CFP: Emerge 2026: Contested Futures

EMERGE 2026 welcomes interdisciplinary contributions that critically examine dominant technological paradigms and engage with resistant, alternative, and transformative approaches. Submissions may come from philosophy, sociology, political theory, media and communication studies, cultural studies, art theory, education, design, computer science, and related disciplines, exploring how digital futures are shaped, contested, and reimagined. Contributions grounded in case studies, action research, policy analysis, and practice-based inquiry are especially welcome alongside theoretical and empirical work.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Digital democracy, governance, and technological power
• AI ethics, justice, and social inequality
• Environment, extraction, sustainability, and digital degrowth
• Art, culture, and critical AI practices
• Agency, resistance, and subjectivity in the age of AI
• Education, AI-assisted learning, and digital literacy
• Media and communication: platforms, algorithms, and technological imaginaries
• Synthetic research: methods, risks, and epistemic challenges
• Human-machine communication: power, design, and human-AI relations
• Speculative and alternative technological futures

For CFP details and full conference information, visit https://emerge.ifdt.bg.ac.rs