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Dearest
Posthumans,
We hope that
this new GPN
Newsletter finds you
well!
Our Posthuman
Community is growing
globally, locally and
organically thanks to
Your commitment,
generosity, and
creativity. The
events, CPFs and
publications included
in this Newsletter
represent the outcome
of Your wonderful
work; they can also be
accessed as valuable
opportunities to
expand our horizons
and explore new
trajectories in the
context of Posthuman
Studies.
Enjoy the read and
best of luck for all
of Your projects!
Peace, Visions and
Much Appreciation,
The Global
Posthuman Network
www.posthumans.org
News
NEWS FROM THE GLOBAL
POSTHUMAN NETWORK
Events
1. WEBINAR SERIES:
2022 JRS
Sustainability Webinar
Series (from 8 July)
2.
CONFERENCE: "Non-Western
Approaches in
Environmental
Humanities" (11-13
July)
3. CONFERENCE: AI and
the Humanities (6-7
Sept)
New
Publications
4. NEW BOOK! "THE
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
OF AI: AN
INTRODUCTION" by Mark
Coeckelbergh
5. NEW BOOK!
"PHILOSOPHY OF
POSTHUMAN ART" by
Stefan L. Sorgner
6. NEW BOOK!
"HUMANITIES AND
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE" edited
by FreddyPaul Grunert
et al.
7. NEW BOOK! "THE
CREATIVE ANIMAL" by
Roberto Marchesini
CFPs
8. CFP: The Digital
Environmental
Humanities. Towards
Theory and Praxis.
9. CFP: Call for
Papers: 2022 ERA
Conference
- Biopolitics,the
Ecology of Humanity,
and the Anthropocene
10. CFP: Journal of
Future Robot Life
11. CFP: Hawaii
International
Conference on
Education - Posthuman
and Complex
Perspectives Strand
Extra
12.
VIDEO: Keynote "Posthuman
Existential
Organizing" by
Francesca Ferrando,
San Francisco State
University, US.
13. REPOSITORY: Update
by "The Posthuman Lab"
14. COURSE: Animal in
Society (Mälardalen
University, Sweden)
15. EXTRA: School of
Materialist Research:
Intensive Study
Program Fall/Winter
2022-23
Get involved
16. JOINING AND
VOLUNTEERING
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| NEWS FROM THE GLOBAL
POSTHUMAN
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REMINDER:
A WAY FOR PROMOTING
YOUR EVENTS / CFPs /
NEWS
We
have create an online form
that you can use for
promoting your events through the
Newsletter of the
Global Posthuman
Network,
which currently counts
with around 1200
international members.
There is no fee to
submit. All
submissions will be
reviewed and, if found
in tune with the
posthuman turn, will
be published in our
next Newsletter.
Please, keep in mind
that the Newsletter
is monthly, so if you
send an event that
expires by the time we
send the Newsletter,
we will not be able to
publish it. Thanks for
your interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This Newsletter, July
2022, was kindly
complied by our Editor
Stefano Rozzoni. Here,
you can find more info
about our extraordinary Team!
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| WEBINAR SERIES: 2022 JRS
Sustainability
Webinar Series
(from 8 July) |
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We are
delighted to inform
that the SATU
Presidents’ Forum 2022
JRS Sustainability
Webinar Series will be
held from 8 July to 2
August 2022, featuring
6 sharing sessions by
the investigator teams
first matched via the
Joint Research Scheme.
The first two sessions
are scheduled for 8
July (Fri) and 12 July
(Tue) respectively.
Since 2012, the JRS
has served as a
matching platform for
scholars from
different SATU member
universities to
connect with
like-minded
researchers and form
research
collaborations
together. The
collaborations
symbolize joint-effort
in achieving research
excellence across
cultures, the
experience of which
should be shared to a
broader audience. SATU
therefore launched the
JRS Webinar Series in
2021, where research
teams of selected JRS
projects were invited
shared their research
results. To continue
last year’s success,
we intend to extend
the scale of this
year’s JRS webinar
series, for which
varaious JRS research
teams of are invited
to share their
research findings,
progress and
collaboration
experiences.
For more information,
please click HERE. |
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WORKSHOP: "Transhumanist
Aesthetics:
Exponential
Systems for
Life" with
Natasha
Vita-More
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Study
Group and Workshop with
Natasha
Vita-More: "Transhumanist
Aesthetics: Exponential
Systems for Life"
Saturday, July 9th, 10
am Pacific Time
Link to readings and
more information:
https://www.foreignobjekt.com/.../natasha-vita-more-workshop
In this
Workshop, Natasha will
emphasize questions
and topics, such as:
-What is
Transhumanism? How
does the Philosophy
relate to the Arts?
-What will the future
human body look like?
Will we upload into
virtual worlds?
-How will AI advance
our intellectual and
creative activities?
