CFP Thursday
Check back next week for a new round of Calls!
- CFP Edited Collection: Subjective Experiences of Interactive Nostalgia
- International Scientific Conference – “Corporeal Archives”
- NEH Summer Institute in 2018
- International PhD Colloquium – Regulating new technologies in uncertain times
- Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon)
- NCA 2018 CFP: The Digital Humanities at Play
CFP Edited Collection: Subjective Experiences of Interactive Nostalgia
(DEADLINE EXTENDED)
There are as many varied experiences of nostalgic longing as there are varied approaches to studying nostalgia. From Johannes Hofer to Freud to Svetlana Boym to Stephanie Coontz, our understanding of what it means to long for the past has changed and morphed over time and, as such, our methodological approaches have morphed in kind. The encouragement of nostalgic impulses has only increased over time, with contemporary media seeking to make our past eternally relevant, but our experiences in reaction to this encouragement are varied.
We as consumers and researchers have different subjective experiences of longing for the past, especially in regards to our interactive media like video games, applications, and other digital content, and this collection seeks to honor those differences. In search of a more interdisciplinary understanding of the various forms and experiences of interactive nostalgic longing, this collection will seek to collect essays that explore these subjectivities of nostalgia from methodologically diverse perspectives.
Examples could include (though certainly not limited to) explorations of:
– Historical differences in the experience of nostalgia
– Performative elements of nostalgic longing as meaning making practice
– Cultural diversity and difference in longing for the past
– Political and economic factors that have led to specific experiences of nostalgia
– Ethnographic and autoethnographic studies of nostalgic longing
– Psychological and/or sociological research on experiences of nostalgia
– Rhetorical encouragement of specific kinds of longing
– Philosophical meaning behind the subjective experience of longing for the past
Submission Guidelines:
Please send an abstract of around 350-words, along with a short bibliography (3-5 primary sources) demonstrating the proposed chapter’s theoretical foundation, and a bio of 75 words by March 1, 2018 to: lizardr@sunyit.edu (Ryan Lizardi, editor)
Chapter Guidelines:
After abstract acceptance, authors will be asked to write chapters of 7000-7500 words including references by an agreed upon date to be determined (depending on publisher’s timetable).
International Scientific Conference – “Corporeal Archives”
June 1st – 2nd 2018
Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade, Serbia
Deadline for abstracts submission: March 1st 2018
Notifications of acceptance: March 15th 2018
Deadline for full paper submission: September 15th 2018
Technological advances have enabled a vast array of archives, satisfying our insatiable need to collect, store and preserve, and, further, allowing us to go beyond the institutional repositories of information. Derrida’s claim that “nothing is less clear today than the word ‘archive’” has proven to be accurate and convincing in present-day societies. The bio-cultural record which engages both data production and accumulation has established the body as a crucial “artefact” within a discourse of individual/micro/macro archives.
To think the body is to undo the thinking itself, to approach the body from the border point of the corporeality of thinking. Having stated that, we are to think the body, or bodies, from the archival perspective, from various and multiple “starting” points of imaginary of the body. The normative and normalized “ending” points of bodily archives should be, therefore, thoroughly interrogated. The body has often been represented as a mere footnote to the vast scripture of the mind, reason, soul, spirit, nous, nomos and the like. To think the body from the archival perspective is to re-write and to re-member – it is not to commence but to suspend, to defer closure, and to safeguard the openness of the questions of/on the body. Our aim is to graft on to the “aggregates of knowledge” (in Hegel’s terms), understood as normative epistemic body-productions, and to re-question obsessive archiving of knowledge on the „body“ by following Derrida’s critical concept of “paleonymy” and „archive fever“. In accordance to Derridian philosophy of différance, we invite you to trace the catalogue of the body, a corpus, an to dwell on immense discourse of the body and its failures as discussed in Jean-Luc Nancy’s accounts on „exscribing“ and „ectopic“ body.
