[Commlist] CFP Electronic Literature International Conference (ELO 2022)

Electronic Literature International Conference (ELO 2022)
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Como, Italy. 30 May-1 June (3 days). #ELOitalia
(other venues are available in 5 different countries)

E2Lit: Education and Electronic Literature
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The H-Studies Research Group of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 
with the University of Nagoya, Graduate School of Humanities (Japan), 
the Arab Academic Institute of Education/Arab Union for Internet 
Writers, the Digital Culture Center of Ciudad de México (Mexico), the 
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Núcleo de Pesquisas em 
Informática, Literatura e Linguística and the Federal University of São 
Carlos, Brazilian Digital Literature Observatory (Brazil), the 
Pontificio Collegio Gallio (Italy) have collaborated to organize the ELO 
2022 International Conference and Media Arts Festival.

The theme for ELO 2022 is E2Lit: Education and Electronic Literature.

We invite artists, researchers, scholars, PhD candidates, experts and 
practitioners to submit works, papers, case studies, and media artefacts 
for presentation at the conference and at the festival and in the 
different venues of the in-person conference and online workshops and 
seminars.

- Abstract submission: EXTENDED January 31st.
- Abstract/panel acceptance: March 7th.
- Full paper submission: April 25th.
- Conference starts: May 30th.

Possible submissions:
- Papers (500-word abstract).
- Lightning Talks (100-word abstract).
- Posters (250-word proposal).
- Panels (3-5 participants, 250-word overview plus 250-word individual 
abstract).
- Lightning Talks Panels (5-8 participants, 250 word overview plus 
50-100 word descriptions of individual 5-7 minute talks).
- Media Artefact (500-word artist statement detailing the aesthetic 
intentions, the structure of the piece, and its relationship to the 
conference theme).
- Performance (500-word artist statement detailing the aesthetic 
intentions, the structure of the piece, and its relationship to the 
conference theme and an additional description -250 words max- of the 
nature of the performance as well as any technical requirements).
Accepted papers (full papers) will be published in the open access 
proceedings volume of the Conference. The conference organizing 
committee will provide a selection of the best papers to be published in 
a peer-reviewed journal.

Website: www.elo2022.com <http://www.elo2022.com/>
Mail: (info /at/ elo2022.com) <mailto:(info /at/ elo2022.com)>
Easychair submission:https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=elo2022 
<https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=elo2022>


THEME RATIONALE
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Our society lives in a moment of complexity, where the exponential 
emergence of a web-based culture has triggered a different approach in 
relation to the spaces of communication, relationship, and learning. 
During the last years, the advent of new personal and wearable devices 
has favoured the emergence of a new literacy, based on a convergence 
culture (Jenkins, 2006).

Forms of fiction and literature underwent a process of disembodiment and 
cross-fertilization during the revolution from the Gutenberg Galaxy -- 
printed paper, mass distribution -- to the McLuhan Galaxy -- new media, 
hypertext, collaborative writing -- (Castells, 2003). The dimension of 
literacy has moved from a semiotically-measured geometry (De Saussure, 
1916; Hjelmslev, 1969) to a dislocation and a deconstruction of contents 
and channels that give expression to new products (Derrida, 1974; 
Landow, 1994; Bolter & Grusin, 1999). The impact of social media on 
narratology has redefined the meaning of readership and authorship. The 
author has not only lost their traditional role, but becomes an icon of 
themself, a collective-minded producer that is self-perceived through 
the extra-flexed eye of the amniotic network in which they define their 
narrative experience (De Kerckhove, 2003).

Literature takes on different roles within the so-called new media. 
Particularly, digital literature is central to the humanities and to the 
culture that emerges from the digital environment (Grigar, 2021) and it 
may play a central role in education too.

Every generation develops blended competencies under the influence of 
new tools and communication frameworks (Bardi, Ciastellardi, Di Rosario, 
2019). For several years now when it comes to storytelling and 
literature, we have seen cultural references in a continuous process of 
transformation and redefinition, both because of digital tools available 
to the public, and because of different emerging channels of 
dissemination and distribution that are (self)produced in an 
increasingly massive way. What appears is a different form of 
understanding and learning, and a new form of education for people at 
any level and at all ages (not limited, thus, to a scholarly perspective).

This conference seeks to shed light on digital literature according to 
the epistemological crisis of authorship and the new dimension of 
participation and relationship offered by both the Web and new media. 
The conference will offer keynote speeches and talks to examine specific 
case studies. Moving from the state of the art, the aim is to 
investigate the interdisciplinary relations in the field of electronic 
literature, in order to recognize patterns of theories, technologies, 
and social dimensions of the phenomena to offer a critical toolkit to 
understand and map out the emerging knowledge and practices created by 
this field and the multifaceted dimension of education.


TOPICS AND TRACKS
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Possible topics include but are not limited to the following 
conference's tracks:

  * E-lit as Digital Humanities: Digital layers, multifaceted 
comprehension patterns and critical thought to redefine the e-lit 
dimension in educative environments.
  * Education beyond the (e)book: The possibilities of participatory 
culture in educational environments. How can e-lit promote values like 
democracy, pluralism, participation, diversity and sustainability…
  * Coding education: the use of e-lit to set up essential skills to 
adapt to the digital age.
  * E-practitioning: Literature and digital practices at crossroads.
  * We are platforms: Rethinking e-lit and its educative role and 
collaborative practices after the emergence of the pandemic.
  * AIrchive and UXPoetry: E-lit and its preservation between 
Artificial Intelligence and the need of a new poetic of user experience 
(UX).
  * Digital Heterotopies: The possibilities within e-lit to present, 
criticize and denounce everyday social rhetoric.
  * Education on diversity and sustainability: E-lit as cultural 
practice to educate about integration, gender respectfulness and global 
sustainability.
  * Politics and Policies: Education on e-lit as a framework for civic 
engagement and civil society.
  * STEAM-_punk_: The cross-fertilization among STEAM disciplines 
(science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) and the 
different approaches to e-lit culture.
  * Polysemy and synaesthesia: E-lit forms and works to open a 
different perspective of meaning and knowledge across multisensorial and 
plural dimensions of understanding.