-Could nanotechnology
help solve humanity's
greatest/biggest
problems?
-Zone of Life
Expansion (Design for
Future Human Bodies)
-Metaverse: Epoch of
Plasticity
-Meta-Knowledge: a
Practical Application
of Artificial General
Intelligence and
Neural Macrosensing.
-Contested Culture:
The Plausibility of
Transhumanism
-Technoscience,
Transhumanism, Telos
- Ability to Advance
Knowledge and Capacity
to Achieve the
Impossible
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CONFERENCE: "Non-Western
Approaches in
Environmental
Humanities"
(11-13 July)
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The main aim
of the conference
(which is correlated
with the topics of the
project “Non-anthropo-
centric Cultural
Subjectivity” realized
as part of the
“Excellence Initiative
– Research University”
programme at the
University of Warsaw)
is to reflect on
theoretical frameworks
in environmental
humanities which have
emerged as alternative
or complementary to
western approaches. We
would like to support
theoretical
reflections concerning
the relationship
between human beings
and the environ- ment
that have been
developed in
non-western cultural
contexts. By helping
to determine the
problems crucial for
“non-western”
environmental
humanities, the
conference will also
be a starting point
for further
cooperation and
research.
We understand the
adjective
“non-western” in two
ways. In one general
sense, the term simply
implies alternatives
to the mainstream
theoretical frameworks
deriving especially
from North America and
Western Europe.
“Non-western” in this
sense includes the
trends and theoretical
conceptions developed
by researchers
representing different
geographical and
historical locations
as well as different
cultural traditions,
for example the Global
South, indigenous and
non-white cultures. A
narrower understanding
of “non-western”
suggests research
perspectives applied
on local scales.
Therefore, one of the
conference’s main aims
is to concentrate on
the Eastern European
context. This focus
entails the
presentation of
research concerning
the environmental
history of Eastern
Europe as well as
attempting to work out
research frameworks
reflecting the local,
Eastern European
perspectives on the
relationship between
human beings and their
environments.
For further info,
click HERE |
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CONFERENCE:
AI and the
Humanities
(6-7 Sept)
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Join the Human
Futures conference,
“AI and the Humanities
- Emergent fields,
critical perspectives,
ethical implications”,
on September 6-7!
The two-day conference
will address key
subjects in the
intersection of
humanities and AI,
including panels on AI
and visual culture,
creativity,
literature, automated
writing, knowledge,
and learning. Read
more about the
conference and sign up
HERE.
The conference is
organized with support
from the
interdisciplinary
research center SHAPE
(Shaping Digital
Citizenship), Aarhus
University.
Respondents:
Rick Dolphijn
Mieke Bal
Femke Herregraven
Sruti Bala
Divya Nadkarni
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| NEW BOOK! "THE POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY OF
AI: AN
INTRODUCTION"
by Mark
Coeckelbergh |
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Political
issues people care
about such as
racism, climate
change, and
democracy take on
new urgency and
meaning in the
light of
technological
developments such
as AI. How can we
talk about the
politics of AI
while moving
beyond mere
warnings and easy
accusations?This
is the first
accessible
introduction to
the political
challenges related
to AI. Using
political
philosophy as a
unique lens
through which to
explore key
debates in the
area, the book
shows how various
political issues
are already
impacted by
emerging AI
technologies: from
justice and
discrimination to
democracy and
surveillance.
Revealing the
inherently
political nature
of technology, it
offers a rich
conceptual toolbox
that can guide
efforts to deal
with the
challenges raised
by what turns out
to be not only
artificial
intelligence but
also artificial
power.This timely
and original book
will appeal to
students and
scholars in
philosophy of
technology and
political
philosophy, as
well as tech
developers,
innovation
leaders, policy
makers, and anyone
interested in the
impact of
technology on
society.
For further info,
click HERE
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| NEW BOOK! "HUMANITIES AND
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE"
edited by
Freddypaul
Grunert et eal.
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The
transversal character
of artificial
intelligence and the
related social,
economic, ethical,
legal and cultural
impacts call for
interdisciplinary
discussions that go
beyond the purely
technological angle.
This is the focus of
the present book, to
present the result of
interdisciplinary
discussions on
artificial
intelligence and
humanity carried out
at the Centre for
Advanced Studies,
Joint Research Centre,
European Commission.
The manuscript
presents a collection
of thoughts on the
topic from different
angles and
disciplines: from
emotions to
creativity, from
feminism to the
environment. Many of
the topics discussed
in this book are
central to the
European policy
frameworks addressing
both the development
and use of AI and the
production, sharing,
and use of data that
is underpinning many
AI developments. The
book reflects the
joint reflection of
artists, historians,
sociologists,
scientists and
computer scientists to
rediscover what Ties
us Humans together
(hence the title) over
what divides us. We
believe the
contributions included
in this book are an
important first step
in this collective
endeavour.
