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The Senses of Space

Space has more than three dimensions. Our sense of space is generated by movement, that is, by time. But space is foremost a multimodal experience: visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, and gustative. There is also an inner dimension when we feel parts of our body aching or enjoying pleasure. This inner space, however, is not the [...]

Asides

  • "Evolution trumps revolution, and things happen slowly." Clive Thompson (The Breakthrough Myth. Wired, August 2011, p.44)   #

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Global Cybercultures

May 3rd – 5th 2012, Prague, Czech Republic

This conference addresses the growing adoption of information technologies for human communication and the continuing impact of emergent cybermedia for human communication and culture. We encourage theoretical and practical debates on the contexts of cybermedial and technological advances.

Submissions on the following themes are invited: cyberspace and cyberculture, cyber-subcultures, online communities, design for social networking, cybercultures and politics, governance and control in the online environment, cybermedia and cyberjournalism, new media literacies, and digital and interactive arts. We welcome the submission of pre-formed panel proposals.

300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to Daniel Riha and Rob Fisher by Friday 4th, November 2011. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 9th March 2012. For further details of the conference, please visit the website.

Contact:

rihad@inter-disciplinary.net

cyber7@inter-disciplinary.net