  *** Electronic _Opificium_: The Aesthetics of Tech. Experiments and 
handcrafted works to revitalize the idea behind literature and its 
digital possibilities.

Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome.

Accepted abstracts will be presented in the parallel sessions of the 
Conference and full papers will be published in the proceedings of the 
Conference. The conference organizing committee will provide a selection 
of the best papers to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.



CONFERENCE TALKS IN COMO (ITALY) & ONLINE
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Submissions are welcome across the following formats:

  * Paper (15 mins; a presentation of a single paper by one or more 
authors - 500 words abstract). Full paper submissions should be at most 
3500 words long.
  * Poster (1- page poster - format A2). 250-word (max) proposal.
  * Lightning Talk (5-7 mins; 100-word abstract).
  * Panel (90 min - a proposal for a complete panel including 4-6 
separate papers on the same general topic - 250 word overview plus 250 
word individual abstracts).
  * Lightning Talks panel (90 mins - a proposal for a complete set of 
lightning talks, including 4-6 participants - 250 word overview plus 
50-100 word descriptions of individual  5-7 minute talks).

Submissions should include the title of the submission, the name(s) and 
affiliation(s) of contributor(s) and biographical notes for contributors.

The ELO22 conference will feature different synchronous and asynchronous 
venues. Online pre- and post-conference workshops and seminars will be 
organized in Japan, Israel, Finland, and Brazil.

For the in-person conference talks can be given in English, Spanish, 
Italian, French, Portuguese.

The deadline for submissions is: Extended: January 31st, 2022.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the members of the scientific 
committee.


FESTIVAL EXHIBITION IN COMO (ITALY) & ONLINE
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We invite proposals of digital artworks and e-lit pieces to be featured 
as part of the in-person ELO Conference and Art Festival on E2Lit: 
Education and Electronic Literature.

All forms of electronic literature, multimodal writing, digital art, 
playful narrative, literary games, hypertext, and screen fiction will be 
considered.

Please, be detailed on any special requirements. Submissions should 
provide the following information:

Author name(s) and biographical note(s); 500-word artist statement 
detailing the aesthetic intentions, the structure of the piece, and its 
relationship to the conference theme.

If you would like your work to be considered for a performance, please 
indicate that on the submission with an additional description (250 
words max) of the nature of the performance as well as any technical 
requirements.

Statements should be anonymized for peer review. Technical specification 
providing exact details of what will be required to facilitate the 
work's inclusion in the exhibition. This should include information on 
the materials, technologies, and spatial requirements necessary, and 
what the artist will require the gallery to provide. Please, be as 
detailed as possible regarding physical components and needs, including 
wireless internet.

Pieces accepted to either exhibition will need to be delivered 
(physically or virtually) prior to the exhibit's opening, and will 
remain on display after the conference ends before being returned to the 
artist.

The deadline for submissions is: Extended: January 31st, 2022.

Please, note, do to time constraints, participants may only appear in 
the program twice, including combinations of artworks and talks.

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Website: www.elo2022.com <http://www.elo2022.com/>
Mail: (info /at/ elo2022.com) <mailto:(info /at/ elo2022.com)>
Easychair submission: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=elo2022 
<https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=elo2022>
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Committees:
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Conference Chair:
Giovanna Di Rosario
(H-Studies University of Jyväskylä; Politecnico di Milano)

Organizing Committee:
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Matteo Ciastellardi (Politecnico di Milano)
Fabio Monti (Pontificio Collegio Gallio)
Eman Younis (the Arab Academic Institute of Education)
David Thomas Henry Wright (University of Nagoya)
Raine Koskimaa (University of Jyväskylä)
Rejane Rocha (Federal University of São Carlos)
Alckmar Luis Dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Catarina)
Isabela Melim Borges (Federal University of Santa Catarina)
Nohelia Meza (Independent Scholar)
Mariana Ciancia (Politecnico di Milano)
Salvatore Zingale (Politecnico di Milano)
Canek Zapata (CCD México City)
Doreen Rios (CCD México City)
Mariana Delgado (CCD México City)

Scientific Committee:
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Ángela Celis (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
Perla Sasson-Henry (United States Naval Academy)
Oreto Doménech (HStudies Research Group)
Asun López-Varela  (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Serge Bouchardon (Université de Compiègne-La Sorbonne)
Rodolfo Mata (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Claudia Kozak (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Rogério Barbosa da Silva (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de 
Minas Gerais)
Natalia Fedorova (St.Petersburg State University/Bard College)
Dene Grigar (Washington State University Vancouver)

Artistic Committee:
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Rui Torres (Universidade Fernando Pessoa)
María Mencía (Kingston College)
Daniela Calisi (Università di Torino)
Caterina Davino (Independent Artist)
Mark Marino (University of Southern California)
Erika Fülöp (Lancaster University)
Caitlin Fisher (York University)
María Goicoechea (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Jason Nelson (University of Bergen)
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