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To: Leonardo Network<br>
From: Leonardo Space Arts Working Group<br>
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We are pleased to bring to your attention this symposium on the futures
of space exploration in the context of the arts and humanities that is
co- sponsored by Leonardo/OLATS.<br>
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LESS REMOTE<br>
The Futures of Space Exploration - An Arts and Humanities Symposium<br>
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:place></st1:city>,
30 Sep – 03 Oct 2008<br>
<a href="http://www.lessremote.org">www.lessremote.org</a><br>
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Call for Submissions Deadline: March 1, 2008<br>
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An international symposium to run parallel with the 2008 International
Astronautical Congress (IAC).<br>
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Organised by Flis Holland (<a href="mailto:flis@lessremote.org">flis@lessremote.org</a>)
in association with The Arts Catalyst, Leonardo and OLATS. Co-sponsored
by IAA Commission VI.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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For more information on the symposium, please visit:<br>
<a href="http://www.lessremote.org">www.lessremote.org</a><br>
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For more information on the 2008 IAC, please visit<br>
<a href="http://www.iac2008.co.uk">www.iac2008.co.uk</a><br>
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Sessions<br>
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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.<br>
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Cultures and Space<br>
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<br>
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The Introspective Urge<br>
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<br>
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Leaving a Trace<br>
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<br>
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Living Space<br>
Consideration of the continuity between the needs of humans on earth
and the possible demands of spacefarers in remote and often hostile
environments<br>
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<o:p></o:p>Submission Guidelines<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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An abstract (300 words max) and a short bio (200 words max) must be
submitted by March 1, 2008, via email to <a
href="mailto:abstracts@lessremote.org">abstracts@lessremote.org</a><br>
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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.<br>
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Peer Review Committee:<br>
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Flis Holland (Chair)<br>
Annick Bureaud, Leonardo/OLATS<br>
Stephen Dick, IAA Commission VI<br>
Roger Malina, IAA Commission VI<br>
Michael Punt, Leonardo<br>
Sundar Sarukkai, Centre for Philosophy, Indian Institute of Science<br>
Nicola Triscott, The Arts Catalyst
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Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are
tax-deductible in the U.S. To learn more about Leonardo/ISAST's
projects, programs and activities, visit <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://leonardo.info">http://leonardo.info</a></o:p><br>
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carlos palombini (dr p)
professor adjunto de musicologia
universidade federal de minas gerais
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cpalombini@gmail.com"><cpalombini@gmail.com></a>
"...there come cruel times when to save a nation's deepest values one must desobey the State" (Robert Paxton, 1972)</pre>
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