[acc-cca-l] Two exciting CFPs - ACFAS & STS Italia

[Stefanie Duguay]

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Hi folks,

There are already exciting things brewing for 2025! I may send out reminders in the new year but just in case the holidays get your creative ideas flowing, please consider the following two calls for abstracts (full details attached and linked below):

Entre ruptures et continuités: regards croisés sur les mutations des réalités LGBTQ+ contemporaines - 92e Congrès de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Montréal, 6 et 7 mai 2025, L’École de Technologie Supérieure & l’Université Concordia
https://www.acfas.ca/evenements/congres/programme-preliminaire/400/418

Dans une perspective résolument socioculturelle et politique, le colloque 418 – Entre ruptures et continuités: regards croisés sur les mutations des réalités LGBTQ+ contemporaines vise à examiner les transformations qui traversent les communautés LGBTQ+, notamment au Québec, au Canada et dans la Francophonie. Pour explorer ces enjeux, nous invitons les présentations portant sur l’un ou plusieurs des trois axes suivants:

  *   la reconfiguration du rapport à l’espace, au patrimoine et à l’histoire au sein des communautés LGBTQ+
  *   le renouvellement des identités, modalités relationnelles et modes de socialisation intime au sein des communautés LGBTQ+ pour y saisir l'évolution des dynamiques sociales et des formes d’expression de soi.
  *   les mutations des cultures militantes, médiatiques et participatives au sein des communautés LGBTQ+ pour mieux saisir comment celles-ci s’organisent et développent des référents socioculturels face à une pluralité d’enjeux contemporains
Les résumés de 500 mots doivent être rédigés en français et envoyés d’ici le 14 février 2025 à l’adresse suivante: alexandre.chanady at inrs.ca<mailto:alexandre.chanady at inrs.ca>
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Panel 77: Reimagining More-Than-Human Intimacies: From Disenchantment to Technologies for Connection – 10th STS Italia Conference: Technoscience for Good, June 11-13, 2025, Politercnico di Milano, Milan. https://stsitalia.org/call-for-abstracts/#theme (scroll to the bottom for our panel!)

The concept of “more-than-human intimacies” (Latimer & Gómez, 2019) recognizes that material objects and technologies are not merely tools or instruments for humans in their intimate, sexual, and erotic lives. Rather, technologies act as active agents that shape and mediate human experiences and intimate relationships. We seek contributions that explore the complications and exclusions embedded within digitally intimate technologies and examine their role in reproducing or resisting societal norms. Proposals may address the transformative impact of AI and algorithmic technologies on intimacies, the agency of material objects in intimate interactions, and how generative AI companions shape romance and engage in erotic role play, among other topics.

Abstracts (max 500 words) can be submitted to the conference platform through the “Submissions” page. Please note that the deadline for submissions is February 3, 2025.

Thanks, and happy holidays,
Stefanie

Dr. Stefanie Duguay | Pronouns: she, her
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Concordia University
stefanieduguay.com<https://stefanieduguay.com/> | @DugStef<https://twitter.com/DugStef>
Concordia University Research Chair
Director, Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab<https://www.digslab.net/>
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Book: Personal but not Private: Queer women, Sexuality, and Identity Modulation on Digital Platforms<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/personal-but-not-private-9780190076191?facet_narrowbytype_facet=Academic%20Research&facet_narrowbyproducttype_facet=Digital&subjectcode1=1805239%7CSOC00010&type=listing&facet_narrowbypubdate_facet=Next%203%20months&lang=en&cc=us>
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