[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Less Remote: The Futures of Space Exploration

[Leonardo/ISAST]

To: Leonardo Network
From: Leonardo Space Arts Working Group
 
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.
 
LESS REMOTE
The Futures of Space Exploration - An Arts and Humanities Symposium
Glasgow, 30 Sep -- 03 Oct 2008
www.lessremote.org <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 at lessremote.org 
<mailto:flis at 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:
www.lessremote.org <http://www.lessremote.org>
 
For more information on the 2008 IAC, please visit
www.iac2008.co.uk <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 at lessremote.org 
<mailto:abstracts at 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
 
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 http://leonardo.info

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