CFP: Marginalized Body Epistemologies And 4E Embodied Cognition

The Women in Embodied Cognition Consortium gleefully invite creative, exploratory, and boundary-bashing thinkers to an international, transglobal, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary conference for all areas of 4E cognition (embodied, embedded, extended, and enactive- also, ecological, environmental, and ethical).  This conference will be dedicated to those who speak to, and from, a first-person perspective of a marginalized body knowledge. 

We invite submissions from all disciplines that analyze and speak to issues of marginalized body knowledges, including:

Philosophy

Psychology

Psychiatry

Performance Art

Dance

Neuroscience

Cognitive Science

Medical Science

Women’s and Gender Studies

Ethnic Studies

Creative Writing

Topics regarding marginalized body knowledges can relate to:

Race, Ethnicity, Nationality

Gender

Border crossing

Class

Disability/ Crip

Sexuality

Tran/Queer/Non-binary

Indigeneity/Diasporic

Trauma

Psychopathology

Neurodiversity

Embodied Activism

Addiction

Art

Music

Sports

Somatics

Games

Erotics

Sex and sexual play

Food and eating practices

Cosplay

Subdomains of 4E cognition can include:

Robotics

Participatory Sense-Making

Extended Mind

Embodied Metaphors

Intuition

Enactivism

Affordances

Affect

Body Memory

Sensori-Motor schemas

AI Consciousnesses

Submissions: Deadline July 1, 2024.  Decisions August 1, 2024

Send to [email protected]

Presentations of all creative forms are invited, including, but not limited to, traditional paper presentations and creative art presentations.  Interactive, collaborative, and performative styles are highly encouraged. 

We invite panels and performance art displays

Abstracts for papers or creative performances must be 1000 words.  Abstracts for panels must be 250 words from each participant plus a 250 description of unifying theme.

For announcements and updates about the conference and talks, please see our website at: www.women4e.com

Registration Fees:

In-person faculty presenter                                      $150

In-person grad presenter                                          $100

Online faculty presenter                                          $100

Online grad presenter                                              $50

Any undergraduates                                                 FREE

Attendees from the community                               FREE

Attending Atlanta University Center faculty           FREE