[ Informação SOCIUS ]

LIVING WITH TOURISM: PARADOXES, EMPOWERMENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
(24-25 September 2020)

Call for papers – Extended deadline: 30 June 2020

Regarding COVID-19 recommendations still in force, which impose physical distance, the International Workshop on Economic and Organizational Sociology scientific committee has decided to keep the ‘Living with Tourism’ workshop on its original dates, although in an online format (a face-to-face event with restricted attendance can also be organized if the University of Lisbon resumes its meetings in due time).

In this regard, the call for papers deadline is extended until 30 June 2020 and registration will be free of charges.

Participants from all over the world interested in presenting their tourism related researches and discussing them with a multidisciplinary audience – now also in the light of the new pandemic conjuncture we are living in – are more than welcome to send their abstracts proposals.

DESCRIPTION AND THEMES

This workshop seeks paper proposals focused on interdisciplinary and empirical research on ‘living with tourism’, i.e., a rethinking of tourism economic, social and cultural impacts and its paradoxes, and its wider implications in terms of power relations towards a specific space and the communities that inhabit it. It also invites to a broader discussion on tourism future directions in line with worldwide changes of nations economic prosperity, consumption lifestyles, rising of new markets, brands and activity sectors, and cutting-edge research topics in tourism studies.
The workshop will be organized into thematic sessions accordingly with the proposals accepted for presentation. We encourage the submission of abstracts on tourism contexts and host communities research related with topics including, but not limited to, the following:

Social change and its paradoxes;
Empowerment, identity and representation;
Governance and public policies;
Direct and indirect economic impacts;
Innovative organizational structures;
Sustainability, sociocultural harmony and integration;
Resistance, contestation and repulsion;
Dynamics of local-to-global, endurance and cosmopolitanism;
Processes of invention of tradition and authenticity;
Discourses and practices of enactment, performance and agency;
Production and consumption of heritage;
Food culture and gastronomy as tourist resources;
Cultural festivals and corporate events;
New cycles, new partnerships and new opportunities.

The unprecedented pandemic situation caused by the new coronavirus, which is affecting the entire world, at the same time, causing an abrupt shutting down of social, economic and mobility life of the planet. Tourism is all about these activities and is also about the generalized and increasing economic dependence on it, specially of the most fragile countries and populations. After COVID-19, we might believe that the future of tourism, as we know it, will never be the same. In addition to the topics already covered by the call, contributions and reflections on ‘LIVING WITH TOURISM after COVID-19’ issues are most encourage.

KEYNOTES

Valerio Simoni, Senior Research Fellow, Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland.

Xerardo Pereiro, Assistant Professor, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal.

ABSTRACTS GUIDELINES

All abstracts must be submitted in English. Abstract proposals should include the title, a short abstract with no more than 50 words which is meant to sum up the long abstract that must not exceed 250 words in length, plus 5 keywords.

Abstracts submission deadline: 30 June 2020.

Please submit your abstracts at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkUcso6iKXhBh_gUyaEfkMhsPYEVQ4n7pDmCV1SEmsmWlBgw/viewform

Detailed information at https://socius.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/eventos/CALL_FOR_PAPERS_WorkshopPhD_24-25set2020_update.pdf

Further information:
https://csg.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/2020/06/03/living-tourism-pt/
https://socius.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/eventos/living_with_tourism.shtml

Contact: sociuseventos@iseg.ulisboa.pt

 

[ Informação ESA ]

Call for Short Early Research Papers on the Coronavirus Crisis

We are announcing a Fast-Track Special Issue of European Societies:
“European Societies in the Time of the Coronavirus Crisis” – Deadline: 31 July 2020

In understanding and coping with the Corona Crisis, sociological perspectives, theories and empirical analyses are in high demand. European Societies, as the flagship journal of the European Sociological Association (ESA), wishes to promote sociological debate and contribute insights on the current crisis by providing a fast-track review and online publication platform for short early research papers.

