Hi all,
I'm copying a message that Geoffrey Rockwell sent to the Humanist list last night
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Call for Papers
The International Conference on Culture and Computing (Culture and Computing 2013)
Date: September 16-18, 2013 Venue: Nakagawa Hall, Suzaku Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan http://www.media.ritsumei.ac.jp/culture2013/
Culture and Computing is a new research area which aims to overcome different cultural issues in international communities using information and communication technologies (ICT). There are various research directions in the relations between culture and computing:
to archive cultural heritages via ICT (cf. digital archives), to empower humanities researches via ICT (cf. digital humanities), to create art and expressions via ICT (cf. media art), to realize a culturally situated agent (cf. cultural agent), to support multi-language, multi-cultural societies via ICT (cf. intercultural collaboration), and to understand new cultures born in the Internet and Web (cf. net culture).
The International Conference on Culture and Computing provides an opportunity to share research issues and discuss the future of culture and computing, which has been held in cultural cities including Kyoto, Japan (2010, 2011) and Hangzhou, China (2012). The fourth conference (Culture and Computing 2013) will be back to Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan, organized with an exhibition on the integration of state of the art cultural computing technologies and Japanese traditional culture, along with a number of co-located events. To understand the proceedings at the previous conferences, please visit below.
http://www.astem.or.jp/virtual-lab/culture/conference
Papers are solicited on any aspect on the intersection of culture and computing, but all papers are expected to be suitable for a multidisciplinary audience. We have Main Track and Special Track sessions. The Main Track will present a collection of academic research results. Examples of suitable paper topics for the Main Track include:
- Archiving cultural heritages - Information environments for humanity studies - Art and design by information technologies - Digital storytelling - Intercultural communication and collaboration - Culturally situated agents and simulations - Game and culture - Analysis of new culture in the Internet and Web - Culture and brain science - VR (virtual reality) application for culture - Digital libraries for cultural materials - Sound archiving of intangible cultural properties
The Special Tracks are collections of short papers, and are organized for the purpose of encouraging discussions in hot areas. We have Special Tracks for "Digital Humanities" and "Culture based Media Art & Music" at this conference. Please visit the following page for the paper topics of the Special Tracks:
http://www.media.ritsumei.ac.jp/culture2013/special_paper.html
* Paper/Poster
Submitted papers/posters must report original work that has not been previously published. A full paper with a limit of six (6) pages and a special track paper with a limit of two (2) pages should be submitted by the paper submission deadline. A poster with a limit of two (2) pages should be submitted by the poster submission deadline. Papers/posters should follow the formatting instructions for publishing with IEEE Computer Society's Conference Publishing Services.
All submitted papers/posters will be reviewed by three distinguished researchers in the area of culture and computing. Accepted papers/posters will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and will be included in the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL).
- Paper
Main Track papers (full papers) and Special Track papers (short papers) should be submitted electronically with an abstract (150 words) via EasyChair at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=culture2013 Submissions (PDF) must be written in English and must not exceed 6 pages for Main Track and 2 pages for Special Track in Conference Publishing Services (CPS)'s Standard template.
- Poster
Posters (Main Track and Special Track) should be submitted electronically via EasyChair athttp://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=culture2013 Submissions (PDF) must be written in English and must not exceed 2 pages in Conference Publishing Services (CPS)'s Standard template.
* Important Dates
- Main Track
Papers: Abstracts due: April 5th, 2013 Papers due: April 12th, 2013 Author notification: May 22nd, 2013 Camera ready due: June 20th, 2013
Posters: Posters due: April 19th, 2013 Author notification: May 22nd, 2013 Camera ready due: June 20th, 2013
- Special Track
Papers: Abstracts due: April 5th, 2013 Papers due: April 12th, 2013 Author notification: May 22nd, 2013 Camera ready due: June 20th, 2013
Posters: Posters due: April 19th, 2013 Author notification: May 22nd, 2013 Camera ready due: June 20th, 2013