[Commlist] Call for Chapters: The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Cultures

Call for Chapters: The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Cultures

Edited by: Grant Bollmer (University of Maryland, College Park), 
Katherine Guinness (University of Maryland, College Park), and Yigit 
Soncul (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London)

The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Cultures seeks to provide a 
comprehensive reference for the varied methodologies, historical frames, 
and theoretical perspectives essential for the study of Digital Culture 
today. As Digital Culture moves from a general term for the changes 
wrought by digital media to an interdisciplinary intellectual subfield 
guiding many curricula at countless universities around the globe, 
drawing from intellectual history, sociology, anthropology, art history, 
visual studies, communication, information science, and many other 
fields, there is today a distinct need for a guide to specify and 
outline the boundaries of this emerging area of study.
The handbook is divided into seven sections providing a range of 
perspectives on a specific theme. The first section is Foundations, 
offering a spectrum of concepts with which to approach Digital Culture 
as a field. This section is followed by Methods, which charts modes of 
study, and Histories, which explores key debates, historical moments, 
and theoretical currents that shaped this interdisciplinary field. The 
volume then turns to Identities associated with Digital Culture and 
traces the Aesthetics endemic to it by tapping into prevalent forms 
central to both the sensory experiences and artistic practices 
associated with Digital Culture. Platforms provide a bridge between the 
sensorial and material registers relevant to the volume by examining a 
series of issues and technologies related to platforms as well as case 
studies of particular examples. The final section, Materialities and 
Infrastructures, attends to the physical composition and the 
environmental conditions that make Digital Culture possible.         We 
are currently inviting submissions to round out confirmed contributions 
to this volume. Contributions should follow American spelling and 
punctuation and Chicago Author-Date citation style. Contributions should 
ideally be between 3,000 and 4,000 words including references and should 
be written for a broad university audience.
We invite submissions that would address one of the general categories 
outlined above: methods, histories, identities, aesthetics, or 
materialities/infrastructures of digital culture.

Topics that we are particularly interested in would include, but are not 
limited to, the following:
Cognition and Digital Media
Automation
Political Economy of Digital Media
Software Studies
Cybernetics and Information Theory
Digital Intimacies
Form and “Content”
Social Media Moderation

Submissions should be sent to the editors by November 30th at 
(bollmer /at/ umd.edu), (gakather /at/ gmail.com) and (y.soncul /at/ lcc.arts.ac.uk)
If you have questions or would like to know if a particular topic is 
suitable for the handbook, please reach out to the editors.

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