[Commlist] CFP - Journal of Sound and Music in Games: Approaches from Latin America

*JSMG SPECIAL ISSUE CALL: VIDEOGAME MUSIC AND SOUND – APPROACHES FROM 
LATIN AMERICA*

Edited by: Karina Moritzen (Universidade Federal Fluminense / 
Universität Oldenburg), Ignacio Quiroz (National University of Litoral), 
Ariel Grez Valdenegro (LUDUM/University of Santiago de Chile).

This special issue intends to provide a meeting ground for the knowledge 
produced in Latin America on the topic of sound and music in video 
games. Latin America here will be understood in a broad sense that is 
not limited to its geographical area: it will also be regarded as a wide 
fertile space in which cultural objects, creative processes, currents of 
thought, aesthetics, epistemologies and methodologies are constructed 
through multiple perspectives.

Due to the uneven global videogames circulation (as most of the AAA 
games are created in the Global North and distributed globally), the 
studies that focus on the issue of sound and music in this media have 
mostly covered titles from the large games industry, and the theoretical 
production in this field has mostly been written from the Global North 
through eurocentric points of view. This had an impact on the 
theoretical direction that research has taken, and on the way in which 
questions have been proposed and dealt with. There are many 
epistemologies still missing from the conversation, as there are varied 
ways of comprehending the particularities that emerge around video game 
music given the cultural context in which it is perceived.

Therefore, the present issue intends to articulate a collective effort 
to gather research around the topic that reflects the plurality of 
thought that exists in Latin America, displaying an anti-essentializing 
portrayal of a continent that subsumes so many different experiences 
with media. The aim is to generate a space for discussion that addresses 
games, materiality, trajectories and social implications of video game 
music and sound in a weave that faithfully represents the 
particularities of Latin America, its games, its authors and its 
multiple realities. Additionally, the edition hopes to highlight and 
stimulate this academic circuit, exposing the work developed here to an 
international audience.

We welcome submission on topics such as:

  * Case studies involving video games of Latin American origin, and
    their music, sounds and artistic production in general;
  * Satellite studies on sound sources of Latin American origin;
  * Problems of Latin American sound representation in the global industry;
  * Theoretical frameworks and analytical synergies from Latin American
    authors;
  * Effects of local modding/piracy in the listening experience;
  * Issues located in the overlap of a global industry and Latin America;
  * Social effects of video game music influence in Latin America;
  * In-game music scenes focusing on Latin American audiences and music
    genres;
  * Music scenes in Latin America anchored out of the game influenced by
    video game music.

Submissions should be 6000–7000 words, in English, and should follow 
the journal’s style guide available here 
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y6rZa_EHq60T-fbzE3Nh5P7JSNSZNPj0fEULJTkO-Ok/edit?usp=sharing>.

Articles should be emailed to (latjsmgissue /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(latjsmgissue /at/ gmail.com)> by December 31, 2022. Authors should 
avoid clear identification of their name and affiliation throughout the 
text, and should remove all metadata from submission files. For 
additional information, please contact the issue’s Guest Editors 
directly at (latjsmgissue /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(latjsmgissue /at/ gmail.com)>. We 
welcome all questions from prospective contributors.


There is no APC (Article Processing Charges) required for this CFP.

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