LESS REMOTE
The Futures of Space Exploration - An Arts and Humanities
Symposium
Glasgow, 30 Sep au 03 Oct 2008
http://www.lessremote.org
Call for Submissions Deadline: March 1, 2008

An international symposium to run parallel with the 2008
International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

Organised by Flis Holland (flis@lessremote.org) in
association with The Arts Catalyst, Leonardo and OLATS.
Co-sponsored by IAA Commission VI.

This symposium will offer a forum in which specialists from
many disciplines will be invited to consider the future of
space exploration in the context of our current
understanding of social, economic and technological
imperatives. One of the aims of the symposium is to foster
dialogue and exchange between the cultural and space
communities.

Speakers from the Space Science & Engineering and Arts &
Humanities communities will present keynote lectures on
space exploration and its possible futures. Papers are also
invited from the broad constituency of interest among
artists, cultural analysts and historians, that has examined
the wider implications of the scientific exploration of
space for the better part of a century.

For more information on the symposium, please visit:
http://www.lessremote.org

For more information on the 2008 IAC, please visit
http://www.iac2008.co.uk

Sessions

Practitioners, scholars and postgraduates in any relevant
discipline are invited to submit abstracts that explore the
following strands. For more detailed descriptions, see
lessremote.org.

Cultures and Space
Highlighting the multiplicity of cosmologies that currently
hold sway in the world, and considering the consequences of
a tacit consensus on the range of opportunities for future
space exploration

The Introspective Urge
Focusing on humankind's image of itself as a determinant of
space technology, and the impact of a changing self-image –
for example as a consequence of ubiquitous global
communications - on future space science

Leaving a Trace
Technical and ethical debate on the impact we have already
had on the local solar system, and how our views will affect
the possible future of space science and engineering

Living Space
Consideration of the continuity between the needs of humans
on earth and the possible demands of spacefarers in remote
and often hostile environments


Submission Guidelines

Each session will consist of two invited presentations, two
selected presentations, and a moderated discussion. Of the
invited presentations, one will be solicited from within the
space community, and the other from the arts community.

Due to limited speaker slots, a poster session will also
take place during the symposium. Please indicate on your
application if a poster presentation is acceptable.

An abstract (300 words max) and a short bio (200 words max)
must be submitted by March 1, 2008, via email to
abstracts@lessremote.org

All submissions will be peer reviewed by the international
jury listed below. Submissions accepted and presented at the
conference will be published in the conference proceedings.


Peer Review Committee:

Flis Holland (Chair)
Annick Bureaud, Leonardo/OLATS
Stephen Dick, IAA Commission VI
Roger Malina, IAA Commission VI
Michael Punt, Leonardo
Sundar Sarukkai, Centre for Philosophy, Indian Institute of
Science
Nicola Triscott, The Arts Catalyst

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Donations are tax-deductible in the U.S. To learn more about
Leonardo/ISAST's projects, programs and activities, visit
http://leonardo.info