[Commlist] CFP Deadline: The Digital Age of Superheroes

We are pleased to extend the deadline for the submission of abstracts 
for our interdisciplinary collection on superheroes, data, and the 
internet. We have received a good variety of submissions and look 
forward to welcoming more responding to the themes below.

DEADLINE EXTENSION to 3rd December 2021

The Digital Age of Superheroes: Superheroes and Data


In reacting to the zeitgeist, or prevailing focus, of an era, the 
superhero has previously fought Nazis, participated in Cold War 
tensions, and addressed the careful balance of government oversight and 
civilian independence following acts of terrorism and subsequent 
legislation. How, though, are superheroes reacting to our zeitgeist, the 
age of digital media? How have superheroes adapted to this new world, 
and how might they help us understand it and our place within it?

While superheroes as depicted in comics, film, and television are 
popular scholarly areas of inquiry, less attention has been paid to the 
intersection of the digital and the superhuman. Digital elements not 
only provide the tools or backdrops for the superhero, digital pieces 
can also permeate and compose the superhuman body. Superhumans can be 
digital themselves, their stories are increasingly delivered in 
digitized ways, and their use of technology can be prominent features of 
their superhero identity (e.g. Iron Man, Batman).

We invite article abstracts on the theme of digital superheroes and 
their relationship with the internet and data to form a collection of 
essays addressing this unexplored intersection.


We are particularly interested in topics that explore:

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    Digital superhumans

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    Superhero video games

  *

    Digital distribution of superhuman genres

  *

    Importance and use of new/digital media and digital media aesthetics
    in superhuman genres (how do these effects change the ethos of the
    super?)

  *

    Superhero fan cultures and the internet

  *

    Surveillance and/or privacy and the superhuman.


We encourage contributions from all disciplines and interdisciplinary 
approaches as we aim to address a wide spectrum of angles on this new 
intersection. Article abstracts of 300 words and a short author 
biography should be submitted to (sarahyoung /at/ arizona.edu) 
<mailto:(sarahyoung /at/ arizona.edu)> and (freyja.mccreery /at/ york.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(freyja.mccreery /at/ york.ac.uk)> by 5pm GMT on Friday December with 
the subject line “SuperData”. Manuscripts of approximately 5000 words 
will be due the following June.


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