[Commlist] International Journal of Film and Media Arts - call for Papers Vol. 13 no. 1 (2028)

[Open Call for Papers]

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FILM AND MEDIA ARTS (IJFMA), VOL. 13, NO. 1 
(2028) Electricity and Its Impact on Visual and Aural Culture from 
Modernity to Contemporary Times

The International Journal of Film and Media Arts (IJFMA), a scientific 
journal promoted by FilmEU – The European University for Film and Media 
Arts, invites researchers to submit original papers for a special issue 
guest-edited by Elena Cordero Hoyo (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) and 
Nuria Cancela (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).

This special issue explores how electricity has transformed visual and 
aural culture, from the emergence of modernity at the end of the 
nineteenth century to its expansion in the digital era and the current 
revolution driven by generative AI tools.

The issue is framed within the research project "The Impact of 
Electricity on Cinema and Photography at the Turn of the Century: From 
Transformations of Vision to the Animism of Objects (1885–1919)" 
(ELECTROCINE), based at the Universitat de Girona and funded by 
MICIU/AEI and FEDER (EU).

The project examines how the advent of electricity transformed ways of 
perceiving the world and art, both visually and aurally, altering the 
human relationship with objects and anticipating the digital culture of 
the twenty-first century.

The issue welcomes original research engaging critically with, but not 
limited to, the following topics:
- The introduction of electricity into everyday life in domestic and 
public spheres (lighting, communication systems, transportation, etc.), 
focusing on its impact on perception and representation;
- Electrical imaginaries in visual and performing arts, including 
photography, cinema, illustration and live spectacles;
- The impact of electricity on the formation of film genres such as 
slapstick, the western, noir and melodrama;
- The impact and presence of electricity in world’s fairs, such as 
Barcelona 1888, Paris 1889 and 1900, Chicago 1893, Saint Louis 1904 and 
San Francisco 1915, which contributed to legitimising electricity as a 
symbol of modernity;
- The application of electricity in medicine and its influence on 
perceptions and the depiction of corporeality and mortality;
- Differences related to gender, age, race, ethnicity or social class in 
representations of the impact of electricity, for example, the arrival 
of household appliances and their association with feminine imaginaries;
- The use of electricity in film production and exhibition, including 
shooting practices, projection systems and the emergence of the star system;
- The influence of electricity on sound recording and reproduction, and 
its application to cinema;
- Esotericism and electricity: superstitions, animism and their impact 
on the visual culture of the period;
- Electricity in contemporary cinema and photography from a critical 
and/or marginal perspective, including relations to dystopian, 
apocalyptic or science fiction currents;
- The impact of electricity and Artificial Intelligence on cinema, 
analysed from ecocritical, postcolonial, posthumanist and other 
perspectives.

Methodologically, priority will be given to studies presenting new case 
studies drawn from archives, museums, film libraries and other 
institutions responsible for preserving and cataloguing photographic, 
cinematic or paper-based materials.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE AND PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November 2027
Feedback on Full Papers: July 2028
Final Revisions Due: September 2028
Publication Date: November 2028

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION
Authors must submit two separate Word documents (.doc) through the 
journal's online submission platform.
1. Full Paper Manuscript:
This document must contain the title, keywords, full article and 
references in APA style. Videos and films should also be cited.
The manuscript must be fully anonymised. It must not contain any direct 
or indirect reference to the authors' names or institutional 
affiliations. Authors are responsible for removing all identifying 
information before submission.
2. Author Information and Biography:
A separate document containing the author(s)' name(s), email 
address(es), institutional affiliation(s) and a brief biography of 50–70 
words.

During the submission process, authors must clearly identify the 
specific Open Call they are responding to, indicating the volume/number 
and/or title of the special issue. Submissions outside the scope of all 
current Open Calls, or received after the deadline, will not be 
considered for peer review.

PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION FEES
All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process, with 
each paper evaluated by at least two independent reviewers. The review 
process will begin only after the full paper submission deadline has passed.
No payment from authors is required for submission or processing.

Further information, including the full Call for Papers and submission 
guidelines, is available at:
https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/announcement/view/265 
<https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/announcement/view/265>

Submissions should be made through the journal's online platform:
https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/about/submissions 
<https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/about/submissions>

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