“Early research” means that we are looking for papers with promising empirical research findings as well as theoretical discussions that help to understand the (potential) consequences of the current Corona crisis for European societies. We seek papers of short to medium length (2,000-4,000 words) that make a clear and original contribution.

Read all about the full Call for Papers at https://www.europeansociology.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1393&qid=157786 (possible topics, publication process, PDF of the call etc.).
The special issue editors (Maria Grasso, Martina Klicperová, Sebastian Koos, Yuliya Kosyakova, Antonello Petrillo, Ionela Vlase) are looking forward to your contributions!

 

[ Informação Maria João Simões ]

EthicsAI/ SOTICS 2020

Call for Contributions
Submission:
1. Inform the Chairs: with the Title of your Contribution
2. Submission URL:
https://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=SOTICS+2020+Special
Please select Track Preference as EthicAI

Special track

EthicAI: Social and Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence and its Applications

Chairs and Coordinators

Prof. Dr. Maria João Simões, University of Beira Interior, CICS.NOVA and LabCom, Portugal
mariajoaosimoes@sapo.pt

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Trajkovik, University of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Republic of
North Macedonia
vladimir.trajkovik@finki.ukim.mk

along with

SOTICS 2020, The Tenth International Conference on Social Media Technologies, Communication, and Informatics
October 18, 2020 to October 22, 2020 – Porto, Portugal
https://www.iaria.org/conferences2020/SOTICS20.html

During the 20th century, technological development has an increasing impact on our lives, with major contributions for the population’s life quality. But, it was also in that century, with the use of technology in the Great Wars and the first signs of exhaustion of the planet, that some scientists began to question the hegemonic belief that human progress would depend almost exclusively on science and technology and that both will always offer rational, desirable and pre-established solutions to human problems. While the dominant technological usefulness contributes to the majority of the population to continue to adopt new technology or apps without any critical reflection on its impact on daily life and in the world in which they live, these questions gain more eco and relevance.
The impacts of technology always depend on goals and objectives for which they are used. For a better understanding of their impact, it is also essential to know the values, the goals and interests at the origin of its creation, the social and historical context in which they emerge and the great trends of the societies in which we live. Human societies have always been marked by social inequalities; the same is happening with contemporary industrial and capitalist societies, whose production system aims primarily at profit. Are there the new “digital artifacts” created to respond to pressing human needs, or do some of them become needs by powerful marketing and search agencies?
In Sec. XXI technological development has had an even more intensive and extensive impact on our lives, with the focus on areas that can not only change the way we live but the human condition itself. We refer to the development in the field of biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI), among others, although the focus of our attention is on AI. This development path has further intensified the debate on the ethical issues of technological development, its social implications and the precautionary principle.
In each application to be developed, how can we benefit from the developments of Artificial Intelligence privileging autonomy, freedom, privacy, democracy, the non-increase of social inequality and discrimination? When the human condition itself is challenged, shouldn’t we subject technological developments to systematic evaluation and public participation?

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• AI & Applications
• AI & social and ethical implications
• AI & Security
• AI & Privacy
• AI & Democracy
• AI and Employment
• AI, Autonomy & Human rights
• AI & Conscience
• Neurotechnology
• Explainable AI
• AI and Technological Assessment
• Future of AI: Risks and opportunities

Important Datelines
Inform the Chair (see Contacts below): as soon as you decide to contribute
Submission: August 24
Notification: September 13
Registration: September 23
Camera-ready: September 23

Contribution Types
– Regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
– Short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
– Posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
– Posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
– Presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
– Demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org]

Paper Format
– See: http://www.iaria.org/format.html
– Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

Publications
– Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
– Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html
– Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org

Paper Submission
https://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=SOTICS+2020+Special
Please select Track Preference as EthicAI

Registration
– Each accepted paper needs at least one full registration, before the camera-ready manuscript can be included in the proceedings.
– Registration fees are available at http://www.iaria.org/registration.html

Contacts
Chairs
Maria João Simões: mariajoaosimoes@sapo.pt
Vladimir Trajkovik: vladimir.trajkovik@finki.ukim.mk
Logistics: steve@iaria.org