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Subject: ICTM'97

ICTM =9197 International Conference on Technology and Mediation March, 27th=
 to
                           29th, 1997, Lisbon, Portugal

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Co-hosted by: Department of Communication=92s Sciences (DCC), Centre of Stu=
dies on
Communications and Language (CECL) at the Faculdade de Ci=EAncias Sociais e=
 Humanas (UNL),
Department of Communication at the Universidade da Beira Interior, LAIOS (L=
aboratoire
d'Anthropologie des Institutions et des Organizations Sociales) at CNRS/Par=
is, Iniciativa
Mosaico/Minist=E9rio da Cultura.and the colaboration of CULTURGEST.

The ICTM =9197 is an international conference questioning the effects of co=
ntemporary technologies
(interactive, multimedia and virtual) on human experience from a transdisci=
plinary perspective. After
a century of criticism to rationalisation and of epistemological demolishin=
g of totalization view,
contemporary technologies are breaking through all dimensions of life, poli=
tical as well aesthetical,
institutional as well passional, constituting seemingly a new totalizing pr=
ocess changing the
relationships between experience and technics. First of all is affected the=
 mediation structures, its
functions, institutions and proceedings. Mediation that served to articulat=
e the modern dualism,
between subject and object, between nature and history, between individuals=
 and community, and
so on, became a tense space where everything is built, invented or controll=
ed. Beyond the
acknowledge of a mutation of the nature of technics, the conference will be=
 focused on the effects of
contemporary technology on mediation processes. Human experience in its dim=
ensions change in
consequence, in its wholeness, but also at the political, ethical and aesth=
etical levels.

CONFERENCE STRUCTURE

The ICTM =9197 is scheduled to start on March, 27th and take place over thr=
ee days. There will be 6
keynote speakers, 6 plenary sessions, special events, and a banquet dinner =
on March, 29th. All
sessions are designed to foster discussion. Presentations will be in Englis=
h or Portuguese with
simultaneous translation. The six themes are:

THEME A - Real vs Virtual

Will the notion of objective "reality" disappear with virtual technologies =
? Is the virutalisation of
experience putting an end with the distinction between reality and fiction =
? Is reality nowadays only
presented as accident or catastrophe ? What=B4s the nature of virtual reali=
ty : delusional or consensual
? Can we conceived a "virtual world"?

THEME B - The overall effects of contemporary technology

Are techonologies converging to a unique and integrated system ? What=B4s t=
he validity of defining
technology as a device ? Is cyberspace the support of the different technol=
ogies ? What are the
consequences of increasing living beings technological component ? Does tec=
hnology invisibility
imply a naturalisation of technology ? Is the naturalisation of technology =
equal to the naturalisation of
cognitive schemes in neurosciences ?

THEME C - Human experience mediation

Is human experience being colonised by contemporay technologies ? Are media=
tions dead do to real
time and speed ? What=B4s mediation theory future when the link is direct ?=
 In what ways do the
classical structures of presence/ absence, distance /proximity and so on, m=
atch the current
technologies ? What will happen with the existential experiences of time wi=
thin the new time
concepts ( "real" time, "delayed" time, and so on ).

THEME D - Aesthetical and cultural aspects of contemporary technology

Will the recent information technologies encompass a dimension truly creati=
ve ? Is the modern stress
between art and technology disappearing ? Can we think about the new immate=
rial and interactive
artfacts as art "objets" ? Is body the last technological interface ? Inasm=
uch the new image and
virtual reality technologies contribute to the aesthetical view of the worl=
d, do they destroy any
chance of a negative critic ? Can the overwhelming artificiality become a u=
niversal aesthetic ?

THEME E - Ethical and political aspects of contemporary technology

Will the virtual become a new ethical weapon ? Can the extreme visibility a=
fforded by
teletechnologies impose transparency as a universal ethic ? Does the new ne=
ts imply the end of the
modern idea of political power sovereignty ? Is cyberspace a management sys=
tem of political
passions ? Will cyberspace lead to a totalitarian State or to the end of th=
e State itself ? The end of
ideologies originated a contamination of ideas and images, leading to a dis=
ruption of immediate
history, will this fact destroy all dialectical representation of historica=
l continuity ?

