(Apologies for cross-posting) CFP: The Politics of Digital Nonhumans Panel Proposal for the International Studies Association 57th Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 16-19 March, 2016 The aim of this panel is to build on the growing body of literature around lively nonhumans with a particular focus on digital examples. This panel could thus engage with a variety of theoretical schools (e.g., new materialism or object oriented ontology) and a number of related fields (e.g., science and technology studies). With an interdisciplinary approach this panel will be organized around a number of key questions, which may include: - How can digital nonhumans participate in politics, and how does such participation shift our understanding of politics? - What form of politics is produced through the inclusion of digital nonhumans? - What are the ethical stakes of broadening politics to include digital nonhumans? I am open to a wide variety of approaches and examples. One panel theme might examine particular popular culture texts, like a video game or web series, as nonhuman actors. Alternately, others could focus on specific algorithms or websites. Please send your proposals with a title (up to 50 words), an abstract (up to 200 words), and authors to Kathleen Brennan (kpjbrennan@gmail.com) by May 27, 2015. Thanks, Kathleen PJ Brennan PhD Candidate Department of Political Science University of Hawaii