[ecrea] CFP: Regarding Borders, 2018 issue of Immediacy

Call for Submissions to the 2018 issue of Immediacy, a Media Studies 
online journal http://immediacy.newschool.edu

Issue Topic: Regarding Borders

Current thinking about borders has reached a dangerous crossroads. We 
seem to be trapped in habitual forms of reasoning and imagery in 
addressing this ever-present topic. Should people be allowed to cross 
national borders, and if so, which people and under what circumstances? 
What can be done about border patrol and border enforcement? How do 
societies control the violence that erupts at borders with increasing 
frequency? Because of the potential for visual drama, borders have 
become the haunts of journalists and photographers, often themselves 
caught in tragic outcomes when they find themselves on the wrong side of 
a border demarcation. A rift seems to have emerged between the ease with 
which information and images cross borders in the age of the internet 
and the difficulties actual bodies can face in moving across borders.

Borders are as old as the establishment of human societies, forming the 
very basis of social identity and ethnic differentiation, according to 
historians. As such, borders function as powerfully metaphorically as 
they do concretely. A rich archive of song, performance, science 
fiction, storytelling, cinema and video exists that navigates the murky 
territory between the romance of border crossings and the dangers 
lurking at borders. Moreover, today borders are as much technological, 
protocological, and administrative zones as they are architectural 
constructions. The implications of these developments need to be explored.

Is it possible to create new thinking, visual and conceptual, material 
and mediated, about borders? If so, how might this be done? What is the 
impact of some of the exciting sound art, interactive work, and projects 
in other formats currently being undertaken on  borders? The 2018 issue 
of Immediacyinvites students to explore this charged topic in 
analytical, imaginative, and experimental terms. We are particularly 
interested in multimedia, project-based work ranging from hypothetical 
constructions to more empirically- or historically-based inquiry.

As is usual, we invite submissions in diverse formats and employing a 
wide range of research methodologies. Both critical and creative 
projects are welcome. Topics include, but are not restricted to:

·Architecture of borders

·Border art

·Borders and social identity

·Borders and maps

·Philosophy of borders

·Cinematic borders

·Frontier hypotheses

·Racialized borders

·Borders and privacy

·Border analytics

·Crossing borders

·Border narratives

·Beyond borders

·Borders in social media

·Fashion-ing (non) borders

·Sports and boundaries

·Borders in videogames

·Border soundscapes

·Borders and interactivity

Please send a title and short description of your proposed project or 
essay (250 words) by October 20, 2017to (immediacy /at/ newschool.edu) 
<mailto:(immediacy /at/ newschool.edu)>

Completed projects will be due Feb 28, 2018.

Starting this year, we are also open to accepting high-quality work that 
may not be related to the issue theme, but is innovative in approach or 
content. If you have a completed project that you are particularly proud 
of, please send it to us for consideration.

Immediacyis a student-centered, online journal of the School of Media 
Studies at the New School in New York. Emphasizing the School’s 
philosophy for the integration of media theory, history, and myriad 
forms of media practice, the purpose of the journal is to provide a 
space for fresh approaches and perspectives in the understanding of 
media and media-influenced issues. We encourage graduate, undergraduate, 
and doctoral students in all media-related fields to use this online 
forum to test ideas, creatively solve communication problems, and engage 
in rigorous conceptual analysis of media forms and practices. Each 
themed issue is devoted to a deeper examination of a pressing question 
or problem through experimental, documentary, artistic, narrative, and 
written forms of expression.

While Immediacypublishes only innovative and high quality student work, 
it is not, as of now, a peer-reviewed journal. Immediacyis edited by 
Media Studies faculty member, Sumita Chakravarty, and a small team of 
graduate students.

FORMAT GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Video: Please upload to video hosting site (YouTube, Vimeo) and send us 
the link to the project.

Photography: JPEG, GIF, PNG.

Digital Audio: MP3 or WAV format.

Scholarly Essay: Limit 1,500 words, not including ‘Works Cited.’

Web-based Project: please send us the URL

Also requested, a 50-word bio and a headshot for the Contributors page.


http://migrationmapping.org

Sumita Chakravarty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Media Studies
The New School
79 Fifth Avenue, 16th floor
New York, NY 10003
212.229.8903
(chakravs /at/ newschool.edu) <mailto:(chakravs /at/ newschool.edu)>


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