14BHC: 14th Beyond Humanism Conference 2024 Technologies-Ecologies and the Networks of Posthuman Care Faculty of Philology University of Lodz Lodz, Poland, July 2-5, 2024 |
Conference website | http://beyondhumanism.org/?ckattempt=2 |
Abstract registration deadline | March 31, 2024 |
Submission deadline | March 31, 2024 |
The conference is devoted to the reconceptualization of the posthuman condition brought about by the care turn. We invite you to consider how to invent/create networks of care that could bring hopeful scenarios of endurance and reconstruction of the planetary mayhem.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
We invite paper proposals including a title, an abstract of 350 words, name and affiliation of the author, as well as a short bio with contact information. Applications together with a short bio-bibliographical note should be submitted in English and in PDF format on easychair.org before the 31st of March
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bhc14
List of Topics
The papers should address the general theme of the conference. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Posthuman collective networks of care;
- Posthuman care and ageing;
- Posthuman care and climate crisis,
- Posthuman care and technologies of intimacy;
- Posthuman care and feminisms;
- Posthuman care and ethics;
- Posthuman care and digital practices;
- Posthuman care and the Anthropocene;
- Posthuman care and the social media;
- Posthuman care and New Materialisms;
- Posthuman care and NGOs and volunteering;
- Posthuman care and LGBTQ+ communities;
- Posthuman care and disability studies;
- Posthuman care and more-than-human knowledge production;
- Posthuman care and Indigenous studies;
- Posthuman care and non-western knowledge production,
- Posthuman care and performativity;
- Posthuman care and aesthetics;
- Posthuman care and artistic practices;
- Posthuman care and tender narratives and poetics;
- Posthuman care and technoscientific experimentation;
- Posthuman care and multiple forms of fabulation;
- Posthuman care and speculative genre voices;
Committees
Organizing committee
- Stefan Sorgner (John Cabot University, Rome)
- Evi Sampanikou (University of the Aegean, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication)
- Sangkyu Shin (Ewha Womans University, Ewha Institute for the Humanities)
- Aranaud Regnauld (University of Paris 8, TransCrit)
- Jan Stasieńko (DSW University of Lower Silesia, The Research Centre for Games and Animation)
- Tomasz Dobrogoszcz (University of Lodz, Posthumanities Research Centre. hosting the event)
- Katarzyna Ostalska (University of Lodz, Posthumanities Research Centre. hosting the event)
- Justyna Stępień (University of Lodz, Posthumanities Research Centre. hosting the event)
- Agnieszka Jagła (University of Lodz, Posthumanities Research Centre. hosting the event)
Invited Speakers
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CONFIRMED KEYNOTES:
ANNE ALOMBERThttps://llcp.univ-paris8.fr/anne-alombert-mcf
FABIENNE BRUGÈREhttps://philosophie.univ-paris8.fr/fabienne-brugere
EDUARDO KAChttps://www.ekac.org
RYSZARD KLUSZCZYŃSKIhttps://www.uni.lodz.pl/pracownicy/ryszard-kluszczynski
Venue
The conference will be held in Posthumanities Research Centre, Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to beyondhumanism14@gmail.com