[ecrea] CFP - Transnational Ecocinemas (Deadline 14 March 2011)

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CFP Reminder (Deadline 14 March, 2011)

Transnational ecocinemas: film culture in an era of ecological 
transformation

A critical collection edited by Pietari Kääpä and Tommy Gustafsson

Critical analysis of Hollywood cinema dominates much of the contemporary 
work on ecocriticism and the cinema. While discussion of Hollywood and 
other place-centric films is important (ie. Lu and Mi's work on Chinese 
ecocinema), it is vital to contextualize such ideas within the 
transnationaleconomic and geopolitical system, especially concerning the 
proposed 'global' solutions to environmental concerns. There is a clear 
need for moresustained critical interrogation of the ways concerns 
central to transnational cinema studies (eg. hybridity, 
post-colonialism, diaspora, the geopolitics and economics of global 
inequality) feature in cinematic analysis of the global ecoscape. The 
adoption of theoretical and methodological tools from transnational 
studies allows us to address the very real economic and political 
factors that are being negotiated and challenged in much of global cinema.

Instead of validating, advertently or inadvertently, the centrality of 
US-based ecocinema, shifting the focus to transnational considerations 
allows us to build a more complex picture of the ways ecological 
considerations work (g)locally, ultimately expanding our framework to 
explore the global impact they have. This does not merely involve 
focusing on the types of films usually considered as part of the canon 
of transnational cinema (ie. marginal, liminal, postcolonial, hybrid or 
any number of other adjectives designating their somewhat 'lesser' 
position on a global scale). Rather, the aim is to shed light on a range 
of films and cinematic practices from different cultural contexts that 
may be overshadowed by the critical attention paid to mainstream 
ecocinema (ranging from Gore to Emmerich). Yet, we do not neglect the 
important contributions US-centric films have made to global 
eco-awareness. Indeed, the interaction and increasing blurring between 
different ecocinemas, especially in distribution and exhibition, is one 
of the key areas the book seeks to interrogate.

This volume has four methodological orientations in mind: 1) a 
materialist-industrial study of the potential of cinema to envision and 
provide more sustainable practices for cultural production and 
dissemination; 2) ecocritical readings of specific films from different 
cultural contexts; 3) reception studies of (trans)local audiences and 
their engagement with ecological texts; 4) the potential of media 
convergence to advance cinematicecologicalism.

Topics to be discussed:

The politics of development: ecosocialist rhetoric in transnational cinemas

Ecodocumentaries: planetarism and local realities

Anthropomorphism in different cultural contexts

Human ecology and cross-border/domestic migration

Mobile media and new directions in producing/distributing ecocinema

Anti- or neo-hegemonic transnational /regional ecopolitics

The city and urban / human ecology

Post-humanism and post-colonialist theory

Industrial developments, especially in markets rarely addressed in 
ecocinematic literature (Bollywood, Nollywood etc.)

Haptic spectatorship and affectivity, especially in translocal reception 
contexts

The collection is under contract with Intellect publishing and due out 
in2012.

Please send short proposals for articles (150-200 words) and brief 
authorinformation to Dr. Pietari Kääpä 
((Pietari.Kaapa /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)<mailto:(Pietari.Kaapa /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)>) or 
Dr. Tommy Gustafsson 
((Tommy.Gustafsson /at/ lnu.se)<mailto:(Tommy.Gustafsson /at/ lnu.se)>) by March 14 
2011. Manuscript submission deadline will be in early 2012.


Dr. Pietari Kääpä
The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China




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