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

please consider submitting an abstract or an artistic submission to our 
winter symposium called;

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: “Cybioses – life in the future imperfect”, a study circle 
of the Nordic Summer University (NSU) (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 15th 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/ 


Invitation

We welcome proposals that engage with, and discuss, the following areas:
     creative machines (e.g. robots, AI, ‘biological’ machines)
     creativity in art and machines
     creativity and the human mind
     the future of creativity
     intellectual histories of creative machines and/or creativity
     the political economies of creative machines
     creative machines and surveillance
     synergy with creative machines
     rules for creative machines (e.g. ethics, law, policy, government)
     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)  
and palle@chalmers. 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/ 
<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 
(20th of July to 28th 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-Technology 
Futures, and Improvisation and Technology.

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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