[Commlist] Call for special issue: Media Artivism: On the Archaeology and History of Digital Culture for Social Change

Media Artivism: On the Archaeology and History of Digital Culture for 
Social Change

Deadline: 30 June 2023

Submissions to be published in Issue 33 (January 2024)

CFP: https://raco.cat/index.php/Artnodes/about/call-for-papers/artivism 
<https://raco.cat/index.php/Artnodes/about/call-for-papers/artivism>

SCOPUS: Q1 Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Editors:
Carolina Fernández-Castrillo: Media archaeologist and transmedia digital 
literacy scholar at Carlos III University of Madrid (TECMERIN).
Diego Mantoan: Digital, public and contemporary art historian at the 
University of Palermo.

The purpose of this special issue is to delve into the field of activism 
in media art from an archaeological approach and a 
digital-art-historical perspective, in order to understand the specific 
context in which media artivism emerged and how it has evolved until the 
present day. Despite the prosperity of international examples since the 
advent of digital technologies, scholarly studies have so far failed to 
grasp the relevance of this autogenous field for the development of 
media art and for the transdisciplinary understanding of how 
contemporary creators employ digital technology to tackle issues in a 
broader societal dimension.
 From pioneering experiences to current practices, this call for papers 
is looking for contributions that explore the theories, trends, artworks 
and key figures in this field, especially those focused on their 
action/function in the public sphere. By establishing an epistemological 
framework along the lines of media archaeology and digital art history, 
fed by the study of a selection of case studies, we intend to highlight 
the role of media artivism in the framework of recent historical and 
societal developments, as well as its potentially leading role for 
behavioural and social change.
The field of media artivism is particularly relevant considering how 
artists are tackling societal issues through digital strategies and thus 
drawing attention to gender issues, environmental crime, greenwashing, 
racial discrimination, social injustices, political and economic 
corruption, abuse of power, invasive technologies, surveillance abuse, 
the digital divide, sustainable development, among many other topics. 
The issue will also explore the role of data visualization, immersive 
installations and interactive projects based on the use of new media and 
the internet as instruments for awareness-raising and social protest. 
Special attention will be paid to contemporary art practices based on 
hacktivist and intercreative procedures that aim to highlight or uncover 
realities in traditional media to expand the role of investigative 
journalism in the post-digital age.

The call for papers welcomes proposals by scholars with a background in 
digital and public humanities, internet culture, media studies, media 
art history and cybersociology, as well as those from other fields 
wishing to engage in the exploration of media artivism from a 
transdisciplinary perspective.

Topics
This special issue will focus on the study of a new phenomenon in 
internet cultures and, thus, on the need to assess recent changes in how 
media archaeology and digital art history can establish a useful canon 
to enrich the methodologies of digital and public humanities for social 
change. We are calling for proposals containing theoretical reflections, 
historical reconstructions, technological analyses, and specific case 
studies of media artivism, including:
* Investigatory art: beyond investigative journalism; immersive 
installations and interactive documentaries.
* Video art: audiovisual performances, video essays, video 
installations, expanded cinema and post-media experiments.
* Social guerrilla campaigns: unconventional marketing strategies, 
exemplary political campaigns and subversive advertisement.
* Creative appropriation as activism: remix practices and critical 
digital intertextuality.
* Culture jamming: video clips, trailers and mash-ups.
* Networked culture: social media, transmedia storytelling, memes, video 
games and user-generated content.
* Hacktivism: data activism and expanded information.
* Digital innovation and activism: artificial intelligence, machine 
learning, virtual reality and the metaverse.

Submission process
To submit an article, create an account on the Artnodes website and 
follow the submission instructions. You can review the author guidelines 
and submission checklist at https://artnodes.uoc.edu/about/submissions/ 
<https://artnodes.uoc.edu/about/submissions/>.

Queries
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No payment from the authors will be required.


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