1st Global Conference: Deception
Thursday 17th July Saturday 19th July 2014, Mansfield College, Oxford,
United Kingdom
Call for Presentations
We have entered a Œpost-truth era¹, in which, Daniel J. Boorstin notes,
Œbelievability¹ has become an acceptable substitute for Œtruth¹, and
Œmanifold deceptions of our culture¹ are difficult to separate from Œits
few enduring truths¹. In this era, communities and individuals may feel
routinely duped, cheated or betrayed. Though truth may be considered
intrinsically valuable, deception may sometimes be useful or necessary.
Sometimes there is pleasure in the spectacle of deception.
Deception is not limited to human activity. It is also practiced by
animals, plants, diseases, and machines. It is an issue that transcends
disciplines, affecting communities, individuals and objects
This inter-disciplinary conference will address artefacts and practices
that challenge truthfulness, authenticity or reliability. Deception is
practiced in many forms, affecting societies and individuals. It may be
a vital survival tool, a means of gaining unfair advantage, or a
pleasurable spectacle. This conference invites delegates to explore how
deception is manifested in their discipline, or how multi-disciplinary
notions of deception affect their field. Proposals for papers and
presentations are invited on topics related to, but not limited to:
False Identities:
- disguises
- costumes and masquerade
- aliases and pseudonyms
- anonymity
Illusions:
- virtual reality and simulated worlds
- trompe l¹oeil, and optical or perceptual illusions
- theatrical and dramatic illusions
- mirrors and architectural illusions
- camouflage
Fakes and Forgeries:
- false signs of authenticity
- the lives and practices of forgers
- hoaxes
- red herrings and decoys
Betrayal:
- whistleblowers and defectors
- trust and distrust
- infidelity
- fractured expectations
Dishonest Media:
- photo-manipulation and retouching
- Œblack¹ propaganda
- plagiarism
- misrepresentation
Possible examples of some of the above are seen in, but not limited to:
The V&A¹s recent ŒFakes and Forgeries¹ exhibition, featuring the
collected works of forger Shaun Greenhalgh/ Manipulation of photographs
by North Korean government agencies/ Adult chat-room users masquerading
as children (and sometimes posing as a different gender)/ The ŒGeezer
Bandit¹, an apparently elderly gentleman who robbed 16 banks in
California and was later revealed as a much younger man wearing a
prosthetic mask/ J.K.Rowling¹s use of a pseudonym for her novel ŒCukoo¹s
Calling¹.
The Steering Group invites proposals for pre-formed panels, as well as
individual papers.
In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is
our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between
the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are
welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent
conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between
these groups and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship
between Deception and Childhood and Videogame Cultures.
What to Send
Proposals will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word a
proposals should be submitted by Friday 14th February 2014. If a
proposal is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper of no more
than 3000 words should be submitted by Friday 16th May 2014. Proposals
should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts
may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this
order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in
programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal,
f) up to 10 keywords.
E-mails should be entitled: Deception 1 Proposal Submission.
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes
and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all
proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in
cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic
route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Barbara Brownie: [log in to unmask]
Rob Fisher: [log in to unmask]
All proposals accepted for and presented at the conference must be in
English and will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected
proposals may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy
volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to
be chosen from interested delegates from the conference.
Inter-Disciplinary.Net believes it is a mark of personal courtesy and
professional respect to your colleagues that all delegates should attend
for the full duration of the meeting. If you are unable to make this
commitment, please do not submit an abstract for presentation.
For further details of the conference, please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/hostility-and-viol
ence/deception/call-for-presentations/
Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are
not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or
subsistence.
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