*Apologies for cross-posting*
*Thinking with imposters*
The figure of the imposter seems to stir a captivating combination of
societal responses ranging from intrigue to suspicion and horror. From bots
posing as humans, to spirit possessions, scientific fraud and migration
border control; the figure of the imposter (which may take on many guises)
plays a prominent role in a variety of situations. What insights can these
shadowy figures provide into the social relations and cultural forms in the
communities and social settings in which they emerge? How might ‘thinking
with imposters’ be a useful tool of analysis in the social sciences and
humanities?
These questions will be explored in the proposed edited volume, which aim
to collect contributions from across the social sciences and humanities
that explore practices of ‘impostering’, that is, situations in which the
imposter is staged as a reality or possibility in everyday interactions,
policy, or technology, as well as in fiction, art and film. (For more see
attached CFP.)
We now welcome abstracts on this topic of no more than *500 words*, by *7th
December 2018*. Please send your abstract to
[log in to unmask] We aim to notify everybody by 31st
January. And we then ask for completed papers by *30th June 2019*.
The Imposters: Else Vogel, David Moats, C-F Helgesson and Steve Woolgar
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