[Commlist] Frames Cinema Journal CFP: Issue 19, Sensing the Archive – Exploring the digital (im)materiality of the moving image archive, Guest Editor Catherine Russell

*/Frames Cinema Journal/*

*Call for Papers*

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*Sensing the Archive –*

*Exploring the digital (im)materiality of the moving image archive***

*Issue 19, Winter 2022*

*Guest Editor: Catherine Russell*

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*Co-Editors-in-Chief: *Lucia Szemetová & Jacob Browne

*Book Review Editor: *Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal

Shrunken film strips, faded footage, distorted sound, and a harsh 
vinegar scent; such lamentable deterioration exposes the material 
vulnerabilities of audio-visual heritage which often determine the work 
of archivists and conservators. With constant changes in the technology 
of access have come profound changes to the world of dusty boxes, narrow 
strip-lit and high-stacked aisles, and data stored in obscure and 
obsolescent formats. At the same time, audio-visual materials offer new 
sensory modes of historiography. What kinds of historical knowledge lie 
within these resources and how can they be revived?

Mass digitisation has transformed the ways in which we can access, 
understand, and interact with histories stored in audio-visual media. 
Digitisation highlights the tangibility of the medium, and the fluidity 
of the material. Archives have always had their absences and lacunae, 
but digital materiality – or immateriality – produces new instabilities 
that require novel ways of approaching audio-visual heritage. How does 
our sensory experience of film history change due to the digital turn? 
What kind of research behaviours and patterns can this process enhance, 
and what kinds of research are inhibited?

Media scholars have examined how the digital turn has enabled a new 
circulation of moving images, challenging traditional film historical 
narratives by disrupting the exclusivity of physical access and written 
documents as the prerequisites for conducting film history. Building on 
this body of work, Issue 19 of /Frames Cinema Journal/ seeks to examine 
the sensorial experience of archival instabilities to consider the 
implications of digital audio-visual archives. /Frames /invites 
considerations of the sensory properties of archives as well as their 
relation to cultural histories and archival studies to contribute 
critically to the flourishing academic discourse on digital humanities.

Topics to discuss and analyse phone footage may include, but are 
certainly not limited to:

  * Archival materiality and preservation
  * Archives and sensorial experience
  * Archive footage and the sense of place
  * Anarchival materiality
  * Archives and modes of film practice, including ethnographic,
    fiction, and experimental.
  * Absences in the archive
  * Archival footage in fiction films
  * Amateur film archives
  * Paratextual archives
  * Interface and the archive
  * Curatorial practices
  * Climate and the archive
  * The archive and the post-pandemic world

*_Notes for Contributors:_*

*Proposal abstracts* should be no more than *250 words* and must be 
accompanied by an *indicative bibliography*. A *brief third-person bio 
*of approx.* 150 words* should be provided along with the abstract. 
Abstracts for *video essays* are especially encouraged, and should 
follow the same guidelines. The bibliography should include anticipated 
sources for moving images.

Abstracts should be sent through as Word Documents and titled “Frames 
Issue 19 Author First name Author Surname” (e.g. Frames Issue 19 Esther 
Shub).

*Please submit your proposal to Lucia Szemetová and Jacob Browne at 
**(_framesjournal /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(framesjournal /at/ gmail.com)>_**. *

/Frames/ accepts a variety of written pieces for submission, such as:

·*Feature Articles*, which are research essays that engage in 
theoretical, practical, pedagogical, and/or historical analysis of the 
visual narrative in film or related digital media. Feature Articles are 
typically between 5,000-7,000 words in length, inclusive of footnotes, 
but exclusive of the bibliography.

·*Point-of-View (POV) Featurettes*, which are shorter research essays 
which seek to examine or express a specific critique about a theme in a 
more succinct fashion. These could include experiences with moving-image 
archives in digital or material contexts. Point-of-View (POV) 
Featurettes are typically between 1,000-3,000 words in length, inclusive 
of footnotes, but exclusive of the bibliography.

·*Film Featurettes*, which are shorter research essays, discuss and 
review one film in detail. Film Featurettes are typically between 
1,000-3,000 words in length, inclusive of footnotes, but exclusive of 
the bibliography.

·*Book Reviews*, which are essays that provide a scholarly critique of 
the latest texts in the field. The text choice may range from the 
theoretical and the practical to the pedagogical and the historical. 
Book Reviews are typically 1,000-1,500 words in length, inclusive of 
footnotes, but exclusive of the bibliography. If you would like to 
publish a book review, please contact our *Book Review Editor*, Anushrut 
Ramakrishnan Agrwaal, at (ara5 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(ara5 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk)>.

/Frames/ also accepts and encourages video essay submissions:

·*Video essays* can be of varying length and should be discussed with 
the editors on a case-by-case basis. Video essay submissions must be 
sent to the editors in the form of a link using an online platform 
(Vimeo, YouTube, etc.).

All submissions to /Frames/ should not be under consideration elsewhere, 
and should be original and previously unpublished.

Please refer to our Submissions page 
<http://framescinemajournal.com/submissions/> for more details.

*_Timetable for Issue 19:_*

*Abstract Proposal Deadline:* 17/09/2021

*Abstract Decision Announcement: *27/09/2021

*First Draft Deadline: *21/11/2021

*Editorial Review:* 22/11/2021 – 12/12/2021

*Final Copy Deadline: *21/01/2022

*Intended Publication Week: *31/01/2022

Abstracts are to be submitted no later than *Friday, September 17, 
2021*, as they will not be considered after that. Authors should expect 
to be notified of the editorial committee’s decision by *Monday, 
September 27, 2021.*

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at 
*(_framesjournal /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(framesjournal /at/ gmail.com)>_**. *

Lucia Szemetová and Jacob Browne

*Co-Editors-in-Chief*

Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal

*Book Review Editor*


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