Subject: [AUDITORY] cfa: The Global Cochlear Implant From: Karl Grosh <grosh@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:23:46 -0400--Apple-Mail=_D7BA739D-A638-43B7-8128-1C8AA9A9DD2B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 The Global Cochlear Implant: Provincializing =E2=80=9CBrain Implants=E2=80= =9D through Disability Technocultures =20 Michele Friedner (University of Chicago) and Mara Mills (New York = University) have received funding from the US-based National Endowment = for the Humanities = <https://www.neh.gov/program/dangers-and-opportunities-technology-perspect= ives-humanities>for a conference, working group, and book project on = =E2=80=9CThe Global Cochlear Implant=E2=80=9D for the period Fall = 2023-Fall 2025. We are seeking chapter contributors for our = interdisciplinary edited volume that will focus on: -Historical and contemporary accounts of cochlear implant development = and utilization in specific geographic contexts, including developing = contexts -Pre-histories of cochlear implant development and use (especially in = Russia, France, Austria) -Analysis of the ways that cochlear implantation is changing (or not) = deaf and disability identities, socialities, solidarities, and life = trajectories in specific geographic contexts - Ethics of cochlear implantation development, dissemination, and use in = diverse contexts; an exploration of ethics can also include discussions = of brain implants and biotechnology more broadly - Humanistic and aesthetic accounts and representations of cochlear = implantation=20 - Histories connecting cochlear implants to the broader category of = brain implants Doctoral students are welcome and encouraged to apply. Contributors can = be at any academic or non-academic rank and will be offered a stipend = for their chapters as well as travel and lodging funds to attend the = October 2024 conference in Chicago. Participants will also be invited to = attend monthly zoom group meetings where they will receive support for = writing their chapters.=20 The deadlines are as follows: Submit abstract and cv to michelefriedner@xxxxxxxx = <mailto:michelefriedner@xxxxxxxx> and mmills@xxxxxxxx = <mailto:mamills@xxxxxxxx> by December 1 2023; please email both with = questions and/or concerns. Decisions will be made by Jan 1, 2024. Working group meetings in support of research and writing of papers will = commence first week of February. Conference will be held in October 2024 at the University of Chicago; = Participants will present talks based on their chapters. Versions of chapters will be sent to the selected press in April 2025. Project Abstract: Perhaps no medical device has sparked more popular discussion of the = =E2=80=9Cdangers and opportunities of technology=E2=80=9D than the = cochlear implant (CI). The first true bionic device, CIs (re)produce an = absent =E2=80=98normal=E2=80=99 human function (Blume 2009). Despite = ongoing polarizing debates about the ramifications of CI technology, = only a few book-length studies of the technology exist, and these have = overwhelmingly emphasized U.S. and European perspectives. This = collaborative humanities project will document the impacts of the = technology itself (e.g. algorithmic bias), the influence of the global = corporations that market it, and the range of ways implants have been = domesticated, maintained, and re-interpreted. At this pivotal moment for = the development and global dissemination of neuroprosthetics, with brain = implants widely featured in the popular press, this multi-disciplinary, = international project will serve both a documentary and a comparative = function, as well as provide a platform, through our conference and = published work, for alternative narratives of CI use. --=20 Michele Friedner pronouns: she/her/hers Associate Professor / Associate Chair=20 Department of Comparative Human Development Rosenwald Hall 318i new book/open access: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/sensory-futures = <https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/sensory-futures> --Apple-Mail=_D7BA739D-A638-43B7-8128-1C8AA9A9DD2B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;" class=3D"">The = Global Cochlear Implant: Provincializing =E2=80=9CBrain Implants=E2=80=9D = through Disability Technocultures</span><br class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" = class=3D""> </span><br class=3D""><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", = serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Michele = Friedner (University of Chicago) and Mara Mills (New York University) = have received funding from the US-based </span><a = href=3D"https://www.neh.gov/program/dangers-and-opportunities-technology-p= erspectives-humanities" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"" = style=3D"text-decoration-line: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant-numeric: = normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" = class=3D"">National Endowment for the Humanities </span></a><span = class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = vertical-align: baseline;">for a conference, working group, and book project on =E2=80=9CThe Global = Cochlear=20 Implant=E2=80=9D for the period Fall 2023-Fall 2025. We are seeking = chapter=20 contributors for our interdisciplinary edited volume that will focus = on:</span><br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">-Historical and contemporary accounts of cochlear implant development and=20 utilization in specific geographic contexts, including developing=20 contexts</span><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: "Times = New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">-Pre-histories of = cochlear implant development and use (especially in Russia, France, = Austria)</span><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: "Times = New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">-Analysis of the ways that cochlear implantation is changing (or not) deaf and=20 disability identities, socialities, solidarities, and life