5th Global Conference: Digital Memories

5th Global Conference Digital Memories Wednesday 13th March - Friday 15th March 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims to examine, explore and critically engage with the issues and implications created by the massive exploitation of digital technologies for inter-human communication and examine how online users form, archive and de-/code their memories in cybermedia environments, and how the systems used for production influence the way the users perceive and work with the memory. In particular the conference will encourage equally theoretical and practical debates which surround the cultural contexts of memory co-/production, re-/mediation, en-/decoding, dissemination, personal/mass interpretation and preservation. Presentations, papers, workshops and reports are invited on any of the following themes: 1. Digital Personal and Community Memory Theories and Concepts of Memory. The Digitisation of Individual and Community Memory. Identifying Key Features and Issues. Inventing and Re-inventing Historical Knowledge. The Future of Memory? 2. Externalization and Mediation of Memories Memory Metaphors in the Digital Age. Digital Media in the Process of Creating the Social Memory. Representational Principles for Memory Recording. 3. Memory and Cultural Software New Interfaces. Cultural Visualizations and Mapping. The Memory of Digital Media and Systems. The Recording Device and the User Response. Strategies for Performing Digital Memory. Mobile Systems. 4. Memory in Cybercultures and Arts Fan Cultures and Social Networking. New Media Arts and Memory. The Spatialization of Memories in Interactive Media and Virtual Worlds. 5. Archiving and Dissemination of Memory Data Digital Data Recording. Memory Restoring and Preservation Strategies. The Future of Digital Libraries and Archives. Database Design, Data Retrieval, Usage and Preservation. Political, Judicial and Social Problems with Data Ownership. 6. Uses of New Media for Production of Historical Knowledge History of Society Memory. National Identity and Memory in the Digital Age. Political Uses of Cybermedia for Historical Revisionism. Digital Memory and Communities of Place. 7. Specific Research on Community Memory Social Issues Research. Online Ethnographic Research. Privacy and Legal Issues in Community Informatics. Folksonomies as Anthropological Archives. Archeology of Interfaces. The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. What to Send 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 12th October 2012. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2013. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled: Digital Memories 5 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Daniel Riha: rihad@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: dm5@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the 'Cyber' programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/digital-memories/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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5th Global Conference: Hope

5th Global Conference Hope Sunday 10th March â€" Tuesday 12th March 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: When Pandora's box was emptied of all the ills that would plague the world, one small winged creature still remained: hope. The project inquires into the nature of this gift. Is hope, in fact, a good, encouraging us to do or be good? Or is it an evil; an illusion, perhaps an impossible fantasy? How does hope manifest itself in the world, in language, literature, and the arts? How â€" should â€" hope be encouraged? Is hope individual or collective in nature? Or both? What does hope contribute to individual or national identity? This inter- and multi-disciplinary research and publications project seeks to explore the multi-layered ideas, actions, and cultural traditions regarding hope. The project aims to explore the nature of hope, its relationship with other emotions or movements, and its manifestation in the actions of individuals, cultures, communities and nations. The project will also consider the history of hope, its philosophical or scientific 'legitimacy', the meaning(s) of hope â€" especially in the nascent field of future studies, and the distinctions between hope and optimism. Representations of hope in film, literature, television, theatre and radio will be analysed; cultural traditions of hope will be considered. Presentations, papers, performances, reports, works-in-progress and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: - Theories of Hope - Pedagogies of Hope - Hope in Literature/Literature as Hope - Hope in Art/Art as Hope - Hope in Music/Music as Hope - Hope and Religious Teaching - Hope and the Beginning of Life - Hope and Despair - Hope and Reconciliation - Hope and Illness - Hope and Loss - Hope and the End of Life - Hope and Oppression - Consciousness and Hope - Between Hopelessness and Hope - Hope vs. Illusion - Hope and Media - Psychologies and Hope - Philosophies of Hope - Hope and Forgiveness - Remarriage Following Divorce: 'The Triumph of Hope over Experience' - Love and Hope - Good Works as Hope The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. What to Send 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 12th October 2012. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2013. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled: HOPE Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs John L. Hochheimer: Hoch@siu.edu Nancy Billias:nbillias@usj.edu Rob Fisher:hope-5@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Persons programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/persons/hope/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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14th Global Conference: Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness

14th Global Conference Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness Sunday 10th March â€" Tuesday 12th March 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding evil and human wickedness. In wrestling with evil(s) we are confronted with a multi-layered phenomenon which invites people from all disciplines, professions and vocations to come together in dialogue and wrestle with questions that cross the boundaries of the intellectual, the emotional and the personal. Underlying these efforts there is the sense that in grappling with evil we are in fact grappling with questions and issues of our own humanity. The complex nature of evil is reflected in this call for presentations: in recognising that no one approach or perspective can adequately do justice to what we mean by evil, so there is an equal recognition that no one form of presentation ought to take priority over others. We solicit contributions which may be - papers, panels, workshops, reports - case studies - performance pieces; dramatic readings; poetic renditions; short stories; creative writings - works of art; works of music We will also consider other forms of contribution. Successful proposals will normally be given a 20 minute presentation space. Perspectives are sought from all academic disciplines along with, for example, those working in the caring professions, journalism, the media, the military, prison services, politics, psychiatry and other work-related, ngo and vocational areas. Key themes for reflection may include, but are not limited to: - what is evil? - the nature and sources of evil and human wickedness - evil animals? Wicked creatures? - the places and spaces of evil - crimes, criminals and justice - psychopathic behaviour â€" mad or bad? - villains, wicked characters and heroes - vice and virtue - choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility - social and cultural reactions to evil and human wickedness - political evils; evil, power and the state - evil and gender; evil and the feminine - evil children - hell, hells, damnation: evil and the afterlife - the portrayal of evil and human wickedness in the media and popular culture - suffering in literature and film - individual acts of evil, group violence, holocaust and genocide; obligations of bystanders - terrorism, war, ethnic cleansing - fear, terror, horror - the search for meaning and sense in evil and human wickedness - the nature and tasks of theodicy - religious understandings of evil and human wickedness - postmodern approaches to evil and human wickedness - ecocriticism, evil and suffering - evil and the use/abuse of technology; evil in cyberspace The Steering Group also welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. What to Send 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 12th October 2013. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled: Evil14 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Stephen Morris: smmorris58@yahoo.com Rob Fisher: evil14@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/perspectives-on-evil/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.sored by: Inter-Disciplinary.Net