To access the book,
click HERE
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The
publication features
the chapter on " Who
is Afraid of
Artificial
Intelligence? A
Posthumanist Take on
the AI Takeover
Scenario" by
Francesca Ferrando.
This chapter is
licensed under a
Creative Commons
license. You are free
to read, share and
download any of the
content. You can find
the article HERE. |
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| NEW BOOK! "PHILOSOPHY OF
POSTHUMAN ART"
by Stefan L.
Sorgner |
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Aesthetic
reflections by various
members of the
Frankfurt school have
dominated the art
world many decades.
Sorgner shows that
they introduced a
paternalistic logic in
the field of
aesthetics while
attempting to overcome
paternalism. His art
philosophical
alternative reveals
the option creating
non-totalitarian total
works of art. The wide
spectrum of posthuman
artworks reveals
immense diversity of
nontotalitarian total
works of art. “A
deeply considered
survey of
the posthuman future
of art. Sorgner’s
philosophy of
posthumanism provides
a path away from
the dominant
20th-century
aesthetics that still
inform our conception
of art today. Through
the innovative concept
of the ‘twist,’
Sorgner’s encyclopedic
text frames
posthumanism as the
found of an
anti-totalitarian
future of art.”
For further info,
click HERE
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| NEW BOOK! "THE CREATIVE
ANIMAL" by
Roberto
Marchesini |
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This book
deals with the theme
of creativity in the
animal world,
conceived as a basic
function for
adapting to specific
situations and as a
source of
innovations and
inventions.
Creativity is a
fundamental resource
for the individual
who always has a
leading role in
conduct. To explain
creativity, the book
focuses on the
concept of animal
subjectivity,
providing a new
explanatory model of
behavior capable of
overcoming the image
of the animal moved
by automatisms. This
model does not use
consciousness as a
necessary condition,
but is based: 1) on
affective
components, such as
behavioral motives,
and 2) cognitive, as
tools used by the
subject to carry out
his purposes.
Particular attention
is paid to the
learning processes
showing the
subjective character
of the experience.
One topic addressed
is the role of
creativity in the
evolution of living
beings: how an
invention, by
modifying the niche
characteristics, is
able to change the
selective pressures
and the trajectory
of phylogeny.
Roberto Marchesini
explains that
creativity is a
factor that is
anything but rare or
exceptional in the
animal world—it
constitutes a
fundamental quality
for many aspects of
animal life.
For
further info, click
HERE
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| CFP: The Digital
Environmental
Humanities. Towards
Theory and
Praxis. |
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Deadline for
abstracts (approx. 300
words and a short CV)
to both
Editors’e-mails
pkarp...@phil.uoa.gr
and
nik...@phil.uoa.gr:
31 October 2022.
Deadline for finished
papers to both
Editors’ e-mails
pkarp...@phil.uoa.gr
and
nik...@phil.uoa.gr:
30 April 2023.
Over the past years
the rapid
technological
improvements,
innovations and use of
digital applications
have transformed us
into living and
working in virtual
environments. We are
now facing 'oceans' of
big data, inaugurating
what has been called
the “Digital
Anthropocene.” Gaining
momentum since around
the 1950s, the Digital
Humanities (previously
referred to as
Humanities Computing
or Computing in the
Humanities) “is a
diverse and still
emerging field that
encompasses the
practice of humanities
research in and
through information
technology, and the
exploration of how the
humanities may evolve
through their
engagement with
technology, media, and
computational
methods.” As we move
from the first wave of
qualitative data to
the second, which is
apt to be more
critical,
interpretative and
empirical with the use
of toolkits and
services (Presner,
2010), the rise of a
third wave introduces
entirely new
interdisciplinary
paradigms, convergent
fields, new
methodologies and
concepts as well as
new models and
patterns while working
on cultural texts.
Check out the full CFP
on the HJEAS website:
https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/hjeas/announcement/view/19
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| CFP: Call for Papers: 2022
ERA Conference
- Biopolitics,the
Ecology of
Humanity, and
the Anthropocene
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| CFP: Journal of Future
Robot Life |
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Journal of
Future Robot- Call for
papers for a special
issue entitled: Too
Far Down the Uncanny
Valley? Or Bodily
processes for Robots?
Imagining the
Intersectional Future
of Technology, Labour
and Interstellar
Travel
Guest edited by Dr.
Alexandru Balasescu
(Royal Roads
University, Canada)
and Sandra Fernandez
(Independent
Researcher)
For this special issue
of the Journal of
Future Robot Life at
IOS Press we invite
multidisciplinary
submissions that can
take any form, from
the classic academic
approach or
ethnographies of space
design sites, to
fictional
ethnographies of the
technological future,
speculative
reflections, or
science fiction short
stories.
