culture – Center for Science, Technology, and Society

Book Project on

Love and Friendship across Cultures

The Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand and the Philosophical Association of the Philippines are collaborating to publish a book volume entitled “Love and Friendship Across Cultures” to be published by Springer. The book volume contains some of the papers that were presented during the First Joint Meeting of the two associations in July 2019. However, we plan to include more papers through this general call for chapters too.

Papers can be submitted for consideration of inclusion in the book provided that they deal with love and friendship in a cross-cultural dimension in one way or another. Chapters that deal with love and friendship (or only one of the two) from an Asian or from a religious perspective (Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, and so on), or those that focus on comparative aspects (for example, between Buddhist and Greek traditions, and so on) are particularly welcome. Papers need to be philosophically rigorous and meet the standard of internationally accepted scholarship.

Papers should be between 5,000 to 8,000 words and please follow the APA citation format. Please also submit an abstract of 200 words together with the paper. Deadline for submitting the paper is December 31, 2019. Please send the paper to me at soraj.h@mso.chula.edu and in the email please put the phrase “[Book Project – Love]” in the subject heading so that I can easily distinguish your submission from all other mails. Only papers in .doc, .docx, or .odt format are allowed.

Call for Papers – CATaC 2010

diffusion 2.0: computing, mobility, and the next generations

The biennial CATaC conference series provides a premier international forum for current research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who provide diverse perspectives, both in terms of the specific culture(s) they highlight in their presentations and discussions, and in terms of the discipline(s) through which they approach the conference theme.

CATaC’10 will take place at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical frameworks with specific examples of cultural values and practices) and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and preliminary results) are invited.Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to:

Mobile technologies in developing countries
New layers of imaging and texting interactions fostering and/or threatening cultural diversity
Theoretical and practical approaches to analyzing “culture”
Impact of mobile technologies on privacy and surveillance
Gender, sexuality and identity issues in social networks
Cultural diversity in e-learning and/or m-learning

Both short (3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought. See submissions for information about submitting papers and formatting guidelines.

You may purchase the conference proceedings from previous conferences from www.catacconference.org.