The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be
presented at a 3-day conference, January 24-26, 2013, at Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton.

The human body is our basic instrument for life, the basis for the creation
and use of all our other tools or technologies. As the body has shaped
technology, so technology is increasingly reshaping the body: not only by
reshaping our bodily habits through which we experience and act in the world
but also through the incorporation of prosthetic devices and drug
enhancements. Regarding the body as a sensitive sentient soma, rather than
as a merely material machine, this conference rethinks the relationship
between body and technology, focusing on such topics as human-computer
interaction, robotics, medical and fitness technologies, technology and the
environment, and technologies of the arts. We welcome papers from the
perspectives of both the sciences and the humanities.

Abstracts of 250 words, and a current CV, should be sent electronically as
attachments, no later than October 15, 2012, to Richard Shusterman at
bodymindculture@fau.edu. Please direct conference inquiries to the same
address. Further information about the conference will be made available at
http://www.fau.edu/bodymindculture, where you can also consult the programs
of our prior international conferences. Prospective speakers will be
notified by November 8, 2012.