Cultural Challenges of Technology

CFP: Cultural Challenges of Technology

8th PHEADE International Conference – 2019: Cultural Challenges of  Technology

Time: October 17-19 2019

Location: “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania

Website:  http://www.pheade.ro/2019/

We are living in an increasing technologized world, challenging us as human beings.

The 8th PHEADE International Conference (PHEADE 2019 - CCT), under the theme “Cultural Challenges of Technology” is an interdisciplinary event exploring the cultural challenges and mutations of homo technologicus.

We invite philosophers, science and technology studies researchers, cultural studies researchers, social and economic sciences researchers, humanities researchers and other scholars investigating the culture-technology/technologies relationship forstate-of-the-art research papers.

The submissions are expected but not limited by the following topics:

1.     Interfaces/interactions of culture/values and technology/technologies

2. Conjunctive/disjunctive perspectives/attitudes towards technology/technologies

3.     Key concepts of the technoculture/digital culture

4.     Real life phenomena/metaphors in science and technology/technologies studies (STS)

5.     Wisdom and ignorance in science and technology/technologies studies (STS)

6.     Challenges of the digital cultural heritage preservation

7.     Science and technology/technologies through semiotic lenses

8.     Values in digital humanities and digital learning

9.     Perspectives on science and technology/technologies in literary work(s)

10. Securing/threatening the future of humanity through technology/technologies

11.  Technology/technologies as theology/theologies?

12.  Challenges of the research ethics and academic ethics in a digital world

Conference Organizer: Prof. Viorel Guliciuc “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania & President of the Romanian Society for Philosophy Engineering and Technoethics

Conference Co-Organizer: Prof. Eng. Dan Milici “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania & & Vice President of the Romanian Society for Philosophy Engineering and Technoethics

Conference Director: Dr Oana Elena Lența “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania

Participation: in person or online, via Skype

NEW & IMPORTANT! Abstracts (400-500 words + 5 keywords + affiliation/s + e-mail address/es) and short bio(s) of the author(s) = 200-300 words + photo!), are to be sent up to MAY 31 2019 April 30 2019 for evaluation.

E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Please send your message with the subject: “PHEADE 2019”.

A reply message will confirm receiving it.

A special Facebook page will also be created.

NEW & IMPORTANT! Notification of acceptance will follow up to JUNE 30 2019 May 31 2019.

More info on the conference's website.

The publication is foreseen at the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020.

One special issue, with selected papers, will be published in an ISI, ERIH+, EBSCO, SCOPUS indexed journal.

A Proceedings book, with selected papers, will be published by an international printing house.

The language of publication will be English.

The recommended size for an article is from 4000 to up to 5000 words.

The registration fee is 25 euros or equivalent.

Details of payment options TBA.

More info on the conference's website.

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Alexandru Boboc, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania & DHC of “Stefan cel Mare” University, Suceava, Romania

Lorenzo Magnani, Università degli Study di Pavia, Pavia, Italy & DHC of “Stefan cel Mare” University, Suceava, Romania

Yolanda Angulo Parra, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Diab Al-Badayneh, Qatar Police Academy, Doha & IKCRS, Amman, Jordan

Nicu Gavriluta, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania

Robert K. Logan, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Kuruvilla Pandikattu, JDV University, Pune, India

Iulian Rusu, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iasi, Romania

Confirmed plenary speakers:

Claudiu Mesaros, West University, Timisoara, Romania

Carlos E. Montano D., Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México

Marcin J. Schroeder – Akita International University, Akita City, Japan

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, “John Cabot” University, Rome, Italy