[spectre] Politics of the Machines / Call for Abstract Extended Deadline 29 March 2025

[Gregoire Rousseau]

The 5th Politics of the Machines Conference: Synthetic Sentience
Call for Abstract 
Extended Deadline 29th March 2025    
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The Institute of Advanced Studies
The University Of Western Australia
Perth, Australia
July 16-18, 2025

This edition of the POM-conference will explore the evolving politics of sentience across a wide array of fields, including, but not limited to, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, cultural studies, creative arts, philosophy, bioart, music, psychology, food, and the intersection of art & science.

Applicants are invited to submit a 500-word abstract under one of the conference tracks by March, 29th 2025. 
If no track is selected, the conference organizers will assign the submission to the most appropriate track.

We welcome submissions in a variety of formats, including papers, lecture-performances, artistic interventions, and workshops.

More info there on the conference and tracks:

https://www.pomconference.org/pom-perth-2025/

I co-organize and  recommend the track 04 The materiality of sentience: an experimental approach:

Track 04
Track Chairs: RAT Research Group

We invite submissions that critically re-examine the concept of sentience, moving beyond traditional binary frameworks that classify entities as either sentient or non-sentient. Such dichotomies fail to account for the complex interplay between organic and inorganic, living and non-living agencies, and are often shaped by dominant knowledge systems that prioritize order, logic, and anthropocentric hierarchies. We encourage submissions challenging dominant frameworks and proposing new perspectives on sentience, fostering deeper understandings of relationships between humans and other-than-human entities.

We welcome unconventional approaches to the boundaries of sentience, agency, and materiality—whether through artistic research, case studies, essays, or theoretical explorations—with a particular emphasis on critical and speculative methodologies to the sensory, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions of sentience.

Most welcome to submit your proposal!
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gregoire rousseau
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