The conference sets out to disrupt the everpresent corpuses of knowledge (biological, medical, anthropometric, cultural, ethnographic, political, historical and etc.), and further to imagine alternative productions of new epistemologies of corpus, new “aggregates” of non-normative knowledge, i.e. to invent different bodily registries. Our aim is to probe the subversive tendencies within corporeal archives (in literature, film and media studies, (bio)art, performance studies, etc.), and to engage in the re-evaluation of the notions of (de)construction, (re)organization and bio-thanato-political control of bodily matter. Therefore, we plan to address various and cultural politics and practices that are reshaping our understanding of the body, as well as to examine the new forms of the archival inscriptions and erasures. We invite contributors to critically evaluate the ambiguity of access to the corporeal caches. In addition to academic papers and presentations, we also welcome creative submissions across all genres and forms, from independent scholars, cultural workers and artists.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Biopolitical and Necropolitical Corporeal Archive
- Political bodyscape
- Docile bodies and biopolitics
- Thanatopolitical bodies
- Body as thanatopolitical fiction
- Vulnerability and precarity
- Immunitary communal body
- Histories and Epistemologies of/on the Body
- Cartesian diagram of the body
- Bodies of memory
- Gendered body
- Racialized, sexualized and normalized body
- Monstrous corpus
- Human-cyborg divide
- Body phenomenology
- Body Forensics and Death Studies
- Mass(ive)-body
- Bodily mournings
- Abject bodies (undead, fragmented, body waste, disability)
- Mute witnesses/silence of corpses
- Bioart and Performative Body Archives
- Doll-body – figurines of immobility
- Cinematic corporealities
- Bodily humour and travesty
- Written/writing bodies
- Bodily choreographies
- Wearable Technologies and BioDigital Bodies
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- Surface bodies
- Subversive anatomical catalogues
- Multiplying data in desire synapses
- Quilted bodies – bodily patchwork
- “Fashtech” & “tech couture”
Paper proposals
Proposals of 300 words should be submitted, along with a short bionote at corporeal.archives@fmk.edu.rsFor more information follow the link: http://www.fmk.singidunum.ac.rs/konkursi/selected/982-call-for-papers-corporeal-archives/
NEH Summer Institute in 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018 – 2:00am to Friday, July 13, 2018 – 2:00am
The four-week Institute will take place June 18 to July 13, 2018 at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). Applications for the Institute are accepted from now until March 1. Successful applicants receive a stipend of $3300, which are intended to defray travel and living costs. For more information about the Institute, housing, logistics, and instructions for application, see our website: slcc.edu/neh. Applicants will be notified of acceptance on March 28.The Institute will consider the history of the book from material and embodied perspectives, studying how new and old forms of book technology and circulation impact the creation of and access to humanities scholarship and knowledge. In addition to looking at the history of the book, we will also consider the present moment of the book’s evolution as a prologue to humanist innovation, as developing technologies, digital and multimodal, offer a host of new forms and distribution channels. We will explore how transformations in the book can change interactions between bodies of knowledge and individual human bodies.
The Institute’s activities will be hosted in the SLCC Publication Center, a multi-function space designed to enhance learning about the publication and circulation of print and digital documents. The Publication Center features a digital design lab and a print production room, with high-performance printers, various equipment for binding and hand-built book creation, and an etching press. Five stellar guest faculty will focus our study and instruction: Johanna Drucker, Nicole Howard, Anna Arnar, Mara Mills, and Jonathan Senchyne.
Questions? neh@slcc.edu(link sends e-mail)
The Book: Material Histories & Digital Futures
International PhD Colloquium – Regulating new technologies in uncertain times
The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (“TILT”) is organizing a PhD Colloquium which will take place at Tilburg University on 14 June 2018. The organizers invite PhD researchers working on any of the themes covered by this Call for Papers (“CfP”) to submit an abstract of max. 300 words by 28 February 2018.
