-----Original Message----- From: Evental Aesthetics <[email protected]> To: Kate <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 7:00 am Subject: 2014 CFPs
EA announces 3 Open Calls: Now seeking submissions for our 2014 publications The Editors of Evental Aesthetics are pleased to invite submissions for three issues, all scheduled for publication in 2014. Deadlines: March, June, September 2014. More info below. We welcome both full-length articles (4,000-10,000 words) and Collisions (1,000-2,500 words). Collisions are brief responses to aesthetic experiences that raise philosophical questions, pointing the way towards suggestive discussions rather than necessarily arguing for particular answers. Submission and formatting requirements, along with further information on Collisions, are available here (http:// http://eventalaesthetics.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14151dd6bc0930f21 3369f1a&id=f7b82a92b6&e=8b982200e0) . Submissions that do not meet our requirements will not be considered. Each issue will have two parts, one dedicated to a specific theme, and the other (b unthemedb ) devoted to aesthetic questions of any kind. Thus for each issue, the Editors seek submissions in two categories. 1. Aesthetics and philosophy (b unthemedb ): This section will be devoted to philosophical matters pertaining to any aesthetic practice or experience, including but not limited to art and everyday aesthetics. All three issues will contain this category. 2. Fantasy (Deadline 31 March, 2014): Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Fantasy fiction, speculative fiction, magical realism * Fantasy as a musical genre * Utopias/dystopias * Ideological fantasies * Fantasy, imagination, and dreaming as cognitive faculties and in aesthetic representations * Fantasybs place in critique; the fantastic and the monstrous as aesthetic and critical categories 3. Hijacking (Deadline 30 June 2014): Hijacking means commandeering: taking forceful control of a jet, a cruise ship, a car. It can also pertain metaphorically to other acts of wresting control: sampling music without a license (hip-hop), appropriating a slogan (b Keep Calm and Carry Onb ) for means other than that for which it was intended; changing the scene of a cultural practice (EDM, from subculture to mainstream pop culture). This issue will explore aesthetic issues concerning hijacking. Submissions can address, but should not be limited to, the following questions: * Is there such a thing as aesthetic hijacking? * What are the ethics of hijacking a philosophy? * How can style (musical or otherwise) be hijacked? * What aspects of contemporary art can genuinely be considered hijackable intellectual property? Can intellectual property serve as a critical concept? * In the aesthetic realm, can the concept of hijacking serve as a launching point or impetus for critique? * What are the ethics of aesthetically representing other forms of hijacking? 4. Vital Materialism (Deadline 30 September 2014): The work of Jane Bennett, on the enchantment of the quotidian and the vital, material agency of nonhuman things, dares to confront life, agency, materiality, objecthood, and other such fundamental concepts under the incisive spotlight of critique, launching a devastating offensive against anthropocentrism. Her writings have influenced a great deal of recent ecocritical, political, and object-oriented theories, and sparked new thinking about bodies and relations in literary, sonic, and musicological studies. The Editors of EA proudly dedicate our Winter 2014 issue to aesthetic intersections with Bennettbs work. Topics may include, but need not be limited to: * Critical interpretations of the roles of nonhumans in specific artworks and art forms * The adoption of vital materialism and related notions as aesthetic concepts * How particular artworks and artistic media challenge anthropocentrism and/or rethink materiality and thinghood * The potential of aesthetics, as an entire field of practical, scholarly, and theoretical inquiry, to critique political ecologies and undermine anthropocentric ideologies * Close readings of Jane Bennettbs work from aesthetic perspectives. All categories may be freely interpreted, however all submissions must address philosophical matters. Submission and formatting requirements are available here (http:// http://eventalaesthetics.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14151dd6bc0930f21 3369f1a&id=35938f2878&e=8b982200e0). Submissions that do not meet our requirements will not be considered. More information on review and publication timelines is available here (http://eventalaesthetics.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b14151dd6bc0930f 213369f1a&id=e4a6da1f2d&e=8b982200e0). For updates and CFP reminders, follow us on Twitter (@EVAesthetics) or join or mailing list via our homepage. With additional questions, contact the Editors (eventalaesthetics b at b gmail b dot b com). Latest Issue: Aesthetic Histories http://eventalaesthetics.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b14151dd6bc0930f2 13369f1a&id=90bc494b6f&e=8b982200e0 Coming soon: Evental Aesthetics, Vol. 2 No. 4 "Poverty & Asceticism." Visit our homepage (http://eventalaesthetics.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14151dd6bc0930f2 13369f1a&id=e5e8921daf&e=8b982200e0) to learn about the contributors. ============================================== Unsubscribe [email protected] from this list: http://eventalaesthetics.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=b14151dd6bc0930f21 3369f1a&id=f8983dfb5c&e=8b982200e0&c=c03fa94c47
