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The Coimbra Conference On the Virtual (to be held at the Faculty of Letters of the University, 27th -29th of October 2016) will deal with the conceptual trends and theories here mentioned. We encourage researchers to present the results of their work according to the following general thematic divisions.
I – The Semantics of Virtuality and the main conceptual trends in the contemporary meaning of the virtual in Philosophy and across the Humanities
II – The Virtual in Perception and in Communication Systems. The use of simulation and its special structure of reflection. The reference to embodiment to translate physical-psychic virtualization in the Arts, Cognitive Sciences and contemporary Philosophy.
III – Media Evolution, “Digital Convergence” and Remediation. Descriptions and conceptual evaluation of the contemporary media transformations, their virtual co-references and the overlapping of information, embodiment and meaning.
IV – Technology, Memory and Imagination. The connection between memory and virtuality. The contemporary use of “techno-fantasies” and the new scenarios for the imagination.
In order to write your proposal of presentation we suggest that you carefully take into account these aforementioned items. Please, be aware that you need to inscribe your presentation in lines I to IV. You can select more than one line.
Write your proposal in Word format, max. 2000 words.
Official language: English
Email: virtual2016@fl.uc.pt