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  • Forthcoming

Anonymity

Vol. 16, Nos. 1-2

Welcome are contributions discussing the nature and limits of anonymity. What are the social, economic, political, and intellectual dimensions of anonymity in contemporary public and/or academic culture? How does anonymity affect reading, writing and teaching practices, as well as other aspects of academic performance such as tenure and publication review? What are the philosophical dimensions of anonymity? What are the theoretical implications of new media technologies and globalization on anonymity?

(Deadline: closed)

Gaming and Theory

Vol. 17, No. 1

Welcome are contributions that engage the various intersections of the idea and practice of digital gaming and critical theory. Topics include, but are not limited to, gaming and postmodernism, the politics of gaming, gaming and cultural studies, gaming and philosophy, gaming and narrative theory, gaming and globalization, gaming and pedagogical theory, gaming and aesthetics, gaming and media theory, gaming and feminism, and gaming and its critics.

(Deadline: 1 January 2009)

Emotions

Vol. 17, No. 2

Welcome are contributions that engage the role of the emotions in contemporary critical theory and practice. Are there particular emotions critics or theorists feel? Are criticism and sympathy mutually exclusive? What is the place of emotions in post-humanism? Are we returning to an aesthetics of feelings? Is this a new aesthetics? To what extent are feelings and sentiments back in the focus of critical inquiry? What does the exploration of emotional representation look like after the global turn in theory? What does it mean to feel for the other in the age of transnationalism? What is the place of emotion after the postmodern deconstruction of the sentimental subject?

(Deadline: 1 July 2009)

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