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CfP on Intercultural Digital Ethics
> From: Nikita Aggarwal <br>> Subject: CfP on Intercultural Digital Ethics <br> <br>> ----------------------------------- <br>> <br>> Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Philosophy and Technology on <br>Intercultural Digital Ethics <br>> <br>> INTRODUCTION <br>> <br>> Recent advances in the capability of digital information technologies, <br>particularly due to advances in machine learning, have invigorated the debate <br>on the ethical issues surrounding their use. However, up till now, this debate <br>has been dominated by ‘Western’ ethical perspectives, to the exclusion of <br>broader ethical and socio-cultural perspectives. This imbalance carries risks, <br>particularly where the ethical norms and values designed into these <br>technologies collide with those of the communities in which they are delivered <br>and deployed. This edited collection seeks to fill this crucial gap in the <br>literature on digital ethics by bringing together a range of cultural, social <br>and structural perspectives on the ethical issues relating to digital <br>information technologies. It forms part of an ongoing research project at the <br>Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford on <br>intercultural digital ethics (see further <br>https://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/intercultural-digital-ethics-symposium/ <br>). <br>> <br>> <br>> TOPICS <br>> <br>> The journal seeks submissions of research articles (approximately 8,000 <br>words, but this is flexible) and commentaries (approximately 4,000 words) that <br>engage with the theme of intercultural digital ethics, including but not <br>limited to: <br>> • Why is a pluralistic ethical approach important in <br>understanding the impact of digital technologies? What are the different <br>levels and domains of digital ethics? We are interested in both secular <br>philosophical perspectives (e.g. utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue <br>ethics), religious and cultural ethical perspectives (e.g. Buddhism, <br>Christianity, Ubuntu, and Shinto, amongst others) as well as social and <br>intersectional perspectives (e.g. race, gender, sexual orientation, and the <br>intersections between these categories). <br>> • How do digital technologies impact different cultural and <br>social groups differently? How do these communities view issues such as <br>privacy, consent, security and identity differently? <br>> • How do the practices and responsibilities of those developing <br>digital technologies differ between different social groups and cultures? Do <br>the upstream (design and development) and downstream (delivery and deployment) <br>phases of digital technology require different ethical considerations, and how <br>can these accommodate cultural and social differences? <br>> • What are the different ethical impacts of endogenous factors <br>(e.g. lack of diversity, conscious and unconscious bias of technologists) <br>versus exogenous factors (e.g. embedded bias in datasets), and how can these <br>harms be addressed? <br>> • Can we design governance frameworks for digital technologies <br>that are tailored to the ethical values of different cultures, whilst also <br>harmonizing these frameworks at the international level? What lessons can be <br>drawn from international governance frameworks developed in other contexts? <br>Does ethical pluralism advocate in favour of more soft law approaches to <br>digital governance (e.g. self-regulatory ethical guidelines rather than <br>legislation)? <br>> • How does the discourse of human rights support or hinder the <br>observance of intercultural ethical values? <br>> • Do digital information technologies represent a new form of <br>colonialism and exploitation, for example through ‘ethics dumping’ in <br>low-rights environments? We welcome perspectives on the outsourcing of <br>‘digital labour’ and the protection of vulnerable communities such as <br>migrants and refugees, inter alia. <br>> <br>> TIMETABLE <br>> <br>> December 31, 2019: deadline for paper submissions <br>> January 31, 2020: decisions and revisions returned <br>> February 29, 2020: deadline for revised papers <br>> March-April, 2020: final corrections, proofs revision <br>> <br>> Nikita Aggarwal | Research and Course Design Fellow in Law and Technology <br>and DPhil Candidate, Faculty of Law | Research Associate, Digital Ethics Lab, <br>Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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