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• 23 déc 2019

  Paris

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Desired Identities

  New technology-based metamorphosis in Japan

  In Japan, the kyara-ka phenomenon, ‘transforming into a character’ (Aihara Hiroyuki, 2007) is now giving birth to what Nozawa Shunsuke (2013) calls ‘an emerging art of self–fashioning.’ Based on elaborate disguise techniques, the kyara-ka phenomenon covers a variety of communication strategies and practices: cosplay, kigurumi, Vtubing, utaloid voice banks, use of voice-image filters to upload videos where humans look like characters… Exploring all the aspects of this ‘thingification of humans’, the conference will reflect on how and why a growing number of people market themselves as characters. The conference goal is to address the complexity of issues raised by these voluntary and, perhaps, ironical acts of obliteration. What is the profile of men and women who transform themselves into computer-graphic creatures? How do they deal with being loved only through their digital alter-ego? What little or grand narratives are being produced alongside? Can we still deal with the phenomenon in terms of authenticity (original) versus artificiality (copy)? What negotiations or refusals underly the use of characters as social masks?

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• 08 oct 2014

  Nîmes

  Conference, symposium - Europe

  Design and the imagination

  Colloque international, public et gratuit

  L'université de Nîmes et l'université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 organisent à Nîmes le 8 octobre 2014 un colloque international, public et gratuit, sous la direction de Stéphane Vial et Fabio La Rocca, sur le thème « Design et imaginaire ». Ouvert sur la ville, le colloque se tiendra dans les locaux de Carré d'Art en partenariat avec Carré d'Art Bibliothèques. Au programme : 3 tables rondes, 14 conférenciers, 10 posters de recherche, 4 projets de design, 1 expo photo. Invités d'honneur : Michel Maffesoli, de l'Institut Universitaire de France ; Armand Hatchuel, des Mines ParisTech ; Stéphane Hugon, du CEAQ-Sorbonne et d'Eranos ; Nicolas Nova, de la Haute École d'Art et de Design de Genève.

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• 10 jui 2013

  Neuilly-sur-Marne

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Electronic Games and Exclusions

  This call for papers is for a multidisciplinary day conference on the subject of "Games and Exclusion" with a main focus on electronic and video games in social work approaches to socially excluded  groups  and populations. Papers can be submitted by researchers in all fields of the human and social sciences, professionals in social work as well as students in social work, masters and Phd programs. This day conference will take place on the 21st November 2013.

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