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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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• 04 avr 2019

  Charenton-le-Pont

  Study days - Science studies

  What role for communities in heritage management ?

  Cette journée a pour thème « Quel rôle pour les communautés dans la gestion du patrimoine ?».  Il s’agira, à travers trois sessions, d’examiner comment ces communautés assurent la participation des citoyens à la gestion du patrimoine culturel à travers la construction et le partage des savoirs. Cette journée a pour objectifs de faire mieux connaître les recherches européennes financées par la JPI-CH, de faciliter les synergies avec des projets français.

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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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• 15 mai 2011

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Is the social soluble in the web?

  The technology and instrumentation of living together

  Appel à contribution pour un projet d'ouvrage chez Hermès-Lavoisier dirigé par Estrella Rojas

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