[Commlist] CFP: Digital Exhaustion (edited book)

*CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ‘DIGITAL EXHAUSTION’*

Edited by Alexander R. E. Taylor (University of Exeter), Linda Kopitz 
(University of Amsterdam), Alexandra Kviat (University of Leicester) and 
Yiğit Soncul (University of Winchester)
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*Deadline for Abstracts: 14 November 2022*
Overflowing email inboxes. Back-to-back Zoom meetings. Unending data 
extraction. Constant connectivity. Data-driven productivity measurement. 
Gruelling gig economy work. The pressure to maintain social media 
presence. Netflix binging.
*Daily life in digital culture can be exhausting.*
This edited collection takes the theme of ‘digital exhaustion’ as a 
starting point for critical inquiry into the ever-expanding presence of 
digital technologies in daily life.We offer ‘exhaustion’ as a broad and 
versatile conceptual prism for thinking through human-technology 
relations in the current climate of digital overload.
Digital exhaustion - along with a range of other related affects and 
experiences, including digital burnout, Zoom fatigue, information 
overload and social media overuse – have all emerged as key structures 
of feeling in the present.With digital technologies entrenching 
themselves deeper and deeper into our personal and professional lives, 
the possibilities of ‘disconnection’ and ‘detox’ seem increasingly 
tempting. At the same time, the need to engage in sustained dialogue 
about digital futures and the ways that digital technologies are being 
deployed, embraced and opposed is of pressing importance. This edited 
collection is responsive to this need.
We are interested in issues and approaches pertaining to the study of 
digital exhaustion and welcome contributions from a range of topics, 
such as:

  * The fatigue arising from back-to-back Zoom calls
  * The ‘burnout’ that comes from social media overuse
  * Digital labour
  * Digital remedies to digital exhaustion
  * Digital aesthetics of exhaustion
  * Digital detoxing
  * The exhaustion of planetary resources generated by digital device
    manufacture/demand
  * Gig economy and app-driven work

*Please submit the following by_14 November 2022_ for consideration:*

  * A 500-word proposed chapter abstract
  * A one-page CV
  * A 150-word bio (please make sure to include your current position,
    institutional affiliation and email address)
  * One previous writing sample representative of writing style and
    narrative voice
We are looking to balance the disciplines and methods represented in the 
collection and this will partly inform our selection process.
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*Tentative Production Schedule:*

  * Please send the above material (toa.r.e.taylor /at/ exeter.ac.uk)
    <mailto:(a.r.e.taylor /at/ exeter.ac.uk)> by 14 November 2022
  * Authors notified following review – 21 November 2022
  * First chapter drafts due (6,000-8,000 words - 10 February 2023
  * The deadline for the submission of full contributions will be late
    Spring 2023

Please send any questions (toa.r.e.taylor /at/ exeter.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(a.r.e.taylor /at/ exeter.ac.uk)>


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