Culture and Digital Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities for Southwest Asia and North Africa

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The Dar al-Kalima University will be holding its 24th International Conference on Culture and Digital Transformation in Cyprus on June 10-11, 2022. The conference is organized by the university and the Christian Academic Forum for Citizenship in the Arab World Cafcaw. As digital transformation has impacted the way we create, display, experience, and consume culture, the conference is dedicated to the exploration of current practices and future trends in the use of emerging and interactive digital technologies and platforms in different Southwestern Asian and North African SWANA cultural realms such as in arts and religion, as well as the effects of digital transformation on tradition, identity, cultural diversity management, and sustainable development. The aim of this conference is to promote critical and interdisciplinary approaches and dialogue between participants from diverse fields and backgrounds on digital advances. It provides an excellent forum for academics, artists, and practitioners to present and discuss the latest advancement and problems, as well as future directions in digital transformation and culture in today’s SWANA environments challenged by the pandemic “new normal”. The Dar al-Kalima University invites academics, artists, and practitioners -- from the fields of visual and performing arts, cultural studies, cultural heritage, socialpolitical studies, theologysciences of religions, computer science, artificial intelligence, among others -- to submit by March 19, 2022, an abstract of their research papertalk or a description of a live artistic productionperformance on one of the themes of the conference. Noting that travel arrangements and expenses during the conference flight ticket, visa cost, PCR tests, airport-conference venue transportation, accommodation, meals will be madecovered by the Dar al-Kalima University. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https:www.daralkalima.edu.psennews1645540483