[Commlist] call for Chapter proposals for The Climate Catastrophe

*Call for Chapters – **/The Climate Catastrophe: A Creative and Critical 
Survival Guide/** (Intellect Books)*

/The Climate Catastrophe: A Creative and Critical Survival Guide/ is a 
book project that builds on the ethos of the three (to date) eco_media 
symposia, in proposing an interdisciplinary response to the various 
catastrophes – human and nonhuman – currently threatening the planet. 
The editors of /The Climate Catastrophe/ are posting an open call for 
chapter proposals. Chapters of between 5000-7000 words should address 
the current climate situation in various ways: some pieces will be 
critical/theoretical/empirical in nature, where others will recount and 
describe creative approaches through art, filmmaking, sound design, and 
photography.

With the circulation of vaccines around the world, we thought we were 
shifting to a new phase of life after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, 
the Delta variant of the virus threatens populations worldwide, plunging 
millions back into lockdown. The core questions for this publication 
will thus be: how might we maintain focus on environmental issues, on 
the ever-present existential threat that predated the chaos of 2020? How 
has the pandemic changed – and continue to change – our approach to or 
understanding of our world and our place in it? What creative, 
theoretical, empirical or philosophical approaches might best help us 
move forward in innovative and responsible ways?

Topics could include — but are not limited to:

  * analyses/discussion of media representations of environmental
    issues/events
  * creative interventions into climate discourse,
    fiction/nonfiction/nonrepresentational
  * social media analysis/discussion of responses to climate issues/events
  * new media and environmental justice
  * the intersection of discussion of Indigenous sovereignty alongside
    environmental issues
  * how the climate debate has been affected by COVID-19
  * changing attitudes to local/global as a result of the pandemic
  * the meeting places between the natural and the mediated
  * the impacts of media practice/research on the environment
  * media materialism (which can incorporate elements of many of the above)

The book combines theoretical/empirical work alongside creative practice 
and audiovisual production research, reflecting the genesis of the 
collection, the eco_media symposium, which has run in Melbourne, 
Australia since 2019.

  * Chapter abstract call opens: Mon 30 August
  * Abstract submission: Fri 5 November
  * Notice of acceptance: Fri 19 November
  * Draft Chapter submission: 8 April 2022
  * Book submission: 5 October 2022

Send proposals of no more than 300 words (or any queries) to 
eco[.]media2[.]rmit[@]gmail[.]com by 5 November 2021. Final chapters 
between 5-7000 words, all-inclusive.


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