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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Apologies for x-posting, and on behalf of the conference organisers Darryl Cressman and Massimiliano Simons, SIGCIS members may find this CfP of interest:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Abstracts</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Conference on the History of the Philosophy of Technology</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">October 28-30, 2024, Maastricht University, the Netherlands</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The History of the Philosophy of Technology Working Group at Maastricht University invites submissions for its first conference on the History
of the Philosophy of Technology. We define the philosophy of technology as a wide-ranging and comprehensive field of study that includes the philosophical study of particular technologies and the different ways that technology, more broadly, has been considered
philosophically. We encourage and promote work that explores these aspects historically, expanding established narratives by mapping interactions between technology and philosophy across different epochs and cultures.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For our first conference, we invite papers on any topic related to the history of the philosophy of technology, and in particular we are interested
in the following topics and themes:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The work of different thinkers about technology throughout history, both well-known and overlooked figures and narratives, including non-western traditions and narratives that engage with
technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Identifying and analyzing the cultural, social, political, and sociotechnical contexts that have shaped philosophical responses to technology, including historical responses to new and emerging
technologies (cybernetics, automation, printing press, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Exploring the disciplines and intellectual traditions whose impacts can be traced across different philosophies of technology, including Science and Technology Studies (STS), the history
of technology, critical theory, phenomenology, feminist philosophy, hermeneutics, and ecology, to name only a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Histories of different "schools" of philosophical thought about technology, for example French philosophy of technology, Japanese philosophy of technology, Dutch philosophy of technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The empirical turn and other intellectual histories of the philosophy technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Mapping the hidden philosophies of technology in the work of philosophers (e.g. Foucault, Arendt, Sloterdijk) and traditions whose work is not often associated with technology (e.g. German
idealism, logical empiricism, existentialism, Lebensphilosophie)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Investigations of premodern philosophical perspectives on craftsmanship, artisanal knowledge, and their relevance to contemporary debates on technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Investigations of historical conceptions of nature, the environment, and their entanglements with technology in philosophical discourses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Exploring the contributions of literature, art, design theory, architecture, and media theory/history towards a philosophy of technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words + a short biography by Monday 13 May, 2024 to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:histphiltech@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-GB">histphiltech@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
We are also interested in panels of 3-5 papers. We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stages. Notifications of acceptance and conference program will be sent out by early June 2024. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, please contact either
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:darryl.cressman@maastrichtuniversity.nl"><span lang="EN-GB">darryl.cressman@maastrichtuniversity.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
or </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:massimiliano.simons@maastrichtuniversity.nl"><span lang="EN-GB">massimiliano.simons@maastrichtuniversity.nl</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Keynotes</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Federica Buongiorno (Florence)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Buongiorno is an assistant professor in theoretic philosophy and the phenomenology of technology at the University of Florence. She has
published work on Italian phenomenology, media theory, Edmund Husserl's ideas about technology, and Bernard Stiegler's work. She is also the Italian translator of Byung-Chul Han's books.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Francois-Xavier Guchet (Compiègne)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr.Guchet is professor at the Université de technologie de Compiègne. He has written extensively across topics in the philosophy of technology,
including work on Gilbert Simondon, Hans Jonas, and André Leroi-Gourhan. He also served as one of the editors for the book
<i>French Philosophy of Technology: Classical Readings and Contemporary Approaches</i> (2018).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i>Assistant Professor in History and STS<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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