trajectories=20= in specific geographic contexts</span><br class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: = 11pt;" class=3D"">- Ethics of cochlear implantation development, dissemination, and use in=20= diverse contexts; an exploration of ethics can also include discussions=20= of brain implants and biotechnology more broadly</span><br = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", = serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">- Humanistic and aesthetic accounts = and representations of cochlear implantation </span><br = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", = serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">- Histories connecting cochlear = implants to the broader category of brain implants</span><br = class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font><span = style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: = 11pt;" class=3D"">Doctoral students are welcome and encouraged to apply. Contributors can be at=20 any academic or non-academic rank and will be offered a stipend for=20 their chapters as well as travel and lodging funds to attend the October 2024 conference in Chicago. Participants will also be invited to attend monthly zoom group meetings where they will receive support for writing their chapters. </span><br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">The deadlines are as = follows:</span><br class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: = "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: = pre-wrap; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Submit = abstract and cv to </span><a href=3D"mailto:michelefriedner@xxxxxxxx" = target=3D"_blank" class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; = text-decoration-line: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; = vertical-align: baseline;" = class=3D"">michelefriedner@xxxxxxxx</span></a><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: = 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><a href=3D"mailto:mamills@xxxxxxxx" = target=3D"_blank" class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; = text-decoration-line: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; = vertical-align: baseline;" class=3D"">mmills@xxxxxxxx</span></a><span = class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; = font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = vertical-align: baseline;"> by December 1 2023; please email both with = questions and/or concerns.</span><br class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: = 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=3D"">Decisions will be made by Jan = 1, 2024.</span><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: "Times = New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" = class=3D"">Working group meetings in support of research and writing of = papers will commence first week of February.</span><br class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: = 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=3D"">Conference will be held in = October 2024 at the University of Chicago; Participants will present = talks based on their chapters.</span><br class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><span = id=3D"m_-8453821465816821180gmail-docs-internal-guid-eca6bbac-7fff-8420-6b= 63-cfb811c71ee7" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = "Times New Roman", serif; white-space: pre-wrap;" = class=3D"">Versions of chapters will be sent to the selected press in = April 2025.</span><br class=3D""></span></div></div></div><font = color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font><span style=3D"font-family:= "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">Project = Abstract:</span><br class=3D""><font face=3D"Times New Roman" = style=3D"font-size: 15px;" class=3D""><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: = baseline;">P</span><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-variant-numeric: = normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; vertical-align: baseline;">erhaps no medical device has sparked more popular discussion of the =E2=80=9Cdan= gers=20 and opportunities of technology=E2=80=9D than the cochlear implant (CI). = The=20 first true bionic device, CIs (re)produce an absent =E2=80=98normal=E2=80=99= human=20 function (Blume 2009). Despite ongoing polarizing debates about the=20 ramifications of CI technology, only a few book-length studies of the=20 technology exist, and these have overwhelmingly emphasized U.S. and=20 European perspectives. This collaborative humanities project will=20 document the impacts of the technology itself (e.g. algorithmic bias),=20= the influence of the global corporations that market it, and the range=20= of ways implants have been domesticated, maintained, and re-interpreted. At this pivotal moment for the development and global dissemination of=20= neuroprosthetics, with brain implants widely featured in the popular=20 press, this multi-disciplinary, international project will serve both a=20= documentary and a comparative function, as well as provide a platform,=20= through our conference and published work, for alternative narratives of CI use.</span><br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><br class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>-- <br class=3D"">Michele = Friedner<br class=3D"">pronouns: she/her/hers<br class=3D"">Associate = Professor / Associate Chair <br class=3D"">Department of = Comparative Human Development<br class=3D"">Rosenwald Hall 318i<br = class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>new book/open = access:<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/sensory-futures" = target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/sensory-futures<= /a><br class=3D""></font><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" = data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d= iv></div></div></div></div></div> </div><br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D7BA739D-A638-43B7-8128-1C8AA9A9DD2B--