[Xmca-l] Re: ELDM2020 submission extended | Embodied interactions, Languaging and the Dynamic Medium

[Sébastien Lerique]

Dear all,

A short reminder about the ELDM workshop for which registration is 
open until Monday 10 February: 
https://wehlutyk.gitlab.io/eldm2020/

The good news is that if you can't make physically, you can still 
register for the videoconference or follow the live stream! 
https://wehlutyk.gitlab.io/eldm2020/remote.html

Best wishes,
Sébastien

On 19 Jan 2020 at 16:53, Bruce Jones <bjones@ucsd.edu> wrote:

>>From: Sébastien Lerique <sebastien.lerique@normalesup.org>
> To: XMCA Forum <xmca-l@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:58:39 +0100
> Message-ID: <8736cgvn1s.fsf@normalesup.org>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> This has appeared in Annalisa's latest thread, but as I'm 
> extending
> the submission deadline to January 20 I thought I might make a 
> more
> formal follow-up.
>
> I'm organising a workshop bringing together communities that 
> might
> interest this list. The announcement is below, please forward it 
> to
> your local communities and lists!
>
> Best wishes,
> Sébastien
>
> ---
>
> The "Embodied interactions, Languaging and the Dynamic Medium
> Workshop" (ELDM2020) is an event gathering interests and works 
> in
> embodiment, languaging, diversity computing and humane 
> technologies,
> on **18th February in Lyon, France**. Recent developments in 
> these
> communities are ripe for focused conversations, and this 
> workshop will
> be a coming-together for cross-pollination and explorations of
> possible common futures.
>
> Invited speakers:
> - Elena Clare Cuffari (Worcester State University)
> - Mark Dingemanse (Radboud University)
> - Omar Rizwan (Dynamicland.org)
> - Jelle van Dijk (University of Twente)
>
> The call for proposals 
> <https://wehlutyk.gitlab.io/eldm2020/call.html>
> (copied below) has been extended and welcomes submissions from
> researchers, technologists and artists alike. Participation is 
> free of
> charge, and refreshments will be provided.  If you are 
> interested in
> proposing something but have questions, don't hesitate to ask at
> sebastien.lerique@normalesup.org .
>
> Find out more on the website: 
> https://wehlutyk.gitlab.io/eldm2020/
>
> Important dates:
> - Submission deadline: 20th January 2020
> - Notification of acceptance: 22nd January 2020
> - Registration opened: 1st January 2020
> - Registration closes: 10th February 2020
>
> Please forward this announcement as much as possible to your own 
> lists
> and communities!
>
>
> Call for Proposals
> ------------------
>
> Our understanding of language is currently undergoing a major 
> shift as
> practitioners and researchers from many fields recognise the
> constitutive role of embodied interactions in its 
> emergence. Instead
> of a primarily symbolic capacity, language is increasingly seen 
> as an
> activity fluidly grown from our enaction (i.e. our co-generation 
> and
> navigation) of ties and interactions with other bodies. The 
> complexity
> of language as we know it seems to be not so much the result of
> individual brain-based computing capacities as an emergence from 
> our
> constant negotiation of the tensions inherent to the dynamics of
> everyday interactions. Languaging, rather than language, is thus 
> a
> particular way of engaging with others and the world around us, 
> and
> pervades all levels of our action and perception.
>
> A strikingly parallel move is happening in the technology world:
> reconnecting with research ideas lost behind the emergence of 
> the
> Personal Computer, technologists have started to break the
> stranglehold of designing devices for the brain in a vat, which
> effectively restricts our relationship to machines (and through 
> them
> to other humans) to minute finger movements in front of a small 
> screen
> filled with symbols. Instead, mediums are being designed to 
> appeal to
> body and mind indistinctly, developing rich manual and spatial
> dynamics to facilitate interactions with people and machines, 
> without
> substituting themselves to an environment conceived as already
> rich. Instead of isolating individuals into bodily inertness, 
> such
> systems are designed to support us in navigating interactions 
> with
> other people and with our own thought processes.
>
> These two movements share strong views about the ways in which
> technological creations and scientific questions about body and 
> mind
> can be more ethical and humane, while coming from complementary
> starting points. For instance, the study of languaging is 
> concerned
> with broader experimental validation, when medium design could 
> benefit
> from theoretical work to guide future design choices. The ELDM
> workshop aims to bring these communities together to share views 
> and
> needs. We call for contributions concerned with embodied 
> interactions,
> languaging, and humane or interaction-centric computing mediums, 
> and
> propose a space to cross-pollinate and exchange about current
> developments in academia, technology and arts.
>
> General topics
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> - Embodied interactions
> - Languaging
> - Humane dynamic medium
> - Complexity of interactions
> - Enactive cognitive science
> - Diversity and alterity computing
> - Human-computer-human interaction
> - Interaction nurturing and support
>
> Guidelines for submitting
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> There are up to 6 slots for contributed talks or demos, and up 
> to 20
> poster slots. Talks will be 20 minutes presentation and 10 
> minutes
> questions. If you are interested in submitting but have doubts 
> or
> questions, ask at sebastien.lerique@normalesup.org !
>
> To submit, please write to sebastien.lerique@normalesup.org with 
> the
> subject line "ELDM2020 Submission", and include:
> - an abstract of about 300 words
> - your preference for oral or poster presentation (or another 
> format
> you would like to propose, e.g. an exhibition)
> - the list of authors and affiliations if applicable