Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract/Objectives

This conference focuses on the theme of "Filter," exploring the social and cultural filtering mechanisms involved in literary writing, communication, and various cultural productions. With the rise of AI algorithms filtering information, the political, social, and cultural impacts of contemporary social media are key issues in the humanities. The conference will examine how filtering mechanisms operate across different temporal and spatial contexts in the post-truth and multiverse world, and their influence on literary writing and cultural production. It will also discuss how literature and cultural outputs critique and represent social filtering mechanisms. The call for papers attracted submissions from scholars across four continents, with 49 abstracts accepted from various countries and regions. Distinguished scholars David Theo Goldberg (University of California—Irvine) and Alex Taek-Gwang Lee (Kyung Hee University) will deliver keynote speeches, contributing to the interdisciplinary discussions on technology and the humanities.

Results/Contributions

The conference featured two keynote speeches and 16 paper sessions, attracting approximately 150 scholars for a day of vigorous academic exchange. The morning keynote speaker, Professor David Theo Goldberg from UC-Irvine, presented "Ways of Unseeing: On Framing and Filtering," exploring the pervasive filtering mechanisms across cognition and cultural institutions, and reflecting on ways to challenge these frameworks. In the afternoon, Professor Alex Taek-Gwang Lee from Kyung Hee University delivered a lecture titled "The Unconscious of Artificial Intelligence: A Lacanian Approach," discussing the unconscious of AI from a Lacanian perspective and the limitations and potentialities of technological filtering on human experience. The 16 paper sessions explored diverse topics, including the filtering of technology, biopolitics, identity, and cultural translation, addressing a wide range of cultural phenomena from literature, film, theater, science fiction, and translation. These discussions illuminated the influence of filtering mechanisms in the post-truth era and the rapid development of AI, with a focus on how these mechanisms shape literary writing, cultural transmission, and societal issues. The day's discussions deepened the understanding of filtering in social and cultural contexts, providing scholars with multidimensional reflections on the intersection of humanities, technology, history, and the future.

Keywords

Filter、AI algorithms、social media

Contact Information

外國語文學系秘書洪沁玲
qlhong@mx.nthu.edu.tw