2019 ConferencesÌý

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"Bodies of Design: Somaesthetic Perspectives on Technology"

ÌýBodies of Buddhism

ÌýFebruary 24-25, 2019

Boca Raton Campus of ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ Atlantic University, the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture

There is no denying that recent developments in technology have significantly transformed our modes of communication, behavior, and experience, even to some extent the experience of our own bodies. This conference will explore issues relating to the somaesthetic dimensions of technology with particular attention to human-computer interactive design. These issues include such questions as the following.

  • ÌýTo what extent and in what way does our technology-saturated lifeworld require rethinking our conception of the body and the revision of aesthetic theory and practice?
  • ÌýHow does the study of somaesthetics inform the conceptualization, design and use of technology and how is the study of somaesthetics informed by concepts and uses of technology?
  • ÌýHow should somaesthetic theory and practice inform design in robotics, virtue reality, and mixed realities?
  • ÌýIn what ways have the contemporary arts reacted to the new technologies and their creative potential but to also their possible risks?
  • ÌýHow can somaesthetics help us to develop an ethical stance towards technology and its various devices and purposes?ÌýÌý

Press ReleaseÌýcan be found here.
ProgramÌýcan be found here.

Abstracts of 250 words and a current CV should be sent electronically as attachmentsÌýtoÌýbodymindculture@fau.eduÌýno later thanÌýNovember 27, 2018.Ìý

Please direct conference inquiries to the same address.ÌýSelected papers may be developed for publication in sÌýor in an edited book based on the conferenceÌýpapers and published in Brill’s series .

Prospective speakers should be notified in December 2018.

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