San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2020. Digital Identities, Digital Ways of Living: Philosophical Analyses

COVID-19 Update

Accepted papers selected from the present cfp, as well as papers by invited speakers, will be published on a special issue of the journal Phenomenology and Mind (publication date: July 2021).

Regarding our expected School, however, due to the COVID-19 global situation, the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2020 has decided – after careful consideration and not without some regrets – to cancel the School in its original form and to substitute it with an online Conference to be held on October 12th, 2020 (more details on time-slots will be announced as soon as possible).

The Conference will host the lectures of our invited speakers but, unfortunately, it cannot host also the presentations of the accepted papers selected from the cfp. The participation to the online Conference, however, will be guaranteed to the authors of the accepted papers.

Call for papers

Submissions must be prepared for double blind review. Manuscripts – in .doc format – should not contain any identifying information and they cannot exceed 4000 words (references included). Moreover, they must contain:

• an abstract of no more than 150 words;
• the indication of the section to which the author(s) wants to contribute to;
• 4/5 keywords.

All manuscripts must be in English.

The author should register here and then log in to submit her paper. Please, be sure to submit your paper to the session “Digital Identities, Digital Ways of Living: Philosophical Analyses”.

For information, please contact: phenomenologyandmind@unisr.it

The massive use of digital technologies today and the way they are prominently taking part in several of our everyday activities makes a philosophical reflection on this phenomenon particularly needed. Indeed, digital technologies are not just facilitating accomplishing several different tasks – from tracking our physical activities, to finding the right directions while driving, to communicating with others. Such technologies are also shaping and re-defining the way in which we make our activities and conceive our lives, while also affecting the sense of our identities and ourselves. Let us think, for instance, to the way the constitution and the evolution of our personal, embodied and gender identity can be affected by the usage of social networks and, for instance, by the massive role of pictures on the social media (Facebook, Instagram, twitter etc.) or by profiling mechanisms used by some online platforms. Let us also consider the way language and communication acquire new forms on the web and can even have more relevance than before based on the augmented possibilities of fruition by web-users. Moreover, we should not forget the crucial way in which the usage of digital technologies is transforming the political identities of citizens, the forms of their participation in the public life, and the structures of collective political subjects and institutions (parties, parliaments, states).

The special issue “Digital Identities, Digital Ways of Living: Philosophical Analyses” seeks to investigate these and related issues by hosting both invited papers and contributions by PhD students, post-docs, and experienced researchers selected by a double-blind peer review process.

The special issue will be published on the journal Phenomenology and Mind, which is indexed in Scopus and The Philosopher’s Index among others (expected publication date: July 2021).

The special issue will feature three sections, each of whom is dedicated to a specific topic of interest in the philosophical debate about digital technologies and digital identities, with a particular focus on gender identities and their constitution in a digital era.

List of possible questions to investigate here