Special Issue: Games as Transformative Works
Transformative Works and Cultures, Vol. 2 (Spring 2009)
Deadline: November 15, 2008
Guest Editor: Rebecca Carlson
Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) invites essays on gaming and
gaming culture as transformative work. We are interested in game studies
in all its theoretical and practical breadth, but even more so in the
way fan culture shapes itself around and through gaming interfaces.
Potential topics include but are not limited to game audiences as fan
cultures; anthropological approaches to game design and game engagement;
on- and off-line game experiences; textual and cultural analysis of
games; fan appropriations and manipulations of games; and intersections
between games and other fan artifacts.
TWC is a new Open Access, international peer-reviewed online journal
published by the Organization for Transformative Works. TWC aims to
provide a publishing outlet that welcomes fan-related topics and to
promote dialogue between the academic community and the fan community.
The first issue of TWC (September 2008) is available at
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/. TWC accepts rolling electronic
submissions of full essays through its Web site, where full guidelines
are provided. The final deadline for inclusion in the special games
issue is November 15, 2008.
TWC encourages innovative works that situate popular media, fan
communities, and transformative works within contemporary culture via a
variety of critical approaches, including but not limited to feminism,
queer theory, critical race studies, political economy, ethnography,
reception theory, literary criticism, film studies, and media studies.
Submissions should fit into one of three categories of varying scope:
Theory: These often interdisciplinary essays with a conceptual focus and
a theoretical frame offer expansive interventions in the field of fan
studies. Peer review. Length, 5,000–8,000 words plus a 100–250-word
abstract.
Praxis: These essays may apply a specific theory to a formation or
artifact; explicate fan practice; perform a detailed reading of a
specific text; or otherwise relate transformative phenomena to social,
literary, technological, and/or historical frameworks. Peer review.
Length, 4,000–7,000 words plus a 100–250-word abstract.
Symposium: Symposium is a section of concise, thematically contained
essays. These short pieces provide insight into current developments and
debates surrounding any topic related to fandom or transformative media
and cultures. Editorial review. Length, 1,500–2,500 words.
Submission information:
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/about/submissions
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