> From: Nikita Aggarwal
<br>> Subject: CfP on Intercultural Digital Ethics
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<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>).
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<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
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