[ICTs-and-Society] Fwd: CfP Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century conference, 24-26 June 2014, Boston MA

Angela Daly angelacdaly at gmail.com
Sun Dec 15 22:43:51 PST 2013


Please find the official call for papers for this conference here:
http://21stcenturywiener.org/call-for-papers-instructions-to-authors-and-students/

For those not familiar with Norbert Wiener’s life and work, he had a strong
interest in the relationship between technology and society.

We invite contributions for this conference on the various themes, whether
from a contemporary, futuristic or historical perspective, within this
topic that were of interest to Wiener and touched his life, including:

- Information ethics

- Technological innovation and economic development

- Critiques of intellectual property

- Automation and the future of work -> digital labour

- Cyber warfare and crime

- Science fiction as social commentary

- Political interference with academic research and the militarisation of
science


Please get in touch with the Wiener and Innovation chair Angela
Daly<angelacdaly at gmail.com>with any questions or requests for more
info.
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