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Epistemology of the mobile phone - call for papers CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions are invited for a conference on SEEING, UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING IN THE MOBILE AGE which is to take place in Budapest, April 28-30. Speakers will include Ian Hacking (keynote speaker), Maurizio Ferraris, Peter Glotz, Rom Harré, James Katz, Marcelo Milrad, Kristóf Nyíri and Mike Sharples. Contributions are invited from philosophers, psychologists, education theorists, and other interested scholars on the following and related topics: - epistemology of the mobile phone - from seeing to understanding - visual communication and pictorial meaning - from static pictures to dynamic images - writing, speaking, messaging - collective thinking and the network individual - mobile communication and scientific change - technology, media and the dissemination of knowledge - ubiquitous learning and the transformation of education Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by Dec. 10, 2004. Please send your submissions to Kristóf Nyíri <knyiri(a)t-email.hu>hu>. -- Those submitting abstracts will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by January 5, 2005. -- Deadline for receipt of draft full-length (max. 2500 words) versions of papers: March 15. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed to all participants at the time of the conference. -- Deadline for receipt of final manuscripts for inclusion in the published conference proceedings: Sept. 1, 2005. The conference is organized by the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary Co. Ltd. Conference website: http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2005 Website of the research project COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY - THE MOBILE INFORMATION SOCIETY: http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu Earlier volumes published in the framework of this conference series: http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu/volumes.htm _____________________________________________ Please note that gradually I am ceasing to use my nyiri(a)phil-inst.hu address. Direct your reply to my new address <knyiri(a)t-email.hu>hu>.