CFP: AI & Culture — SWPACA 2027 Albuquerque, NM — Deadline October 31, 2026

Area Chair: Andrew Chen, PhD, Minnesota State University Moorhead, [email protected]

This area seeks to be broadly about all things related to AI, including, but not limited to:

• scholarship done by, or with the assistance of, AI
• AI as a cultural phenomena, including scholarship about popular culture works that directly or indirectly treat AI as a subject matter
• AI as a phenomena that can impact culture
• creative works “by” AI, as well as critiques saying that such works are inherently not “creative”
• scholarship about any of those things mentioned so far
• “AI perspectives” on any of those things mentioned so far

There are five rules for this area:

• All perspectives regarding AI get their say: we will have the opposing sides of “AI advocate” and “AI resistant critic” be polite and civil towards each other
• Every presentation must have a human that claims responsibility for it, even if it is prepared primarily or exclusively by AI
• A human must present at the in-person conference, even if an AI is capable of doing so
• As AI becomes more capable, these rules are subject to change
• Humans are expected to engage in full disclosure about the extent to which AI contributed to the work, and should be willing to engage in discussions about that

Please note that as AI is impacting many areas, some proposals may be more suitable for other areas.

Panel Submissions: The Area Chair welcomes thematically linked panel submissions. Please contact the Area Chair to discuss potential panel ideas.

Interdisciplinary Approaches: We encourage interdisciplinary approaches that explore the intersection of AI and various cultural domains.

Submission instructions: https://swpaca.org/app

Deadline: October 31, 2026