Deadline for
manuscript
submissions: 01
December 2022
The Special Issue is
now open for
submissions! Submit
via:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/jfrl/default1.aspx
For further info,
click HERE
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| CFP: Hawaii International
Conference on
Education -
Posthuman and
Complex
Perspectives
Strand |
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The Posthuman
Researcher Nexus is
partnering with the
Hawaii International
Conference on
Education (Jan 3-6,
2023) to offer a
critical
posthuman/complexity
strand. This
conference is
especially supportive
for doc students and
early career faculty.
We are happy to help
organize panels,
provide support with
ideas/proposals, etc!
See the flyer for
details. Proposals due
Aug 5.
For further info,
click HERE
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| VIDEO "POSTHUMAN
EXISTENTIAL
ORGANIZING" by Francesca Ferrando |
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This is the
video of the
dialogue-based Keynote
"Posthuman Existential
Organizing" by Francesca
Ferrando, at the
International
Conference
"Posthumanist
Organizing and
Posthumanist
Management: History or
becoming?", San
Francisco State
University, June 2022. |
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| REPOSITORY: Update by "The
Posthuman Lab" |
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The Team of
The Posthuman Lab has
updated
its 'Repository' with
some insightful,
#creative and exciting
#peerreviewed
articles. These
include
#nature-#culture-#feminism,
#sustainability, and
#education #policy
from #posthuman
perspective,
theoretical terrains
of #posthumanism, and
you find the rest by
browsing it:
https://www.posthumanlab.org/peer-reviewed-articles
This repository
currently covers
peer-reviewed journal
articles. It has been
curated to assist
researchers and
practitioners in their
efforts to advance
sustainability beyond
humanism. You can
always contribute to
this community project
by suggesting relevant
works.
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| COURSE: Animal in Society
(Mälardalen
University,
Sweden) |
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The online
postgraduate course
Animals in Society is
open for
applications!
The course is
organized by
Mälardalen University,
Sweden, and runs
through the fall
semester of 2022,
starting September 6,
2022. The course is
free for PhD students
and awards 7,5 ECTS
upon completion of a
course paper (paper
deadline is January
15, 2023).
HOW TO APPLY:
Send an e-mail to
administrator of
postgraduate education
marita....@mdu.se,
with a cc to course
organizer
david....@mdu.se
with the following
documents:
1. A letter describing
your educational
background, and
explain how the
Animals in Society
course will contribute
to your PhD project.
2. A certificate of
ongoing postgraduate
studies as a PhD
student. This could be
a letter from your
department, or a copy
of your PhD student
admission letter.
Applicants are
admitted to the course
on a first come, first
serve basis, but
deadline for
applications is Monday
22 August, 2022.
If you have any
questions, e-mail
david....@mdu.se
LECTURERS:
• Annie Potts
(Canterbury
University, Aotearoa
New Zealand) who will
give a lecture on
“meat culture” and
veganism
• Harlan Weaver
(Kansas State
University, USA) who
will speak about the
debates around and
cultural
representations of
“bad dogs”
• Andrea Pettit
(Uppsala University,
Sweden) who will
lecture on
zooethnography and the
art of studying
interactions between
humans and animals
• Erica von Essen
(Stockholm University)
who will talk about
animal geography and
our relations to
wildlife
• David Redmalm
(Mälardalen
University) is the
course organizer and
will give an
introductory lecture |
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| EXTRA: School of
Materialist
Research:
Intensive Study
Program
Fall/Winter
2022-23 |
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The School of
Materialist Research
(SMR) is proud to
announce its official
call for enrolment for
its Fall/Winter
semester (2022-23) of
online Intensive Study
Courses (ISC) offered
by the following
illustrious faculty:
Julia Kristeva with
Miglena Nikolchina,
Patricia Reed, Thomas
Nail, AbdouMaliq
Simone, Patricia
MacCormack, Paul
Reynolds, Agon Hamza,
Adam Nocek with Joanna
Zylinska, and Bogna
Konior. As always, our
faculty will focus on
their own research,
and will cover such
topics as: Marxist
Theory, Ahuman theory,
queer materialism,
parahumanity,
technology, art,
literature, urbanism,
the work of Hegel and
much, much more.
Registration for all
courses is now
officially open and
all interested
applicants can find
the link to apply at
the end of this page.
The courses themselves
will begin in the Fall
of 2022, and last
throughout the Winter.
The deadline for
applying is August
25th, 2022, and all
applicants will be
informed of their
status by September
5th, 2022.
For further info,
click HERE
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If
you are interested
in joining the
community, and /
or volunteering,
and/ or forming
regional posthuman
networks in your
area, please
email us at: NYposthuman[at]gmail.com
Thanks for connecting
and sharing your
insights and visions!
Peace, Health and Much
Appreciation,
The Global Posthuman
Network
www.posthumans.org |
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