[Commlist] CFP Special Issue of Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies on Electric Vehicles

CFP Special Issue of Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies on 
Electric Vehicles

https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/does-it-have-the-grunt-car-culture-electric-vehicles-and-the-transition-to-net-zero-mobility/ 
<https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/does-it-have-the-grunt-car-culture-electric-vehicles-and-the-transition-to-net-zero-mobility/>

*Does it have the grunt? Car culture, electric vehicles, and the 
transition to net zero mobility*
As the transition to a green economy demands technological and social 
changes, what are the cultural obstacles and opportunities faced by 
electric vehicle technology? If cars are symbols of freedom, sexuality, 
identity and so on, how might this symbolism impede the move toward EVs? 
Our inherited cultural attitudes – which could be understood in terms 
attachment, enthusiasm, desiring-investment, and so on – clearly 
influence our desire to adopt new technology. Likewise, embracing new 
technology might disrupt cultural attitudes in new and interesting ways. 
In this Special Issue we are seeking to explore what sort of cultural 
changes are required for, and implicated in, the shift to electric vehicles.
We are particularly interested in papers that consider the shift toward 
electric mobility within broader debates around the role of culture, 
policy and tradition in mediating technological change.
We call for any papers that consider or analyse Australia’s cultural 
attitudes towards EVs, including topics such as:

  * Meditations on the role of Australian ‘car culture’ in embracing EV
  * Investigation of how existing political, social and technological
    structures inhibit or encourage adoption of new technologies.
  * Visions of how EVs could alter Australian mobility narratives.
  * The symbolism of consumption practices such as EV ownership.
  * Cultural attitudes toward batteries as toxic/unreliable/dangerous.
  * Examination of cultural ‘sticking points’ that make technological
    change difficult to embrace.
  * Risks around green marketing, greenwashing or messianic narratives
    in promoting technological change.
  * Tracing of the historical evolution of cultural attitudes toward
    mobility and transportation technologies.
  * Challenges and opportunities around private car ownership and the
    concurrent role of bicycles, scooters, new infrastructure, public
    transport and rideshare solutions.
  * Broader consideration of how to address cultural and technological
    inertia when promoting change.

*Submission Instructions*
All articles and abstracts should be formatted according to the Chicago 
(17th ed.) Style Guide 
<https://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/reference/tf_ChicagoAD.pdf> and 
the instructions provided on the Contiuum website: 
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=ccon20 
<https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=ccon20>
No payment from authors is required.
*/To be considered for this special issue, please submit an abstract of 
200 words along with author biographies of 100 words to 
/**/(tauel.harper /at/ murdoch.edu.au) 
<mailto:(tauel.harper /at/ murdoch.edu.au)>/**/ by 16 August 2024./*

Notification to authors will be made by 20 September 2024.
Successful authors must submit full articles (6000 words including 
abstract, references and endnotes) for rigorous peer review by 17 
January 2025. Accepted articles will be published  as soon as possible 
in ‘online first’ editions, while the special issue will be released in 
July 2025.
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