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

To submit an abstract for the potential inclusion of your paper in the ICTM=
 =9197 programme, please
follow these format guidelines:

Title of the paper
Author(s)
Institutional affiliation, if any
Choosen theme (from the list above)
Abstract, 400 words maximum
Brief biography, 100 words maximum
Multimedia equipment requirements
Contact information (email preferred)

There are two ways to submit:
1) E-mail ictm@fcsh.unl.pt with the subject "ICTM Submission"
2) Mail both a printed copy and a PC or MAC diskette to the address given b=
elow.

The selection will be done by the ICTM =9197 SCIENTIFIC COMITTEE.

Papers will be alloted a half hour for presentation and may be in Portugues=
e or English. The selection
committee will not consider abstracts that are not formatted as stated abov=
e nor papers that have
been previously published.

The registration fee will be waved for those presenting a paper in the ICTM=
 =9197 Conference.

All papers will be published in Revista de Comunica=E7=E3o e Linguagens, wh=
ich will be available in
middle 1997.

DEADLINES

Deadline for reception of abstracts: January 15, 1996
Notification of selection for presentation: January 31, 1997
Deadline for registration: February 28, 1997

FEES & REGISTRATION

The registration fee for attending ICTM is US$175 (US$85 for students) and =
after the last deadline
is US$235 (US$ 115 for students).

REGISTRATION FORM

First name:___________________________________________
Surname:______________________________________________
Passport number:____________________________________________
Job title:____________________________________________
Institution:__________________________________
Address:______________________________________________
Post Code:________________________________________
City/Country:_________________________________________
Phone No:___________________________
Fax No.:__________________________________
E-mail:________________________________________________
Date:___________________________________


PAYMENT
Payment for registration is required in portuguese escudos or US $ and will=
 be made by bank
transfer, indicating your name and "ICTM'97 Registration Fee", to the ICTM'=
97 bank account.

Bank: CAIXA GERAL DE DEP=D3SITOS. Account N. 0001/011963/400

For detailed information on how to register and information on travel and a=
ccommodation, please
contact ictm@fcsh.unl.pt or at the address given below. Please note that re=
gistration is on a
first-come and attendance is limited to 100. Late registration will be avai=
lable as space permits and
at an extra charge.

LOCATION

ICTM will take place in CULTURGEST, Lisbon, Portugal.
Edif=EDcio Sede da CGD
Portaria da Rua Arco do Cego
1000 Lisbon - PORTUGAL

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS=20
Seven keynote speakers have been invited to address the conference. They ar=
e:

Allucquere Rosanne Stone
Arlindo Machado
Derrick Kerckhove
Edmond Couchot
Florian R=F6tzer
Jean Baudrillard
Jos=E9 Jimenez


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Adriano Duarte Rodrigues, Ant=F3nio Marques, Tito Cardoso e Cunha, Jo=E3o M=
=E1rio Grilo, Jos=E9
Bragan=E7a de Miranda, Jos=E9 Augusto Mour=E3o, Rui C=E1dima, Carlos Correi=
a, Gra=E7a Sim=F5es, Ant=F3nio
Fidalgo, Jos=E9 Manuel Santos, Henri-Pierre Jeudy, Herm=EDnio Martins, Bern=
ard Waldenfels.

PRODUCTION

President: Adriano Duarte Rodrigues
Vice-President: Tito Cardoso e Cunha, Henri-Pierre-Jeudy and Ant=F3nio Fida=
lgo
Executive Comittee: Jos=E9 A. Bragan=E7a de Miranda (Pres.), Carlos Correia=
, Gra=E7a Sim=F5es, Jos=E9
Manuel Santos, Lu=EDs Soares, Rui C=E1dima .
Special Events Comitte: Maria Filomena Molder, Teresa Cruz, Paulo Viveiros =
e Rosa Coutinho
Cabral
Support Staff: Teresa Mendes, Rui Braz, Rita Menano
Design: Miguel Chaves

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

ICTM 97
Teresa Mendes
Departamento de Ci=EAncias da Comunica=E7=E3o
Av. de Berna, 26 C,
P-1000 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel. 351-1-7933919 (ext. 518) / Fax. 351-1-7977759
Email: ictm@fcsh.unl.pt
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