The third issue of Technology and Language has just appeared, and with
it a new call for contributions. Individual papers and the whole issue
are freely available:
https://soctech.spbstu.ru/en/issue/3/
"Forensic Examinations: Terms and Techniques" – not from the point of
view of semiotics and a theory of traces but by way of forensics
scientists who consider the dimensions of “technology and language” in
their empirical research. (Also, four contributed papers with topics
ranging from the philosophical reflection of language as technology and
molecular writing to a psychological theory of the regulation of human
behavior in a digital environment, and finally the didactic value of
plurilingual courses in University curricula).
New Call for Contributions: Instructions. Do technical processes unfold
as instructed in that they execute a program or in that their parts
perform prescribed motions? But what is a program anyhow, be it a
computer program or the program of a musical concert or wedding - or is
the notion of ‚instruction‘ too narrow here? Can the blueprint for a
device be compared to the notation of a choreography? Inversely, do
technologies instruct the behavior of users in that they establish a
script which users need to follow? - And what is instruction in the
first place: Does the case, for example, of language instruction follow
a technical paradigm as well? The June 2022 special issue of „Technology
and Language“ will be dedicated to these questions. Inquiries are
welcome now, the final deadline for submissions is February 15, 2022.
(Guest editors: Jens Geisse and Marcel Siegler)
Technology and Language invites interdisciplinary explorations at the
interface of technology and language - contributed papers in English or
Russian are welcome at any time. Other calls:
Technology and the Media Environment of the Information Society
(expressions of interests until July 23, 2021): Social networks and
communication systems, new modes of reading and writing stand for the
disruptive effects of digital and cyber-technologies on practices of
communication and expression not only in the internet but also in
traditional media. Possible topics include 1) nudging, disinformation,
and technologies for the manipulation of behavior and consciousness, 2)
the digital language of intelligent environments, 3) information
technologies in social engineering environments and technocracies, 4)
cognitive technology and sociolinguistic practice. (Guest editor: Olga
Shipunova)
Technology as Language - Understanding Action in a Technical Condition
(Deadline: September 21, 2021): The philosophy of technology and
language meets theories of action. Actions are understood in reference
to reasons and causes which are formed in a social setting. The
hermeneutics of action takes on a further dimension, however, when
technical agency and technological activity are brought into play. Of
particular interest are the symbols and tools of labor as knowledge is
translated into action. Another focus is on technology and semiosis or
the technical generation of the signs and sign systems that structure
and constrain action – especially interesting and problematic in the age
of self-learning technical systems. (Guest editor: Alexander Nesterow)
Robot Constructions (Deadline January 10, 2022: The word) "robot" is a
Czech invention. As the word traveled to English speaking areas and from
there to other languages and cultures, did the robot on this journey
become something else? For robots and AI, more generally, we want to
explore how they are imagined, defined, described, comprehended,
constructed or even misunderstood before and after they become a
technological reality – how they are constituted in language, how
cosmopolitan or intercultural they are. We are hoping for contributions
from linguistics, philosophy, cultural and gender studies, history of
technology, STS, and literature. (Guest editor: CHENG Lin)
Queries, suggestions, and submissions can be addressed to
soctech@spbstu.ru or to Daria Bylieva (bylieva_ds@spbstu.ru) and Alfred
Nordmann (nordmann@phil.tu-darmstadt.de).
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Alfred Nordmann
- Professor am Institut für Philosophie, TU Darmstadt
Karolinenplatz 5, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany (mailing address)
Glockenbau im Schloss, S3|15 201 (physical address)
- Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA
- Book series www.routledge.com/series/TECHNO
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www.lehre-interdisziplinaer.tu-darmstadt.de/nag
Homepage www.philosophie.tu-darmstadt.de/nordmann
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