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CfP: Digital Society in the Age of AI

The International Center for Cultural Studies, ICCS, welcomes paper submissions for the Conflict, Justice, Decolonization project. This student-led initative encourages grad students to act as public intellectuals in the spirit of literary communism and the free association of young scholars in Taiwan and worldwide.

Project Context:

“Where is AI [artificial intelligence]?” is a question that Roger Schank (1991) and many other specialists in computer science and cognitive psychology actively raised back in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 2020s, there was a further, previously unprecedented development – the so-called “AI boom,” the emergence of multiple programs available to millions of users, such as ChatGPT or Midjourney, therefore allowing us to answer the question with “AI is everywhere.”

This boom has led to qualitative changes in almost all aspects of modern society, especially those that have undergone massive digitalization by the beginning of the 21st century: education, economics, public administration, communication, entertainment, art, and many others. At the same time, despite the predictions of theorists about the exponential changes that will be caused by developments in the field of AI, the creators of many modern AI projects, including the aforementioned GPT chat, were not prepared for the popularity of their products (Heaven, 2023), not to mention ordinary users. Even though there has been some research on the challenges and advances associated with the emergence of a new generation of AI, as well as some related regulations (e.g., the European Union’s AI Act), there remains plenty of room for exploration and analysis on pertinent issues.

Against this backdrop, ICCS invites young scholars and practitioners to submit an abstract (300-400 words in English, 450-600 characters in Mandarin) and contribute to the exploration of the topic of AI and the larger field of information technology, including but not limited to the following aspects :

  • E-Government and Digital Citizenship
  • Internet Fraud and Cyber Security
  • Digital Inclusion and the Digital Divide
  • Education and Digital Learning
  • Digital Labour and Automation
  • E-commerce and Cryptoeconomics
  • Digital Art
  • Media and Social Networks
  • Digital Barriers and Minority Issues

How to Apply

Application Form: https://forms.gle/6N5FrPt86MRJDTHa7

Deadline for abstract submission is October 30, 2024.

* Articles should be 2,000 - 3,000 words if written in English and 3,000 - 4,500 characters if written in Mandarin Chinese. We accept scholarly articles, conference reviews, interviews, photo essays, video essays, and book and film reviews. We welcome both single-authored and co-authored manuscripts.

Please note that a full-text article is not required to complete the application. Please read the Submission Guidelines available at https://cjdproject.web.nycu.edu.tw/submission-guidelines/.

Selected articles will be published on the CJD website (ISSN: 2709-5479) and in a special issue of our booklet (ISSN: 2709-7943). Authors of selected articles with a Taiwanese post office bank account will be awarded 4,000 NTD per article.

For more information or any questions, please visit https://cjdproject.web.nycu.edu.tw/ or contact us at iccs.cjdproject@gmail.com.