[spectre] Fwd: CfP Nordic Summer University "Creativity under surveillance" 20-28/7 Finland

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Betreff: <nettime> CfP Nordic Summer University "Creativity under 
surveillance" 20-28/7 Finland
Datum: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:07:57 +0000
Von: Johan Söderberg <johan.soderberg at sts.gu.se>


This is a call for paper for participation at the study circle Cybiosis, 
organizer under the auspice of Nordic Summer University. The theme of 
the study circle is "Creativity under surveillance: Art, critique and 
technology"

Nordic Summer University
Date: 20th July - 28th July,
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
Deadline for abstracts: 1th of may
Please click the link for more information and the long abstract: 
https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-future-imperfect/


We welcome proposals that engage with, and discuss, the following areas:
Topics that relate strongly to the key works of the symposium are 
encouraged, such as:


   *   surveillance technologies
   *   surveillance societies
   *   surveillance and art
   *   surveillance capitalism
   *   surveillance and AI
   *   surveillance and the mind
   *   surveillance and time (future, present, history)
   *   the ethics and law of surveillance
   *   creative responses to surveillance
   *   surveillance as a crisis of creativity


Other related topics are welcome, with the fit referring to the 
diversity of contributors that we explicitly aim for - scholars, 
artists, students, technologists, other professionals and engaged 
participants. Experimental approaches to presenting and collaborating 
are encouraged. There will be space for installations and performances.
Feel free to contact us if you are wondering how you would fit in and 
please send a short motivation letter and bio to 
eric.deibel at nsuweb.org<mailto:eric.deibel at nsuweb.org>  and 
palle at chalmers<https://mail.fripost.org/?_task=mail&_caps=pdf%3D1%2Cflash%3D0%2Ctiff%3D0%2Cwebp%3D1&_uid=5082&_mbox=Sent&_framed=1&_search=fd0b279d9ac7da1495db3eb032e9f872&_action=preview#NOP>. 
For information about abstract submission and the background writing 
that details the topics of the conference as well as prices, please 
visit our web-page: 
www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-future-imperfect/<https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-future-imperfect/>. 
For the website of the NSU: www.nsuweb.org<http://www.nsuweb.org/>

Finally, we have existed for many years and aim to continue. It's been 8 
years in this format, and with roots going back to the 1950s for the 
topic of technology (and cybernetics). Our previous topics have 
included: Creative Machines and Minds without Lives (Winter 2025, 
Copenhagen), Speculative Technologies and Future Frictions (Summer 2024, 
Denmark), Information crisis (Winter 2024, Vilnius, What a waste (summer 
2023, Lithuania), and Slow futures (winter 2023, Brussels). Earlier ' 
themes have included Human-Technology Futures, and Improvisation and 
Technology.

Palle Dahlstedt, Professor of Interaction Design, Dept. of Computer 
Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg / Chalmers University 
of Technology
Eric Deibel, PhD, researcher with the ADAPT research centre on AI, and 
the UCD school of Information and Communication Studies, both in Dublin, 
Ireland.
Talya Deibel, PhD, senior postdoc at University College Cork on "Law and 
the Inner Self"