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3rd Global Conference: Spirituality in the 21st Century

3rd Global Conference Spirituality in the 21st Century Thursday 7th March â€" Saturday 9th March 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Call for Presentations: The contemporary study of spirituality encompasses a wide range of interests. These have come not only from the more traditional areas of religious scholarshipâ€"theology, philosophy of religion, history of religion, comparative religion, mysticismâ€"but also more recently from management, medicine, and many other fields. This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to expand the range of ideas, fields, and locales of Spiritual work for the 3rd Global Conference. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the fields of Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation, Business, Counseling, Ecology, Education, Healing, History, Management, Mass/Organisational/Speech Communication, Medicine, Nursing, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Reconciliation/Refugee/Resettlement Projects, Social Work, and Theatre. These disciplines are indicative only, as papers are welcomed from any area, profession and/or vocation in which Spirituality plays a part. Presentations, papers, performances, reports, works-in-progress and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: Conceptualizations of Spirituality Social and/or Cultural Aspects of Spirituality History(ies) of Spirituality Interpreting elements and examples of Spirituality The Liminal elements and facets of Spirituality Research and/or Pedagogical Approaches to Spiritual Work Social and cultural aspects of Spirituality Spirituality and Children Spirituality in Education, Curriculum Development and/or Pedagogy Spirituality Compassion and Reconciliation Spirituality and Cultural Identity Spirituality and Healing Spirituality and Addiction, Health Care, Medicine, and/or Nursing Spirituality in Counseling, Healing, Hospice Care, Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work, Therapy and/or Wellbeing Spiritual and Ecological Maintenance of Health and Life of Human Beings Spirituality as Therapy Development of Personality as a Process of Spirit Creation Cultural Expressions of Spirituality via Art, Dance, Film, The Internet, Literature, Music, Radio, Television and/or Theatre Spirituality and Communication Spirituality and the Environment Spirituality in Business and/or Management Spirituality and Gaia Teaching Spirituality Theology and Spirituality â€" use and/or abuse Teleology and Spirituality Comparisons and/or Contrasts between Spiritual Theory, Praxis and Pedagogy The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Presentations, Papers and performances will be considered on any related theme. What to Send 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 12th October 2012. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2013. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled: S21-3 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs John L. Hochheimer: Hoch@siu.edu Rob Fisher: s21-3@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Ethos programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.on. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/spirituality-in-the-21st-century/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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2nd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social development

2nd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social development 4th to 5th April 2013 Paris, France Topics are focused on recent challenges for modern national economies and business enterprises Enquiries: dcingula@esd-conference.com Web address: http://www.esd-conference.com/ParisIndex.html Sponsored by: VADEA Varazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agency

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Paris Writers Retreat

Paris Writers Retreat 3rd to 7th September 2012 Paris, France Acclaimed professional conference for authors of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays and plays, with New York Times best-selling authors and literary agent. Top literary conference in Paris. For more information write to Margaret@RohmLiterary.com Enquiries: Margaret@RohmLiterary.com Web address: http://www.pariswritersretreat.com/index.html Sponsor: TheRohmLiteraryAgency.com

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1st Global Conference: Body Horror: Contagion, Mutation, Transformation

1st Global Conference Body Horror: Contagion, Mutation, Transformation Monday 11th February â€" Wednesday 13th February 2013 Sydney, Australia Call for Presentation: The body. My body. This thing which is with me all day, every day, from my birth to my death. This flesh which is me. My intimate life-long friend. In our day-to-day living we have no reason to question or to doubt our bodies. Until the bond of trust is shaken or broken. Something happens. To my body. Something inside: going wrong. A betrayal: a turning against: an unwelcome and unwanted change. From which there is no escape, no running away, nowhere to hide. This is happening to me. This inter- and transdisciplinary forum aims to explore the many layers and levels of body horror, and the ways in which bodies can become horrifying. Given the diversity and scope of this theme we welcome ~ papers, panels, workshops, reports ~ case studies ~ performance pieces; dramatic readings; poetic renditions; short stories; creative writings ~ works of art; works of music Key aspects for discussion will include, but not be limited to: Biological horror. Organic horror Betrayal; the body turns against you Something inside; no escape Change and transformation: the role of time Pain, suffering, agony, the scream, contortion mutation and mutilation Obscene bodies Disease. Infection, contagion, invasion, virus, the parasite Surgery, cosmetic surgery, body sculpture; huffing, tattooing, piercing; body art Pleasure, perversion, fetish Deformity; disability, affliction Hybridity Violence, brutality, torture Rape Innards, guts, organs Dismemberment; instruments of the body's destruction Wounded bodies, dying bodies Post body horror The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers and presentations will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts or presentation proposals should be submitted by Friday 14th September 2012. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper, if appropriate, should be submitted by Friday 23rd November 2012. What to Send: 300 word abstracts or presentation proposals should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract. E-mails should be entitled: Body Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chair Rob Fisher: bh1@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/body-horror/call-for-presentations/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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