[ecrea] CFP AAG 2018: The Abandoned Spaces of the Internet

CFP AAG 2018: The Abandoned Spaces of the Internet

The abandoned spaces of the internet

Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting (New Orleans, 
April 10-14, 2018)

Session Organizer: Vincent Miller (School of Social Policy, Sociology 
and Social Research, University of Kent)

In recent years, Geography has seen a rebirth of interest and 
appreciation of the abandoned, ruined and neglected spaces of modernity, 
particularly within the context of deindustrialisation. However, with a 
quarter of a century behind it, the ‘post-industrial’ space of the Web 
has itself already turned into a space of abandonment, ruin and blight. 
While much has been deleted over time (thus creating concerns over 
curation and archiving), many abandoned or neglected virtual spaces 
still remain, frozen in an eternal present. From the one billion 
inactive accounts on Twitter, to the recent unearthing of Tom Hardy’s 
MySpace profile, to abandoned virtual worlds, games, blogs, social media 
and dating websites, spaces of abandonment and neglect are endemic to 
the internet and, unlike the industrial ruin, remain mostly hidden from 
view, although never far away.

In the spirit of urban exploration and ‘ruin porn’, this session is 
devoted to an examination and appreciation of a variety of abandoned 
digital spaces, and from a variety of perspectives including:

•	Aesthetic experiences of design, ruin, decay, abandonment
•	Philosophical issues around time, identity, ephemerality and narrative
•	Affective experiences of nostalgia, memory, loss, embarrassment and 
the uncanny
•	Political-economic issues around digital capitalism, creative 
destruction and digital abundance

Anyone interested in participating in the session should send an 
abstract conforming to the requirements of the AAG (see 
http://annualmeeting.aag.org/ ) by October 10 to Vince Miller 
((v.miller /at/ kent.ac.uk)). Please note that the deadline for abstract 
submission and fee payment for this conference is October 25, 2017.


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