Theme
Technology has the ability to serve humans and to make our lives easier. Yet, in doing so, technology disrupts. It changes the status quo by enabling new forms of interaction, new types of medical treatment, or new forms of energy generation. These new applications of technologies are often accompanied with uncertainty as to their long-term (un)intended impacts. However, societies and the citizens that live in them, have different collective and individual preferences in terms of the amount of uncertainty and the type of risk that they are willing to accept. The way in which regulation can address these differing, and sometimes conflicting, societal objectives is therefore a crucial question of legal research. New technologies also raise questions about the boundaries of the law as the line between harmful and beneficial effects often becomes difficult to draw. Societal acceptance of new technologies is essential to making them a success.The general theme of the PhD Colloquium is “Regulating new technologies in uncertain times”. The organizers invite applications from PhD researchers working on any of the following general topics:
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- The regulation of a specific new technology in the field of (public) health, data protection, cybersecurity, intellectual property, freedom of expression, autonomous driving, energy and the environment (including climate change)
- The regulation of technology from a more theoretical perspective; i.e. projects that deal with the broader underlying aspects of regulation such as legitimacy, trust, democracy, uncertainty, risk, precaution, competition and innovation.
- Learning by doing: past regulatory experiences and new challenges. For example, what can be learned from the regulatory debate on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) that is relevant for the regulatory challenges posed by “big data” and “the internet of things”? Are there commonalities or is the subject matter too different?
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In particular, the organizers welcome contributions that seek to identify broader commonalities between the regulation of new technologies in different fields.
Submission of CfP
Interested PhD researchers are invited to submit an abstract of max. 300 words and 5 keywords by 28 February 2018 to l.s.reins@tilburguniversity.edu using the subject line format [“PhD-CfP: Abstract – NAME”]. Only one abstract per person will be considered. Abstracts should be accompanied by a CV, indicating the researcher’s affiliation and list of publications.The result of the selection process will be announced on 10 March 2018. Selected participants are expected to submit a paper based on the abstract by 15 May 2018. The paper should be limited to 6.000 words max. Upon receipt, the paper will be reviewed by at least 1 TILT member.
The PhD Colloquium will be organized based on a Panel-format, with each speaker being requested to present for 15 minutes. The Panel sessions will be chaired by TILT experts. Alongside the Panel sessions, one or more plenary sessions will be organized.
Logistics
Limited funds for travel and accommodation are available for PhD researchers from outside The Netherlands (up to 300 Euro for researchers within the EU and up to 800 Euro for researchers from outside the EU). PhD researchers wishing to apply for funding should indicate this alongside their abstract and CV in the accompanying cover e-mail.
Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon)
Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
September 29-30, 2018
qgcon.com // @qgcon
CALL FOR SPEAKERS // CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline: March 1st, 2018The Queerness and Games Conference is now accepting submissions for presentations at its fifth annual conference, which will be held on September 29-30, 2018 at Concordia University in Montréal, Canada! Proposals for conference talks and other sessions are due March 1st, 2018 (details and instructions below).
QGCon is an annual event that brings together developers, academics, educators, and activists to explore the intersection of LGBTQ issues and video games. Proposals for talks, pre-constituted panels, workshops, roundtables, and post mortems are welcome. Speakers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit. Because QGCon is a community-oriented event that seeks to foster dialogue across areas of expertise, we especially value sessions that engage a broad and diverse audience. Please note that, since QGCon attendees come from across academia, industry, and beyond, different speakers may bring different ideas about what constitutes a “talk” or a “panel.” QGCon values these differences and kindly requests that, as per the submission guidelines below, prospective speakers describe the approach they hope to take to their proposed session.
