Abstracts are invited for paper presentations for an interdisciplinary conference on the theories, practices and beneficiaries of attention. Anxiety about, critique of, and interventions into the ‘attention economy’ are widely discussed in philosophical scholarship, educational theory and cultural studies. This conference, which is part of the AIRE Attentive Inquiry Reclaiming Environment research project, funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations Award aims to explore attention in three areas: theories of attention, practices of attention and beneficiaries of attention. This project, inspired by the shared focus on attention as a selfless gaze oriented toward reality in Weilian and Murdochian accounts, is creating a Community of Inquiry focused on Murdoch’s novel The Unicorn as a vehicle for thinking about home, environment and care. Reflections on, and results of, this research will be shared within the conference.
KEY DATES:
Deadline for submissions: Midnight GMT Monday 8th January EXTENDED DEADLINE FRIDAY JANUARY 19th
Confirmation of acceptance: Monday 29th January
Conference dates: Thursday April 18th* – Friday April 19th
*The conference will commence at 10am on the 18th