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call for papers for a philosophy of technology workshop: "the world undone. Technology at the End of the World", June 25-26 2020, Wageningen University (the Netherlands)
Dear colleagues and friends, <br>Sorry for cross posting. Can you please forward this call to colleagues who <br>may be interested to contribute to this workshop? <br> <br>Please let me know if you have any questions or remarks, <br>Vincent Blok (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vincent_Blok) <br> <br> <br>The World Undone <br>Technology at the End of the World <br> <br>Call for Papers for a Philosophy of Technology Workshop at Wageningen <br>University, the Netherlands <br> <br>June 25-26 2020 <br> <br>Context and Aims <br> <br>The advent of the Anthropocene compels philosophical attention to nothing <br>other than the end of the world. For Clive Hamilton, the alarming findings of <br>Earth System Science tear the ontological fabric of the known world apart, <br>thus occasioning new questions regarding the nature of the world and the kind <br>of human beings at its centre (Hamilton, 2017). More radically, Timothy Morton <br>declares the end of the world as the meaningful background against which <br>inner-worldly beings stand out, thus inevitably inaugurating a flat ontology <br>in which all beings are enmeshed in an intricate play of inter-objectivity <br>(Morton, 2013). On the other hand, philosophers like Jean-Luc Nancy summon <br>philosophy to the task of thinking a new creation of the world to surmount the <br>comprehensive dominance of calculation, economy, and technology witnessed in <br>the "global unworld" of the Anthropocene (Nancy, 2007), while others reflect <br>on new alliances of Earth and World (Blok, 2019).Whilst arguably relevant to <br>all thought, these motives specifically entreat philosophy of technology. Not <br>only is the Anthropocene a profoundly technological or techno-scientific <br>phenomenon (Lemmens et al. 2017; Steffen et al. 2015), but philosophy of <br>technology generally concerns the relation between technology and world, <br>whether this relation is understood in terms of mediation and world-shaping <br>(Ihde 2012; Verbeek 2005), techno-geographic milieus (Simondon, 2016), <br>parliaments of things, quasi-objects, and agencies (Latour 2014, Serres 1982, <br>Simons 2017), or according to an ontological consideration (Zwier & Blok 2017; <br>2019; Blok, 2017). <br>This workshop accordingly aims to examine how philosophy of technology should <br>respond to the end of the world. We welcome fundamental reflections pertaining <br>to the technological world on an increasingly inhospitable Earth, as well as <br>contributions that explore concrete eco-technologies such as biobased <br>technology, artificial intelligence, or blockchains for sustainable <br>development. <br>Questions to be addressed may include: <br> <br> What does the notion of world mean in the philosophical tradition, <br>and how does this compare to contemporary voices that reject or revise this <br>notion? <br> <br> What is the status of Earth and World in the Anthropocene? <br> <br> How does technology figure in earth-system science? <br> <br> What role does technology play in Earth-shaping and world-building? <br> <br> What is relation between (techno-geographic) milieu, world and the <br>Anthropocene? <br> <br> How to understand the relation between technological progress and <br>ecological regress? <br> <br> What does a redistribution of voices and agency entail with respect <br>to the world-ending, Earth-shaping, and world-building capacities of humans <br>and non-humans? <br> <br> How to conceive of terrestrial concern and responsibility in the wake <br>of the Anthropocene? <br> <br>Submission Process and Deadlines <br>Abstracts (max. 750 words) will be reviewed by way of a double-blind review <br>process. Abstracts should be submitted by 15-1-2020. After notification of <br>acceptance, contributors are expected to arrange their travel and stay <br>themselves. Based on the results of the workshop, we consider to publish a <br>special issue or edited volume. For informal enquiries regarding topics, <br>approaches, or other, please contact Vincent Blok <br>(vincent.blok@wur.nl). <br> <br>Organization <br>Vincent Blok, Wageningen University & Research (vincent.blok@ru.nl) <br>Jochem Zwier, Radboud University Nijmegen <br> <br>References <br>Blok, V. (2017). Earthing technology: Toward an eco-centric concept of <br>biomimetic technologies in the Anthropocene. Techn: Research in Philosophy <br>and Technology. DOI: 10.5840/techne201752363 <br>Blok, V. (2019). Nothing else matters: Towards an ontological concept of the <br>materiality of the Earth in the Age of Global Warming. Research in <br>Phenomenology, 49(1), 65-87. DOI: 10.1163/15691640-12341411 <br>Hamilton, C. (2017). Defiant earth: The fate of humans in the Anthropocene. <br>John Wiley & Sons. <br>Ihde, D. (2012). Experimental phenomenology: multistabilities. Suny Press. <br>Morton, T. (2013). Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the <br>World. U of Minnesota Press. <br>Nancy, J. L. (2007). The creation of the world, or, globalization. Suny <br>Press. <br>Latour, B. (2014). Agency at the Time of the Anthropocene. New Literary <br>History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation 45(1): 1-18. <br>https://doi.org/10.1353/nlh.2014.0003 <br>Lemmens, P., Blok, V., & Zwier, J. (2017). Toward a Terrestrial Turn in <br>Philosophy of Technology. Techn: Research in Philosophy and Technology, <br>21(2/3), 114-126. <br>Serres, Michel. 1982. Gense. Paris: Grasset. <br>Simondon, G. (2016). On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. University <br>of Minnesota Press. <br>Simons, M. (2017). The Parliament of Things and the Anthropocene: How to <br>Listen to 'Quasi-Objects'. Techn: Research in Philosophy and Technology, <br>21(2/3), 150-174. <br>Steffen, W., Broadgate, W., Deutsch, L., Gaffney, O., & Ludwig, C. (2015). The <br>trajectory of the Anthropocene: The great acceleration. The Anthropocene <br>Review, 2(1), 81-98. <br>Verbeek, P. P. (2005). What things do: Philosophical reflections on <br>technology, agency, and design. Penn State Press. <br>Zwier, J., & Blok, V. (2017). Saving Earth: Encountering Heidegger's <br>Philosophy of Technology in the Anthropocene. Techn: Research in Philosophy <br>and Technology, 21(2/3), 222-242. DOI: 10.5840/techne201772167 <br>Zwier, J., & Blok, V. (2019). Seeing Through the Fumes: Technology and <br>Asymmetry in the Anthropocene. Human Studies, 1-26. DOI: <br>10.1007/s10746-019-09508-4 <br> <br>Dr. Vincent Blok MBA <br>Associate Professor in Business Ethics, Philosophy of Technology and <br>Responsible Innovation <br> <br>Wageningen University <br>Business Management and Organisation Group and Philosophy Group <br>Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen (Building 201) <br>De Leeuwenborch, Room 5060 or 4068 <br>T: +31 (0) 6 146 156 40 <br>E-mail: vincent.blok@wur.nl <br>Website: www.vincentblok.nl <br>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vincent_Blok <br>https://wur.academia.edu/VincentBlok <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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