Bie-modernist Cultural Computing and Modernity

The field of human-computer interaction is witnessing a paradigm shift, as computational technologies—spanning digital, multimedia, and artificial intelligence—become integral to cultural heritage preservation, the creation of cultural products, and the advancement of both the sciences and the humanities. While these technologies have demonstrated remarkable success in technical and cultural applications, their deeper philosophical implications and potential for addressing emergent questions in the humanities and social sciences are only now gaining traction. Bie-Modernist Cultural Computing (BCC), grounded in the Bie-modernism theory developed by Dr. Wang Jianjiang, has recently gained international recognition as a method for computationally analyzing cultural quality and meaning via proportion analysis of modern, pre-modern, and postmodern influences. The growing body of research—including over 20 papers and the establishment of dedicated research centers—signals a new avenue for synthesizing qualitative and computational approaches to understand evolving social forms, cultural dynamics, and the interplay between technology and human values.BCC aims to address critical gaps in current academic frameworks, particularly regarding the ambiguous and often contradictory notions of modernity within Chinese and global contexts. It offers a theoretical and practical methodology for disentangling the intertwined threads of pre-modern, modern, and postmodern paradigms using context-aware, AI-driven analysis. By leveraging sentence and word vector representations with proportional and qualitative analysis, BCC proposes a novel approach to meaning and cultural quality computation. The objective is to challenge pseudo-modernity and post-truth tendencies by applying computational tools to human-computer, human-code, and human-media interactions, thereby facilitating objective, data-driven insight into complex social and cultural phenomena.This Research Topic seeks to advance the integration of qualitative cultural inquiry with computational methodologies, fostering discussions at the intersection of technology, philosophy, and the humanities. While contributions that employ digital or multimedia techniques are prioritized, theoretical or critical works engaging with human-technology interaction in cultural contexts are also encouraged. The scope centers on applying BCC and related computational paradigms to unravel cultural, social, and technological developments, with a particular emphasis on analyzing current social forms and establishing frameworks for identifying authenticity in the age of big data and media convergence.To gather further insights in the broad and interdisciplinary landscape of Bie-Modernist Cultural Computing, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:- Cultural quota calculation of random variables for the proportions of modern, pre-modern, and postmodern in societies- Analysis of modernity, pre-modernity, and postmodernity in literature and art- Ergonomic and positional analysis of "Bie-human" within Bie-modern social structures- Quantitative studies of life equity, social fairness, and their relation to happiness and aesthetics- Explorations of employment, war, human destiny, and civilization trends within the BCC framework- AI-driven prediction of character fate in narrative contexts- The role of scientific, technological advancement, and big data in BCC- Methods and case studies on cultural heritage protection and product development- Examination of facts, post-truth, and authenticity in historical and contemporary contexts- Studies on digital identity, equity, immersive technology interactions (VR/AR), and the philosophical underpinnings of BCCSubmissions may include original research articles, review articles, methodology papers, theoretical essays, and case studies, provided they meaningfully advance understanding of human-computer, human-code, or human-media interaction within the BCC paradigm. Topic editors: 建疆 王, Haiguang Chen, Hazem Ahmed Khairy Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/74023/bie-modernist-cultural-computing-and-modernity