Any ecofeminist cyborgs out there???
Stefanie
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2) CALL FOR PAPERS from A N G E L A K I
*Best New Journal*
Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) 1996 Awards
>>> NEW CULTURAL THEORY & TECHNO-POLITICS <<<
(Angelaki 4.2)
Edited collection for publication winter 1998/99
What *is* technology? What are its political dimensions? What is the
significance of techno-politics and the so-called "new" cultural
theories being advanced in response to the emergence of the "virtual,"
or, "cyber-society"? What are the implications of new information and
communications technologies like Virtual Reality and the Internet for
contemporary political theory and practice? What consequences are
there for the state, social relations, authority, the acquisition of
power and civil society? Do the newly developing cultural theories of
technology and politics really provide a secure foundation for the
construction of new ethical values or do they merely recycle old
ones?...
This edition of _Angelaki_ will focus on the growing interest in
techno-politics and the new cultural theories and practices being
developed by researchers and activists in political science,
philosophy, literature and cultural studies. It will incorporate
discussions of the relationship between new information and
communications technologies, virtual, or, cyber-politics and
contemporary cultural theory. The editor invites contributions which
address the technological nature, political importance and cultural
development of: cybernetic capitalism, Virtual Reality, the Internet,
virtual class warfare, cloning, posthumanism, cyborgs, cyberfeminism,
speed, cyberspace, Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZs), cyberwar,
cybernetic art, literature, cinema and popular culture.
The issue aims to present a *critical* exploration of techno-politics
and also to position it within the broader context of cultural
theoretical approaches derived from: Autonomous Marxism,
Poststructuralism, Anarchism, Situationism and Postmodernism. It is
hoped that such a publication will make a core contribution to these
and related perspectives on technology, politics and cultural theory.
Not the least of the difficulties confronting such a project is the
fact that the technology at issue itself destabilises the approaches
and disciplines that have tried to work on and through it. _New
Cultural Theory & Techno-Politics_ will not take any academic or
political categories for granted and will open itself up to any
critical engagement.
This is the only journal issue (so far) to consider techno-politics
and its importance for cultural theory. It is anticipated that it will
provide a wide variety of essays, review articles and interviews for
the benefit of cultural and political theorists, activists and others
working in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.
Essays, review articles, interviews, proposals and requests for
further information should be addressed to the editor:
John Armitage
Division of Government and Politics
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST
United Kingdom
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: +44 (0) 191 227 4654
Tel: +44 (0) 191 227 3943
Final material for publication: January 31, 1998
Extent: 2--7,000 words
Style: MLA
E-mail: finished work/drafts may be e-mailed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Hard copy: send two copies, double-spaced.
Please include a c. 50-word biographical note (degrees,
affiliation/occupation, publications, etc.).
Authors are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the journal.
<http://www.bookshop.co.uk/angelaki/>
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Linda Lopez McAlister, Editor, HYPATIA; Listowner SWIP-L; Chair
Dept. of Women's Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Tel. 813-974-0982/FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Stefanie S. Rixecker
Department of Resource Management
Lincoln University, Canterbury
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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