagogy Revisited Editors: Ahmet Atay and Deanna L. Fassett Deadline for proposals (no more than 500 words): February 20, 2023 We seek chapters that explore and engage with mediated critical communication pedagogy in a post-pandemic higher education landscape. Our earlier work framed “mediated” in pre-pandemic terms, as the use of tools (whether traditional forms of media like films or more “new” forms, such as social media platforms and posting) that impede, enhance or transform teaching and learning environments that strive for social justice. The last three years have transformed…

CALL FOR PAPERS IVA 2023: ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents Special topic: IVAs in future mixed realities” September 19-22, 2023 Würzburg, German https://iva.acm.org/2023/ Abstract submission: April 14, 2023 Paper submission: April 18, 2023 The annual ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) is the premier international event for interdisciplinary research on the development, application, and evaluation of Intelligent Virtual Agents with a focus on the ability for social interaction, communication or cooperation. Such artificial agents can be embodied graphically (e.g. virtual characters, embodied conversational agents) or physically (e.g. social or collaborative robots). They are capable of real-time perception, cognition,…

Call for Papers V CRISA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE American Archives: Virtuality, Memory, Media Archaeology Rome, Italy September 18-20, 2023 http://crisa.uniroma3.it/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 28, 2023 As acts inscribed and archived on some form of material medium — paper or digital — documents are traces that allow collective and individual memories to establish social and historical realities. The archives that collect such traces play a central role because, through them, processes of elaboration, reworking, and questioning of interconnected national and transnational collective memories become possible. Archives thus allow us to rethink the cultural heritage of a community, contributing to…

Call for Papers TechSex: Exploring the Philosophical and Ethical Implications Workshop May 9, 2023 – 14:00-17:00 (CET) Ghent University Belgium https://www.cevi-globalethics.ugent.be/TechSexWorkshop Keynote by Prof. Lily Frank Eindhoven University of Technology Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 1, 2023 WORKSHOP THEME Sexuality and technology are historically intertwined phenomena which raises questions about the nature of our sexuality, and our relation with sexual technologies. Our engagement with sex-oriented technology has been a matter of enhancing sexual appeal, sexual activity or pleasure or compensating for sexual partners. Technosexual objects, practices and procedures include, among others, biotechnology, drug manufacturing, medical interventions, sex toys, VR…

Call for Participation Children, Interaction, and Design networking event Friday March 3, 2023 at 10-2.30pm Edinburgh, Scotland https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/children-interaction-and-design-networking-event-tickets-504606921887 Dear colleagues, Please find details below of an event taking place on Friday 3rd March in Edinburgh. We hope this will be of particular interest to practitioners and those working at the intersection of design and technology for children and young people. — Are you a researcher, practitioner, or industry member working or interested in the field of children, interaction and design? If so, the University of Edinburgh’s Children and Technology group invite you to a face-to-face networking event at Dynamic Earth…

CALL FOR PAPERS CHI 2023 Workshop on Intervening, Teaming, Delegating: Creating Engaging Automation Experiences At ACM Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) Conference Workshop: Hamburg, Germany and online (hybrid) April 23, 2023 http://everyday-automation.tech-experience.at CHI 2023 Conference: April 23-28, 2023 Hamburg, Germany https://chi2023.acm.org/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission of position papers: February 14, 2023 Decision to authors: March 3, 2023 Camera-ready versions due: March 31, 2023 Workshop: April 23, 2023 Automated systems are becoming increasingly common and transitioning towards active communication partners, embodied as vehicle cockpits, connected homes, self-checkout machines and manufacturing tools. With the advent of more flexible and powerful settings of automation, for example…

Call for Papers PETRA 2023: The PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) Conference Corfu Island, Greece July 5-7, 2023 http://www.petrae.org/ Paper submission deadline (extended): February 15, 2023 ABOUT: The PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference is a highly interdisciplinary conference that focuses on computational and engineering approaches to improve the quality of life and enhance human performance in a wide range of settings, in the workplace, at home, in public spaces, urban environments, and other. Outcomes of this conference have a broad impact in application areas that include, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy systems, security and safety, robotics,…

Call For Papers “The Imperfectly Relatable Robot: An interdisciplinary workshop on the role of failure in HRI” Co-located with HRI 2023, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Workshop: March 13, 2023 (half day workshop, afternoon session) Hybrid format https://sites.google.com/view/hri-failure-ws/home HRI 2023: March 13-16, 2023 Stockholm, Sweden https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2023/ Deadline for workshop abstract submission: February 14, 2023 (extended) What happens when robots fail? How does this impact human expectations of social robots? What if encountering a robot who is a little less than perfect might actually make it more relatable? Focusing on failure as a way to improve human-robot interactions represents a…

Call for Submissions Experiential Learning in Communication Division 2023 National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Convention November 16-19, 2023 National Harbor, Maryland, USA https://www.natcom.org/nca-109th-annual-convention-freedom Deadline: March 29, 2023 The Experiential Learning in Communication Division welcomes your submissions for our sessions in National Harbor, Maryland, Nov. 16-19, 2023. Experiential learning involves creating and facilitating direct, practical learning experiences for students and asking them to reflect on the learning process. This division focuses on the practice of experiential learning with the goal of understanding the process and impacts of the communication process in our world. Forms of experiential learning include: Community-Based Learning Internships…

Call for Papers “Atmospheres in Film” Special issue of Ambiances, International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture and Urban Space https://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/4423?lang=en Submission deadline: February 17, 2023 Ambiances, International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture and Urban Space is accepting submissions for its special issue 2023 on “Atmospheres in Film”. PRESENTATION The term “atmosphere” may derive from the scientific lexicon, but for more than 20 years now it is commonly used in the humanities and social sciences (eg. philosophy, human geography, urban studies, theatre and performance studies, cinema studies, information and communication sciences, such as psychology, phenomenology or aesthetics). As such, the word…

Call for Papers Well Played Journal Special Issue: AR and VR Games https://press.etc.cmu.edu/news/well-played-journal-special-issue-cfp-ar-and-vr-games Edited by Ira Fay and Dan Roy Submission deadline: April 30, 2023 AR and VR games are growing in popularity and access, while also increasing in the variety of experiences players can have. They offer multiplayer embodied experiences, ranging from augmented reality games that tap into GPS and have you walking around like Pokemon Go, to virtual reality games in a headset like Beat Saber, to mixed reality experiences that are location-specific like Ghostbusters: Dimension. We welcome submissions of analyses and studies of AR and VR games…

Call for Participation “Secret Agents: The Real and Imagined Inner Lives of Interactive Robots” Utrecht University Embodied AI Talk by dr. Tom Williams February 2, 2023 15:00 to 16:00 CET Online on MS teams Registration can be done here: https://forms.gle/SvmJAwgwWMhpPtdH9. We will email the Teams link to the registered participants For more information about the Embodied AI Initiative: https://embodiedaiuu.wixsite.com/home ABSTRACT Robots are Secret Agents. By this I mean that while computer scientists and roboticists may not view their robots as being fully autonomous, interactive, and adaptive, everyday users perceive them as such nonetheless. This creates a whole host of user…