[ecrea] CFP: Wasting Nature, Photography and Culture special issue

Call For Papers



Wasting
 Nature: Ecocriticism and Photography



 



Journal



Photography
and Culture



 



Deadline For Abstracts



September 1st, 2011



 



Henry Fox Talbot famously described photography as
the “pencil of nature.” Although this metaphor refers to photography’s special
relationship to the real, to the indexicality that makes it suited for
naturalist representation, Talbot’s evocative phrase also raises important
questions about photography’s relationship to nature. Indeed, nature remains an
abiding passion among contemporary practitioners as it was among early
photographers. Beyond naturalism and nature appreciation, however, how has
photography approached nature?



 



The editors of Photography
and Culture invite submissions that explore the theoretical, historical and
interdisciplinary dimensions of ecocriticism and photography. In what ways has
photography participated in conservation movements? How have photographers
contributed to ecological consciousness? Has an attention to aesthetics helped
or hindered this project? To what extent might photography be complicit in
wasteful practices?  We are interested in
papers that consider the ecocritical implications of photography from the
perspectives of the media, artists, and activists. Possible topics could
include, among others: the documentation of nuclear catastrophe and global
warming; the visual vocabulary of ecological consciousness; the photographic practices
of the green movement.  



Abstracts of no
more than 500 words, along with a short cv (maximum 1 page), should be sent by
1 September, 2011, to the following address: (pceditors /at/ gmail.com). Notification
regarding the abstracts will be sent by 1 October 2011. Articles of 7000- 9000
words will be required by 1 December 2011 and will be submitted to an external
peer-review process. The special issue will appear in Spring 2012.



Contact:



Editors:



Kathy Kubicki             ((kathykubicki /at/ btinternet.com))



Thy Phu                       ((tphu /at/ uwo.ca))



Valerie Williams
         ((valredhouse /at/ aol.com))



 



Assistant Editor



Monica Takvam           ((mtakvam /at/ gmail.com))



 



Photography and Culture:



http://www.bergpublishers.com/BergJournals/PhotographyandCulture/tabid/3257/Default.aspx


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