[Commlist] CFP - International Journal of Film and Media Arts Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021)

Call for papers:
International Journal of Film and Media Arts
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021)

The fiction that exploded: speculative ways of digging Design
Guest Editors: Patrícia Cativo & Rita Carvalho

Speculative Design, Fiction Design, and Critical Design are all 
expressions for a common approach which grasps design practice, not as a 
problem-solving tool, but as a wider human activity which comprehends 
artefacts in societal contexts. Speculative Design considers design 
objects as a result of social interaction, which implies narrative 
devices and storytelling practices, to build new contexts or understand 
previous ones. A Speculative design raises more questions than offers 
solutions, becoming an ongoing knowledge model, it is a self-reflexive 
and self-critical practice (Dunne, A; Raby F, 2012).

Fiction Design operates in a broad field of media and technology, 
engaging explorative means to become a discursive space. Fiction Design 
appeals to several operations and multiple methodologies, some of them 
borrowed from other disciplines like cinema screenplays, storytelling 
techniques, game prototypes, animation principles, digital applications, 
videos, short stories, comics, fictional documentaries, among others 
(etc…). This methodology, described as diegetic prototypes, implies a 
narrative thread beneath its process, where tangible objects are read 
into wider panoramas. It concerns more extensive world narratives rather 
than small and contingent stories, it cares for processes where 
speculative realities may become closer and tangible experiences, where 
the future may become a present condition to drawn better devices and 
artefacts. As a result, Fiction design opens a way to a more profound 
inquiring of social and political values.

The future has just arrived before it was expected. The COVID-19 
worldwide pandemic event made fiction surpassed reality, introducing 
abrupt and rapid changes in our daily life, with implications in social 
interaction, working, and learning conditions. We are living in a Black 
Mirror episode, without previous knowledge. Aware of the historical 
importance of this present event, we welcome all contributions 
concerning speculative design perspectives: from scary dystopic reality 
to utopian emergency exits toward mental survival and human wellbeing, 
from physical isolation to playful escapism.

Thus, The present issue of the International Journal of Film and Media 
Arts invites papers that deal with but are not limited to the topics of:

- Fictions and observations on Speculative Design

- Design practices and reflections on the self and wellbeing

- Design activism in politics and art

- Interaction design and playful experiences

- Experimental Design within education contexts

- Vibrant matter and the power of things


Abstracts to be submitted by 29th November 2020
Provide a single document with:
» ABSTRACT, no longer than 500 words with 5 keywords
» BIO, no longer than 250 words
» Name, Email address and institutional affiliation

Please submit to:
(anna.coutinho /at/ ulusofona.pt) <mailto:(anna.coutinho /at/ ulusofona.pt)>

Please, check the author guidelines here:
https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/about/submissions 
<https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/about/submissions>


Timeline for publication:
Abstracts to be submitted - 29th November 2020
Feedback on abstracts – 18th December 2020
Submission of full paper – 28th February 2021
Final revisions – 30th April 2021
Publication date – 31st May 2021

Authors are not requested submission or processing fees.


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