[Air-L] ISA 2016 CFP: The Politics of Digital Nonhumans

[Kathleen Brennan]

(Apologies for cross-posting)

CFP: The Politics of Digital Nonhumans

Panel Proposal for the International Studies Association 57th Annual
Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 16-19 March, 2016

The aim of this panel is to build on the growing body of literature around
lively nonhumans with a particular focus on digital examples.  This panel
could thus engage with a variety of theoretical schools (e.g., new
materialism or object oriented ontology) and a number of related fields
(e.g., science and technology studies). With an interdisciplinary approach
this panel will be organized around a number of key questions, which may
include:

- How can digital nonhumans participate in politics, and how does such
participation shift our understanding of politics?
- What form of politics is produced through the inclusion of digital
nonhumans?
- What are the ethical stakes of broadening politics to include digital
nonhumans?

I am open to a wide variety of approaches and examples.  One panel theme
might examine particular popular culture texts, like a video game or web
series, as nonhuman actors.  Alternately, others could focus on specific
algorithms or websites.

Please send your proposals with a title (up to 50 words), an abstract (up
to 200 words), and authors to Kathleen Brennan (kpjbrennan at gmail.com) by
May 27, 2015.


Thanks,

Kathleen PJ Brennan
PhD Candidate
Department of Political Science
University of Hawaii