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[Commlist] Cfp: AI cultures: Communications between humans and machines in a plural world

Tue May 23 08:22:21 GMT 2023





Cfp: AI cultures: Communications between humans and machines in a plural world
International Symposium, University of Turin, Italy, 24-25 October 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly at the forefront of lively debates involving academic researchers, private and public stakeholders, and the public. In many of these debates, AI is usually defined in the singular form. Since contemporary AI technologies enter in interaction and communication with human users that are situated in specific linguistic, cultural, and national contexts, however, AI should always be defined in the plural form: there is not one “AI” but a plurality of technologies that are framed, developed, used and discussed in specific places and contexts.

This symposium aims to empower ongoing attempts to frame more rigorously AI technologies in a global context and in specific local cultures. We aim to unveil the heterogeneity of ways through which AI is created and used around the world, moving from the consideration that, as studies in Human-Machine Communication have shown, all interactions with these technologies need to be understood in the specific cultural and social contexts and imaginaries within which the interaction takes place.

We encourage submission of proposals that illustrate the above-mentioned dynamics with specific cases, examples, and empirical studies as well as theoretical and methodological proposals to advance this agenda. We are especially interested in research based within the broad remits of communication and media studies but work conducted in other disciplines and interdisciplinary approaches are also invited.

  Selected proposals could address questions such as:
- How do different linguistic, cultural, and national dimensions impact the functioning and outcome of AI technologies? - How do different legislations, social and economical structures, and marketplaces shape AIs in diverse contexts? - How can we better understand the plurality of AI and algorithmic imaginaries, human-machine communication cultures and users in a global world? - How are technologies such as AI and robots domesticated in different cultural environments? - How do cultural histories and traditions in different cultural contexts inform development, legislation, appropriations, and responses to contemporary AI technologies? - How can the scope of human-machine communication research be enlarged to encompass wider historical trajectories and geographical boundaries?

Interested authors should send a 200 words abstract and a short biographical note to (simone.natale /at/ unito.it) <mailto:(simone.natale /at/ unito.it)> and (federico.biggio /at/ unito.it) <mailto:(federico.biggio /at/ unito.it)> by 30 June 2023. Selected authors will be notified by 15 July 2023. The conference will not require the payment of a registration fee. A small amount of funding might be provided for selected participants to contribute to travel and accommodation fees; based on availability, priority will be given to researchers from low income countries and to early career researchers. If you wish to be considered for a contribution to your travel expenses, please state this with a brief justification in your email upon submission.

Organizers: Federico Biggio (University of Turin, Italy), John Downey (Loughborough University, UK), Riccardo Fassone (University of Turin), Emily Keightley (Loughborough University) Simone Natale (University of Turin)


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