[ecrea] CFP Edited Collection: Subjective Experiences of Interactive Nostalgia

CFP Edited Collection: Subjective Experiences of Interactive Nostalgia

There are as many varied experiences of nostalgic longing as there are 
varied approaches to studying nostalgia. From Johannes Hofer to Freud to 
Svetlana Boym to Stephanie Coontz, our understanding of what it means to 
long for the past has changed and morphed over time and, as such, our 
methodological approaches have morphed in kind. The encouragement of 
nostalgic impulses has only increased over time, with contemporary media 
seeking to make our past eternally relevant, but our experiences in 
reaction to this encouragement are varied.


We as consumers and researchers have different subjective experiences of 
longing for the past, especially in regards to our interactive media 
like video games, applications, and other digital content, and this 
collection seeks to honor those differences. In search of a more 
interdisciplinary understanding of the various forms and experiences of 
interactive nostalgic longing, this collection will seek to collect 
essays that explore these subjectivities of nostalgia from 
methodologically diverse perspectives.


Examples could include (though certainly not limited to) explorations of:

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    Historical differences in the experience of nostalgia

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    Performative elements of nostalgic longing as meaning making practice

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    Cultural diversity and difference in longing for the past

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    Political and economic factors that have led to specific experiences
    of nostalgia

  *

    Ethnographic and autoethnographic studies of nostalgic longing

  *

    Psychological and/or sociological research on experiences of nostalgia

  *

    Rhetorical encouragement of specific kinds of longing

  *

    Philosophical meaning behind the subjective experience of longing
    for the past


Submission Guidelines:

Please send an abstract of around 350-words, along with a short 
bibliography (3-5 primary sources) demonstrating the proposed chapter’s 
theoretical foundation, and a bio of 75 words by February 1, 2017 to: 
(lizardr /at/ sunyit.edu) <mailto:(lizardr /at/ sunyit.edu)>(Ryan Lizardi, editor)


Chapter Guidelines:

After abstract acceptance, authors will be asked to write chapters of 
7000-7500 words including references by an agreed upon date to be 
determined (depending on publisher’s timetable).


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