2nd Global Conference
Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction

Friday 13th August - Sunday 15th August 2004
Prague, Czech Republic

Call for Papers

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project aims to explore what it is to be human and the nature of human community in cyberculture, cyberspace and science fiction. In particular, the project will explore the possibilities offered by these contexts for creative thinking about persons and the challenges posed to the nature and future of national, international, and global communities.

Papers, short papers, and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes;

• the relationship between cyberculture, cyberspace and science fiction
• science fiction and cyberpunk as a medium for exploring the nature of persons
• humans and cyborgs; the synergy of humans and technology; changing views of the body
• human and post-human politics; cyborg citizenship and rights; influence of political technologies
• bodies in cyberculture; from apes to androids - electronic evolution; biotechnical advances and the impact of life, death, and social existence; the impact on individuality
• gender and cyberspace: new feminisms, new masculinities
• electronic persons, community and identity; cyberspace, cybercommunities, virtual worlds, and home worlds
• nature, enhancing nature, and artificial intelligence; artificial life, life and information systems, networked living
• Cyberpolitics, cyberdemocracy, cyberterror; old conflicts, new spaces: elections, protest and war in cyberspace; nationality and nationalism in cyberculture; the state and cyberspace: repression vs. resistance
• cybercultures: the transnational and the local
• boundaries, frontiers and taboos in cyberculture
• cyberculture and orientalism
• religion and spirituality in cyberculture, science fiction and cyberpunk
• old messages, new medium: cyberspace and mass communication
• cyberculture, cyberpunk and the near future: utopias vs. dystopias
• technology vs. the natural? cyberculture and the green movement

Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 7th May 2004. If your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper should be submitted by Monday 19th July 2004.

All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published as an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be published in a hard copy themed volume. One themed volume from the previous is in press.

300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the Organising Joint Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.

Joint Organising Chairs

The conference aims to bring together people from different areas, disciplines, professions and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.

For further details about the project please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/Visions/vhccsf.htm

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