[Commlist] Call for Book Contributions — Radical Film at the Dawn of a New Society

You are invited to make a contribution to a new book arising from the 
*Radical Film Network Meeting Berlin (RFNMB)*. Under the working title 
*“**Radical Film at the Dawn of a New  Society”*, the book aims to 
critically interrogate how various actors working at the intersection of 
radical film, art and digital culture are engaging with issues of our 
present time shaped by changes and disruptions of seismic proportions.

The events of the year 2020 have fundamentally transformed public life 
almost beyond recognition. It remains to be seen if these 
transformations are here to stay or just a passing phase. These events 
and many of the transformations they have given rise to have fostered a 
surge of anxiety, feelings of powerlessness and a dark vision of the future.

However, if we take a second look at the current situation, we can also 
see a newly developed focus on the importance of community, of 
solidarity and on maintaining sociality, all of which hold the promise 
of a new society. And while anxiety is often said to embody paralyzing 
features, one could argue that anxiety — a basic human emotion like joy, 
lust and anger — is a strong motive for collective human action because 
nobody wants to stay alone in the dark.

We propose to overcome the anxiety together and to collectively develop 
productive solutions to reclaim control. We are seeking contributions 
which investigatethe possibilities of radical film cultures to regain 
agency and to offer productive ways out of the current bleakness. How 
can this state of affairs be aestheticallytranslated into new forms of 
radical film or cinema?

We welcome contributions from individuals and communities both inside 
and outside of academia, in particular, from activists, artists, 
filmmakers, policymakers and researchers. Contributions can either 
capture entirely new work or engage with past work taking a new 
perspective. They can take the form of any of, but not limited to, the 
following formats: academic papers, interviews, essays, photo stories, 
poems, short stories, diaries, codings or drawings or even memes.

Contributions should engage with expressions of ‘radicality’ that 
articulate democratic and progressive Leftist politics and culture in 
their treatment of topics during this moment relating to issues like 
racism, sexism, classism, identity politics, capitalist exploitation, 
social care, gentrification, conflict, migration, curatorial and 
archival practices, digitalization, surveillance, revolutionary 
movements, concepts of nature, climate change, pollution, pharmaceutics, 
drug politics and the pandemic measures among other topics.

If you are interested in making a contribution to the book, please send 
a *500-word proposal* or *sample contribution *to (pub /at/ radicalfilm.net) 
<mailto:(pub /at/ radicalfilm.net)>by *1 February 2021*.

*Important Dates*

 0. 1 February 2021: Proposal or Sample Contribution Submission Deadline;
 1. 15 March 2021: Notification of Acceptance;
 2. 15 August 2021: Full Chapter Submission;
 3. 15 December 2022: Peer Review Comments Returned;
 4. 15 January 2022:  Contributor Revisions Due;
 5. 15 February 2022:  Final Acceptance Notification.

The book will be published by an international publisher and we are 
currently in the midst of exploring possible options. It is not possible 
to pay contributors for their contributions, but each contributor will 
receive a free personal copy of the book as is common practice. As a 
contributor to the book, you will be invited either in person or via 
online videoconferencing to the *Second Radical Film Network Meeting* in 
Berlin *(RFNMB 2)* which has been scheduled for *Monday 6^th – Saturday 
9^th October 2021*. Details of *RFNMB 2* will be circulated separately 
in due course and will also be available via: https://radicalfilm.net/ 
<https://radicalfilm.net/>

This call for contributions can also be downloaded as a PDF file via: 
https://radicalfilm.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RFNMB-OPENCALL.pdf 
<https://radicalfilm.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RFNMB-OPENCALL.pdf>

If you have any queries regarding this call, please send these to: 
(pub /at/ radicalfilm.net) <mailto:(pub /at/ radicalfilm.net)>

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