[ecrea] Call for Chapters: Conceptualising the Podcast: Interdisciplinary Analyses of New Aural Cultures

A reminder of the deadline for our CFP which is this Friday:

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*Conceptualising the Podcast: Interdisciplinary Analyses of New Aural 
Cultures*

Edited by

Dr Dario Llinares – University of Brighton, UK.

Dr Neil Fox – Falmouth University, UK.

Richard Berry - University of Sunderland, UK.

On June 22nd 2015 Barak Obama appeared on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. 
Perhaps this was just another interview for the President of the United 
States, however, it could arguably represent a symbolic acknowledgment 
of podcasting as a culturally prescient media form. In many ways the 
podcast remains a curiosity sitting on the periphery of mainstream 
forms, an esoteric offshoot of digital culture, in both content and 
form, indicative of a hybridised identity. Yet there are a vast range of 
podcasts being produced, reflecting hugely diverse thematic, generic and 
stylistic approaches. The most popular podcasts command download 
audiences in the millions and fervent fandom from listeners who ardently 
support the form’s individual and collective pleasures. In theorising 
the podcast one might focus on its liminal status between the mechanics 
of old and new media, between professional and amateur production 
values, and a reliance on mainstream industrial structures whilst 
retaining an alternative, even outsider, sensibility. In the present 
tumult of online media discourse the podcast could yet be the closest 
any new media form has got to realising a digital public sphere. Over 
the course of the development of our own film podcast - /The 
Cinematologists/(www.cinematologists.com 
<http://www.cinematologists.com/>) -  we have engaged in conversations 
about the material and theoretical implications of the medium and what 
it offers to the expansion of cultural conversation in our own area of 
film criticism and analysis. We have become increasingly interested in 
how might be conceptualised within wider media & cultural studies 
frameworks. Academic study of the podcast is presently somewhat limited 
in its scope, being largely focused on its potential usefulness in 
pedagogic practice. We believe this to be a pertinent juncture for 
research that interrogates the podcast from a range of disciplinary 
perspectives, which is the purpose of this edited collection. Therefore, 
we are inviting abstracts for contributing chapters within an edited 
collection that are representative of, but not limited to, the following 
areas:

Podcasts in relationship to other media (old/new).

Podcasting and its differences/similarities to radio.

Podcasting and the democratisation of media production.

Podcast Audiences.

Podcaster as Identity.

Podcast Genres

Formal analysis of Podcasts.

Academia and Podcasting.

Podcasting as a Research Tool.

Podcasting and Identity Politics

Podcast as Transmedia.

Podcast and Research Dissemination

Podcasts and Pedagogy

We have had interest from the media/culture editor from *Palgrave 
Macmillan* and indend to submit a final application by September 1, 
2016. If you are interested in contributing to a publication in this 
area please contact us. We are looking for abstracts, of no more the 250 
words, to be submitted by *July 1, 2016*. Abstracts should be submitted 
in word format to (cinematologists /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(cinematologists /at/ gmail.com)> and include a 50 word biography. Any 
enquiries can be made to the same address.

http://www.cinematologists.com/call-for-chapters/

Dr Dario Llinares

Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Screen Media

Lacuna Place, HAL 218

University of Brighton, Hastings Campus

TN34 1EA

(D.Llinares /at/ brighton.ac.uk)

www.dariollinares.com

www.cinematologists.com


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