[Air-l] Epistemology of the mobile phone - call for papers

[Endre Dányi]

dear all,

i thought some of you might be interested - apologies for cross-posting...

Endre



CALL FOR PAPERS

Submissions are invited for a conference on

SEEING, UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING IN THE MOBILE AGE

which is to take place in Budapest, April 28-30, 2005.

Speakers will include Ian Hacking (keynote speaker), Maurizio Ferraris,
Peter Glotz, Rom Harré, James Katz, Marcelo Milrad, Kristóf Nyíri and Mike
Sharples.

Contributions are invited from philosophers, psychologists, education
theorists, and other interested scholars on the following and related
topics:
- epistemology of the mobile phone
- from seeing to understanding
- visual communication and pictorial meaning
- from static pictures to dynamic images
- writing, speaking, messaging
- collective thinking and the network individual
- mobile communication and scientific change
- technology, media and the dissemination of knowledge
- ubiquitous learning and the transformation of education

Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) and short
biographical statements (max. 150 words) by Dec. 10, 2004. Please send your
submissions to Kristof Nyiri <knyiri at t-email.hu>. -- Those submitting
abstracts will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by January
5, 2005. -- Deadline for receipt of draft full-length (max. 2500 words)
versions of papers: March 15. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a
condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and
distributed to all participants at the time of the conference. -- Deadline
for receipt of final manuscripts for inclusion in the published conference
proceedings: Sept. 1, 2005.

The conference is organized by the Institute for Philosophical Research of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary Co. Ltd.

Conference website: http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2005

Website of the research project
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY -
THE MOBILE INFORMATION SOCIETY:
http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu

Earlier volumes published in the framework of this conference series:
http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu/volumes.htm