[ecrea] Announcement and Call for Papers: Deletion: the Open Access Online Forum in Science Fiction Studies

Deletion: the Open Access Online Forum in Science Fiction Studies



“Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the 
blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science 
fiction -- its essence -- has become crucial to our salvation, if we are 
to be saved at all.” Isaac Asimov



Deletion the open access online forum in science fiction studies will 
publish original 'think pieces' every month of approximately 1200-1500 
words. Committed to writing about science fiction in all its forms and 
modes of operation, Deletion will invite contributions from those 
writing about science fiction from a literary, philosophical, artistic, 
scientific, aural, televisual, games, and cinematic context.



Deletion will also solicit papers from the leading scholars in science 
fiction studies, organise and be open to regular ‘special editions’, and 
will accept and encourage non-standard submissions such as creative 
pieces. Submissions can also take the form of 2-3 minute podcasts or 
video blogs.



Deletion’s work will be framed around the following questions; what is 
science fiction today; what are its social, cultural and political 
functions; what forms does it take and what are the relationships in and 
between those forms; and how does creative practice best interpret 
contemporary science fiction?



Deletion will be led by scholars from Deakin University, Melbourne, who 
will form its ‘inner’ editorial board, alongside an international 
advisory board, comprising leading scholars in the field.



The first edition of Deletion will be a special invitation edition, 
where its key questions will be explored from an inter and 
cross-disciplinary perspective by renowned science fiction scholars and 
practitioners.



An open call for papers and creative pieces for publication in Deletion 
is now open. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:



Children in contemporary science fiction;

Environmentalism;

Scientific understanding and science fiction;

Haptic science fiction;

Robotics;

Literary dystopia;

The suburban artwork of Gregory Crewdson;

Independent science fiction cinema;

Fictions of science in games;

Surveillance;

4-D science fiction cinema;

Philosophy and science fiction;

The Alien messiah;

Case studies: authors and auteurs;

Costume and design in science fiction;

Transhumanism;

Science fiction installation art;

Ethics and morals;

Whiteness in science fiction;

Music video and futurism;

Cult science fiction;

Science fiction poetry;

Special affect;

Eugenics;

Armageddon;

Romance in science fiction;

Science fiction music;
Sounding science fiction;

Time travel;

The urban, the rural;

Sex in science fiction;




Papers (of 1200-1500 words in length) should be emailed as a word 
attachment to the following addresses: Sean Redmond: 
(s.redmond /at/ deakin.edu.au) and Chris Moore: (c.moore /at/ deakin.edu.au)



Submissions for creative work will be dealt with on a case by case 
basis; please contact Sean Redmond: (s.redmond /at/ deakin.edu.au) and Chris 
Moore: (c.moore /at/ deakin.edu.au) with your initial expression of interest.



Deletion will go live at 1 minute past 1am on the 1st October 2013 
(EST). Details of its URL will follow in September.



Sean Redmond

Leon Marvell

Chris Moore

Elizabeth Braithwaite

Trent Griffiths



----------------
ECREA-Mailing list
----------------
This mailing list is a free service from ECREA.
---
To unsubscribe, please visit http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist
---
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Postal address:
ECREA
Universit�ibre de Bruxelles
c/o Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences
CP123, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, b-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
----------------