Integration & Boundaries: Humanities/Arts, Technology and Communication
Organizer:
School of Journalism, Yunnan University
Date:
October 21st, 2025 (UTC +8)
Symposium Chair:
Dr. Cai Yong
Professor in Yunnan University
Personal Bio:
Dr. Cai Yong, who has been learning calligraphy and painting since childhood, is passionate about philosophy and also excels in poetry and prose. He majored in Financial Banking at the undergraduate level. After graduation and teaching at the Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, He worked part-time in advertising practice and participated in the Building several local brands, as well as other famous brands marketing communication. In the late 1990s, He studied marketing communication in Australia and gained a comprehensive understanding of IMC. After returning to China, He continued his studies in communication psychology at Renmin University of China and obtained a doctoral degree. The following year, he was promoted to professor at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics. Subsequently, he served as an art advisor for China Media Criticism Network, a review expert for China Advertising IAI, a standing director of the China Journalism Association, and a review expert for national-level projects. He has been a professor at Yunnan University since 2010. His interests and research directions, in chronological order, are bank customer consumption psychology, consumer behavior, advertising creativity, corporate image design, integrated marketing communication, communication psychology, communication methods and skills, and visual communication. The main representative treatises are Psychology of Contemporary Commercial Bank Customers(2004), The Finding of Consumer & Absence of Subjectivity---a Brief History of Its Criticism of Modern Advertising Theories and Their Practice(2008)， Simplicity Is Reality & Sincerity: Off the Dilemma of Post-Modern Media Context---Philosophical Introspection & Theoretical Construction（2008）, Simplicity: A Key Word in Integrated Marketing Communication---Theoretical Models & Practical (2008), Aesthetic Narrating---Iconography Biography Based on Media Evolution (2013), and Visual Reproduction in the History of Gender Relation (in publishing).
Committee Members:
| Dr. Jinto LIN | Yunnan University | Linjintao80@163.com |
| Dr. Yixuan LI | Sichuan University | Goonau26@163.com |
| Dr. Shixue LIANG | Police Academy of the People’s Armed Police Force of China | Lsx1057@163.com |
Call for Papers
Background:
With the infiltration of new technologies, especially AI technology, into society and People's Daily lives and work, the boundaries of various disciplines are becoming increasingly blurred. Traditional humanities, arts and business have also been constantly evolving and/or mutating due to changes in human ways of thinking, expression and communication media. Scholars from different fields have made thoughts and responses to this new problem (including ethical issues) arising from the continuous integration of new technologies and new information.
Goal/Rationale:
Facing the vanishing boundaries between disciplines and the ethical and value questions it raises, scholars in various fields should adhere to the original disciplinary forms and research methods, or adopt a more proactive attitude towards the intervention of new technologies and utilize them to solve various problems that could not be addressed in the past. But how will the resulting problems change and define traditional disciplines, and raise new questions within themselves or in broader fields, or open up new research areas? In the past, I personally broke through the boundaries between marketing, communication and the research of humanities, philosophy, aesthetics, art and psychology, and did some exploratory thinking. I want to take this opportunity to offer my humble thoughts and spark more valuable intellectual collisions among the participants from different research fields.
Scope and Information for Participants:
The issues to be discussed in this symposium cover a wide range of fields including humanities, arts, business, communication and information technology. Researchers who are interested in the new problems in related fields brought about by new technologies are welcome to participate. Specifically, it includes but is not limited to the following listed main issues:
- Should the humanities (mainly referring to literature and philosophy) be redefined? How should its research perspective, specific research objects, research approaches and research methods be changed or broken through?
- How will traditional art styles change after the intervention of new technologies? How does the intervention of new communication media change people's acceptance methods and perception of artworks, and how does it in turn affect creators' aesthetics, values and the use of media?
- In the modern society dominated by commercialization and technology, where will traditional values head? Will and how can its realistic inevitability maintain a coordinated development with the rational ought to be?
- If modern media technology were left behind and only the body and mind were used as the medium of response, what kind of answer would a yoga practitioner give?
Topics
The main topics of this symposium are listed below.
Fine Arts & Design
- Artificial Intelligence in Art
- Visual Arts
- Generative Art
- Immersive Installations
- NFTs and Digital Ownership
- Interactive Art
- Data Visualization Design
- Sustainable Art Practices
- Contemporary Art
- Art Criticism
- Animation Production
- Music and Dance Studies
- Bio-Art and Biodesign
- Traditional Media (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture)
- Digital Media (3D Animation, UX Design, Corporate Design)
- Commercial Design (Advertising, Editorial Design)
Journalism & Mass Media
- AI in Journalism
- Digital Transformation in Media
- Social Media Journalism
- Data Journalism
- VR and AR in Media
- Blockchain and Media Ownership
- Ethics in Digital Media
- Influencer and Social Media Journalism
- Cross-Platform Journalism
- Public Interest Media
- Traditional Sectors
- (Print Media, Electronic Media, Opinion Journalism)
- Specialized Journalism Types
- (Investigative, Political, Entertainment Journalism)
- Film and Film Production
- Photography and Film Production
- Theater and Film Studies
Meanwhile, submissions aligned with the overall conference theme are also welcome.
Culture & Sociology
- Digital Sociology
- Sociology of Climate Change
- Migration and Globalization
- AI and Society
- Sociology of Technology
- Social Media Impact
- Post - Colonial Sociology
- Sociology of Mental Health
- Inequality and Social Justice
- Gender Studies in Sociology
- Core Fields (e.g., Theoretical Sociology, Historical Sociology)
- Specialized Areas (e.g., Urban Sociology, Criminology, Rural Sociology)
Literature & Translation
- Contemporary and New Century Literature
- Literary Theory and Criticism
- Digital and Network Literature
- Gender Studies in Literature
- Cross-Cultural and Literary Translation
- Technical Translation and Localization
- Classical and Ancient Literature
- Multimedia Translation and Adaptation
- Regional and Comparative Literature
- Environmental and Eco-Criticism in Literature
- Literature and Poetry
History & Philosophy
- Ethics and Applied Philosophy
- Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Political Philosophy and Governance
- Philosophy of Science and Technology
- Environmental and Climate History
- Military and Diplomatic History
- Religious and Cultural History
- Social Movements and Public History
- Post-Colonial Studies and Global History
- Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness
Submission:
Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full papers that include title, abstract, introduction, tables, figures, conclusion and references. It is unnecessary to submit an abstract in advance. The deadline for general submission is October 14, 2025. Each paper should be no less than 4 pages. One regular registration can cover a paper of 6 pages, and additional pages will be charged. Please format your paper well according to the conference template below before submission. Paper Template Download
Please prepare your paper in both .doc/.docx and .pdf format and submit your full paper by email with both formats attached directly to sympo_kunming@icihcs.org
Important Dates
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Publication
Accepted papers of the symposium will be published in Communications in Humanities Research (Print ISSN 2753-7064), and will be submitted to Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Crossref, CNKI, Portico, Google Scholar and other databases for indexing. The situation may be affected by factors among databases like processing time, workflow, policy, etc.
Proceeding Title: Communications in Humanities Research
Press: EWA Publishing, United Kingdom
ISSN: 2753-7064(print) / 2753-7072(electronic)
* The papers will be exported to production and publication on a regular basis. Early-registered papers are expected to be published online earlier.
This symposium is organized by ICIHCS 2025 and it will independently proceed the submission and publication process
Venue:
Yunnan University, Cuihu N Rd, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, China, 650106
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