Sixth International Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective Conference 2025  

February 17-20, 2025

METAMODELING THE FUTURE:

PHILOSOPHY IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES

Organized by:  School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University – Hyderabad, India 

In collaboration with:  Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective

School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University organizes the Sixth Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective Conference in India in collaboration with Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective, to be scheduled from 17-20 February 2025. This conference comprises of two events – two days international camp focusing broadly on the philosophical system of Deleuze and Guattari (17-18 Feb 2025) and specifically on the theme ‘Philosophy’s Infinitude: Chaos, Machine, Virtual’ and the two days international conference on the theme ‘Metamodeling the Future: Philosophy in the Age of Intelligent Machines’ (19-20 Feb 2025).

Here is the plan of the program:

• 17-18 Feb 2025: Two days International Camp on the theme ‘Philosophy’s Infinitude: Chaos, Machine and Virtual’
• 19-20 Feb 2025: Two days International Conference on the theme ‘Metamodeling the Future: Philosophy in the Age of Intelligent Machines’

Venue: School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India

Chief Patron

Raul V Rodriguez
Vice President
Woxsen University

Advisors

Conference Conveners

Dr Manoj NY
School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
Gen Secretary
Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective

Dr Ravikant Kisana
Associate Dean – Academic Affairs
School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Woxsen University

Conference Co-conveners:

1. Ratnpriya, SoLH
2. Dheeraj Rayalu Tadi, SoLH
3. Dibyangana Biswas, SoLH
4. Jyotsana, SoLH

Conference Theme

Originally developed by Félix Guattari to position schizoanalysis as an alternative to psychoanalysis—which he deemed dogmatic, repressive, and authoritarian, — “metamodelization” has emerged as a central, influential concept in continental philosophy. Unlike the straightforward technical or empirical modeling of a rigid system or phenomenon, it represents a reflexive, layered, and mobile modeling process that serves as a framework for understanding the complex and dynamic relationships among systems, subjects, and their environments. Metamodelization accounts for the forming and deforming, molding, and plasticity of systemic autopoietic processes. For Guattari, metamodelization is driven by desire, difference, and a future-oriented dynamism, making it both combative and revolutionary.

As its influence has deepened, philosophy itself has come under the sway of its own metamodelization, reshaping both its internal form and function. Yet notably, the metamodelization of philosophy parallels similar processes within capitalism, to which philosophy is now irrevocably bound. Philosophy mirrors the rampancy and fascism of planetary cybernetic capitalism. Today’s algorithmic capitalism is characterized by digitalization, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and surveillance, and philosophy has fallen under its seduction. This “quaternity” has transformed early capitalism—rooted in industrial production and physical goods—into a phenomenon aggressively powered by data extraction, algorithmic decision-making, and labor automation. As a result, every aspect of modern life, from labor markets and consumer habits to privacy and morality, has been redefined, introducing new ethical, social, and economic challenges.

In this context, it becomes evident that philosophy’s established frameworks—centered around concepts like subject-object opposition, consciousness, agency, reason, rationality, dialectics, spirit, and contradiction—struggle to capture these evasive and invasive processes. Only a metamodeled philosophy, capable of generating new concepts and embracing inter-, trans-, and multidisciplinary perspectives, can fully address the challenges posed by contemporary capitalism.

Fortunately, Guattari and Deleuze provide a theoretical path in this direction. Yet further experimental work is needed to advance the metamodelization of philosophy, and this conference aims to foster a transversal, exploratory dialogue toward that end. We are aiming to undermine the disciple of philosophy to remodel it afresh.

Themes of the conference  (not limited to those listed below):

• Artificial Intelligence and Neurocapitalism
• Surveillance and Identity
• Algorithmic Cultures of Oppression
• Apparatuses of Capture and Control Societies
• Machines and Body in AI
• Desiring Machines and AI
• Becoming Machine and Posthuman futures
• Capitalism, AI and BWO
• Time, Memory and Desire
• Networks and Integrated World Capitalism
• Contemporary Necropolitics
• Deleuze, Guattari and Transdisciplinarity
• Post/Trans/Antihumanism
• Art, Cinema and Literature
• Postcolonial Differentials and Ethnic Issues in Asia
• Pandemic, Illness and the New Biopolitical Regimes
• Deleuze, Guattari and the Crisis of Capitalism
• Diagrams of Caste, Culture and Indian Society
• Ecosophy and Anthropocene
• Deleuze and the Ontological turn
• Deleuze and New Technology
• Borders and Becomings
• Planetary Thinking and Sustainability

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:

1. Eva D Bahovec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2. Joff PN Bradley, Teikyo University, Japan
3. Felicity Colman, University of the Arts, London
4. Mark Featherstone, Keele University, United Kingdom
5. Gary Genosko, Ontario Tech University, Canada
6. Chantelle Gray, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
7. Meenu Gupta, Panjab University, India
8. Jay Hetrick, University of Sharjah, UAE
9. Tatsuya Higaki, Osaka University, Japan
10. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
11. Sebastian Hsien-hao Liao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
12. Chun Mei, Soochow University, Taiwan
13. Manoj NY, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
14. Daniel Smith, Purdue University, USA
15. George Varghese K, President, DGSIC
16. Kamini Vellodi, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 

International camp on Deleuze and Guattari (17-18 Feb 2025)

Theme: ‘Philosophy’s Infinitude: Chaos, Machine, Virtual’

Camp Director: 

Dr Manoj NY
Assistant Professor
School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Woxsen University
Gen Secretary
Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective

Instructors:

1. Joff PN Bradley, Teikyo University, Japan
2. Felicity Colman, University of the Arts, London
3. Mark Featherstone, Keele University, United Kingdom
4. Gary Genosko, Ontario Tech University, Canada
5. Chantelle Gray, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
6. Jay Hetrick, University of Sharjah, UAE
7. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
8. Sebastian Hsien-hao Liao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
9. Daniel Smith, Purdue University, USA
10. George Varghese K, President, DGSIC
11. Kamini Vellodi, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Conference Registration Fee

International Participants: 120 US $
International Students: 100 US $
Teachers/Academics: 4000 INR
Students/Research Scholars: 2500 INR

Camp Registration Fee

International Participants: 120 US $
International Students: 100 US $
Teachers/Academics: 4000 INR
Students/Research Scholars: 2500 INR

Dates to Remember

Conference Schedule 

The conference schedule will be updated here soon