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Call for Projects: Volume 4, 2014

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We seek creative works that use new media and/or are on the subject of technology, and essays from a broad a range of academic disciplines that  focus on cultural studies of technology. Essays we publish examine the topic “technology and  society,” or, perhaps,“technologies and societies.” For Volume 4 (2014), Oppression, Activism, and Technology, we are particularly seeking essays and creative works that focus on the ways in which a variety of technologies are implicated in the oppression of various minority groups and the ways in which minorities fight back. Topics could include depictions of technologies that treat a wide range of subjects related to the social sciences and humanities. These subjects might include:

  • queer liberation's use of technology/technologies
  • the differently abled and their use of technology/technologies
  • the problem of access (especially in non-Western contexts)
  • backlash movements and their use of technology
  • politics and technology, especially historical approaches
  • technology as an agent of change--or its use as a repressive means of control
  • use of technology by given populations or subcultures (with the exception of the classoom-no pedagogical papers, please!)
  • programming/code as an oppressive tool to limit or prevent creativity
  • pirated software, especially as a response to capitalism
  • hacking/cracking
  • subversive use of commercial environments
  • the opening and closing of possibilities via or in spite of a given technology's limitations

In particular, we are interested in a conception of “technology” and the “humanist impulse” that pushes beyond contemporary American culture and its fascination with computers.

We are not interested in “how to” pedagogical papers that deal with the use of technology in the classroom.

We will publish scholarly/critical papers in the latest MLA citation style, but also creative works including poetry and creative non-fiction are of interest to us. We will publish art work and especially media designed for display/dissemination on a computer monitor including still images, video or audio.

Inquiries are welcome.

Technoculture is published continuously; we accept submissions for Volume 4 (2014) between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014. Authors of all materials are welcome to submit abstracts and inquiries for critical works, creative works and reviews.