Event Details

You are invited to submit a paper or register as an attendee for the 2026 Cybernetic Culture Workshop, a warm and interdisciplinary space exploring this year’s theme: Digital Underworlds – Hidden, Obscured and Transgressive Spaces on the Internet.

Call for Papers AND General Registration are now open.

The workshop welcomes scholars and practitioners from fields including consumer research, cyber-security, media/cultural studies, digital humanities, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, and beyond. No prior “cyber” background is required — curiosity is enough.

Submission Details (Call for Papers)

We invite 500-word abstracts (excluding references) addressing any aspect of digital underworlds, including subcultures, visibility and surveillance, AI intimacy, dark economies, and digital emotion/affect. Work may be conceptual, creative, empirical, speculative, or in-progress.

Abstract deadline: Friday 23 January 2026

Notifications: Tuesday 10 February 2026

Submit to: s.james7@lancaster.ac.uk and j.cronin@lancaster.ac.uk

Full call for papers: FULL INFO HERE

General Registration (Attend Without Submitting)

If you wish to attend the workshop without submitting a paper, general registration is open to all.

Register here via EVENTBRITE