[Commlist] Cybioses/NSU Winter session - Creative Machines and Minds without Life

Call for abstracts or artistic submissions for:

*Creative Machines and Minds Without Life: */Critical Detachment and 
Disengaged Futures/

/_Date_/: 5-8th of March 2025

/_Location_//: The “augmented performance lab” at Aalborg University 
Copenhagen. //Copenhagen Campus/

//_Organization:_/////“C//ybioses – //life in the future imperfect”//, a 
study circle of the Nordic Summer University (NSU) 
(https://www.nsuweb.org/ <https://www.nsuweb.org/>)./

/_Partial Grants:_////our grant program is limited and only covers part 
of the costs. However, there are 5 grants available. /

/Deadline for abstract the 15//^th ////of January 2025/.

Please click the link for more information and the long abstract: 
https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-future-imperfect/ 
<https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-future-imperfect/>


*Invitation*

We welcome proposals that engage with, and discuss, the following areas:

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    /creative machines (e.g. robots, AI, ‘biological’ machines)/

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    /creativity in art and machines/

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    /creativity and the human mind/

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    /the future of creativity/

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    /intellectual histories of creative machines and/or creativity/

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    /the political economies of creative machines/

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    /creative machines and surveillance/

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    /synergy with creative machines/

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    /rules for creative machines (e.g. ethics, law, policy, government)/

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    /creative vs. irresponsible machines (e.g. art vs. ethics)/

Other related topics are welcome, with the fit referring to the 
diversity of contributors that we explicitly aim for – scholars, 
artists, students, technologists, other professionals and engaged 
participants. Experimental approaches to presenting and collaborating 
are encouraged. There will be space for installations and performances.

Feel free to contact us if you are wondering how you would fit in and 
please send a short motivation letter and bio to (eric.deibel /at/ nsuweb.org) 
<mailto:(eric.deibel /at/ nsuweb.org)>  and palle@chalmers 
<https://mail.fripost.org/?_task=mail&_caps=pdf%3D1%2Cflash%3D0%2Ctiff%3D0%2Cwebp%3D1&_uid=5082&_mbox=Sent&_framed=1&_search=fd0b279d9ac7da1495db3eb032e9f872&_action=preview#NOP>. 
For information about abstract submission and the background writing 
that details the topics of the conference, please visit our web-page: 
https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-future-imperfect/ 




Finally, there is always next time! In the summer we’ll be in Finland 
(20^th of July to 28^th of July). We aim to continue beyond that, as we 
have a storied history, it's been 8 years in this format, and with roots 
going back to the 1950s for the topic of technology (and cybernetics). 
/Our previous topics have //included //Speculative Technologies and 
Future Frictions (Summer 2024, Denmark), Information crisis (Winter 
2024, Vilnius, What a waste (summer 2023, Lithuania), and Slow futures 
(winter 2023, Brussels). //Earlier //’ themes have included 
Human-//T//echnology //F//utures, and Improvisation and Technology./

Organisers:

/Palle Dahlstedt, /Professor of Interaction Design, Dept. of Computer 
Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg / Chalmers University 
of Technology

/Eric Deibel, /PhD, researcher with the ADAPT research centre on AI, and 
the UCD school of Information and Communication Studies, both in Dublin, 
Ireland.

/Talya Deibel, /PhD, senior postdoc at University College Cork on “Law 
and the Inner Self”.



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