Though the focus of QGCon is LGBTQ issues, the conference takes an intersectional approach to queerness. Issues of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, neurodiversity, socioeconomic class, and other forms of identity, inclusion, and marginalization are central to our understanding of queerness and games. Given the exciting new location of the 2018 conference, the QGCon organizers are particularly eager to receive proposals that explore the international context of queerness and games, as well as proposals that address the French language or Canadian-American relations. Other topics that the organizers are interesting in seeing represented at QGCon 2018 include futurity in queer theory (such as Afrofuturism, alternative futures, or indigenous futures), and affect theory (including such “public feelings” as depression, anxiety, and optimism, as well as affective/emotional labor and other ways that emotion and feelings are political and part of power relationships).
For those who are new to the QGCon community and are interested in learning more about the types of conversations that take place at the event, the conference organizers encourage you to look at talk topics and recorded videos from past years’ conferences, which can be found on the QGCon website.
A note on travel: After four years in sunny California, QGCon is moving to Montréal for its 2018 conference, where we will be hosted by Concordia University. Accepted presenters traveling to the conference from outside Québec will be eligible for a limited number of travel grants, as well as other opportunities for reducing the cost of attending.
A note on the QGCon arcade: In addition to this Call for Proposals, which focuses on talks and other sessions, QGCon releases an annual Call for Games for the arcade of queer games featured at the event. Those interested in submitting to the arcade should refer to the Call for Games, which will be released at a later date. Feel free to check our Twitter feed (@qgcon) for updates.
Instructions for Submitting
Submissions for QGCon 2018 can be submitted through our Google submission form. The form requests the following information, provided here for your reference. Please submit via the submission form no later than March 1, 2018:-
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- Your name and contact information, and a brief bio (approximately 100 words) for you and any of your proposed co-presenters. If relevant, please include links to your website, CV, online work, or social media presence. Solo presentations and co/group presentations are both welcome.
- Info regarding which type of session you are proposing. Options include: 20-minute talk or post mortem, 60-minute talk or post mortem, pre-constituted panel (3-4 speakers at 15-20 minutes each), 60-minute workshop, 60-minute round table. If you would like to propose a session type or length not listed here, please describe it in your email.
- An abstract (approximately 350 words) that summarizes the session you are proposing, the main points you plan to make, and/or the learning goals you have for your attendees. If you are proposing a panel, please include a description of the overall panel as well as individual abstracts from panelists.
- Info regarding any special materials or space accommodations you would need for your session, such as non-standard AV requirements, craft supplies, etc.
- Indicate whether you plan to apply for a travel grant to attend the conference, and whether you would be interested in participating in a homestay program, which pairs speakers with local community members to reduce the cost of accommodations.
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Notifications regarding acceptance will be sent by early April, 2018. Please feel free to contact the QGCon organizers with questions. Inquiry emails can be sent to contact@qgcon.com.
Thank you for your interest in the Queerness and Games Conference!
– The 2018 QGCon organizers: Jasmine Aguilar, Emma Bobell, Christopher Goetz, Chelsea Howe, Aleah Kiley, Jess Marcotte, Teddy Pozo, Chuck Roslof, Bonnie “Bo” Ruberg, Vanessa Siebold, and Dietrich “Squinky” Squinkifer
NCA 2018 CFP: The Digital Humanities at Play
The digital humanities offer scholars the opportunity to engage in the concept of play in their work, through user-friendly, yet intellectually rigorous, presentations of archives and academic research. We are seeking participants for a proposed session at the upcoming National Communication Association convention, being held in Salt Lake City November 8-11, 2018. Papers should interrogate the role of digital humanities in the 21st century. The conference theme is “Communication at Play.”
Potential topics could include but are not limited to:
– Theories of digital humanities
– Digital methodologies
– Gamification and digital humanities
– The digital archive (traditional archives, personal archives, ???)
– Digital humanities as communication
– Obsolescence and the future of digital humanitiesIf you are interested, please submit an abstract not to exceed 350 words to Kathleen M. Ryan (kathleen.ryan@colorado.edu) and David Staton (david.staton@unco.edu) by Friday, March 2nd. All paper proposals will also be considered for a peer-reviewed edited collection on digital humanities.
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