[Commlist] cfp: Crisis—Connection—Culture: Alternative Responses to COVID-19

MAI: FEMINISM AND VISUAL CULTURE is putting together a special issue on 
creative connection during this pandemic.


Please see the CFP here:
https://maifeminism.com/crisis-connection-culture-alternative-responses-to-covid-19/

CFP
Crisis—Connection—Culture: Alternative Responses to COVID-19

Call for Contributions:

At this time of crisis because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our ability to 
physically touch is severely restricted, in order to protect ourselves 
and others from illness as well as police intervention. This has 
resulted in an even bigger shift to digital technologies and online 
interaction with hashtags such as #togetherapart encouraging more 
culture and connection on the internet in lieu of in-person events and 
meet-ups. Indeed being in touch is incredibly important: it helps us to 
stay safe, informed, and connected for our physical and mental health 
and our overall wellbeing. However, while people are suffering 
physically, emotionally, and financially, many in positions of power, 
including some governments and wealthy big business owners, seem more 
out of touch than ever.

This call seeks contributions of and on visual culture, broadly defined, 
including writing, art, short films etc within the themes of 
COVID-19/crisis and connection. The aim is to create a space for people 
to connect through the production and consumption of culture during 
COVID-19, specifically those who are often already the least safe and 
most silenced in a systemically racist, capitalist, heteropatriarchal 
society: women; non-binary people; LGBTQ+ people; people of colour; poor 
and working-class people; people with disabilities; young people; and 
others who are disenfranchised. The intention is not only to amplify 
such voices, but also to raise money for those who are struggling 
financially, or may do so in the near future because of the crisis.

Crisis—Connection—Culture is to be published as a special issue of MAI: 
Feminism and Visual Culture, an open- access online journal of new 
feminist research and creative work. Potential contributors should, 
therefore, ensure that both feminist and visual elements are clear 
foundations for submissions.

This special issue will cut across arts, humanities, the social sciences 
and beyond. Individual submissions could focus on: film; television; 
other screens; social media; comic and graphic novels; photography; 
painting; theatre; dance; performance; fashion; games and gaming.

Examples of topics could include but are certainly not limited to:

    crisis, creativity, and mental health;
    the shift from in-person to online ‘events’ such as theatre, film 
festivals and viewing parties, dance classes etc;
    online ‘events’ and isolation;
    digital and/or visual activism at a time of crisis;
    politics, COVID-19, and visual culture;
    the visual and the haptic;
    home/work space and the creation of visual culture;
    inclusivity and accessibility in relation to online culture during 
COVID-19;
    the impact of the shift to the digital for 
survival/connection/culture for those without the technology or knowledge;
    crisis and cultural innovation;
    the representation of pandemics, crises etc in visual culture;
    visual culture and trauma.

A variety of submissions are welcome, from accessible academic pieces to 
personal reflections or creative and video responses. Work-in-progress 
will also be considered. The style guide as well as information about 
word length etc. can be found here: https://maifeminism.com/submissions/

We understand that prospective contributors will already have a range of 
pressing real-life commitments and worries during this crisis (health; 
finances; childcare etc.) and we would like allow more time for 
developing your projects/ideas. We will be considering submissions 
through April, May and early June.

Please be mindful that everyone has more to deal with right now so do 
check if the MAI website (linked above) can answer your questions before 
contacting via e-mail.

Potential contributions or expressions of interest should be sent to 
BOTH Leanne Dawson (leanne.dawson /at/ ed.ac.uk) AND (contact /at/ maifeminism.com)

Contributors are encouraged to share their work as well as a donation 
link (e.g. PayPal if the contributor is in need of money or a link to a 
food bank or similar for contributors with a secure income) that readers 
may use to donate directly, if they are in a position to do so.




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