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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Buongiorno, ammettete anche l’italiano come lingua di comunicazione per l’articolo? un caro saluto Lorenzo Azzaro, Lorenzo Azzaro, PhD student: Department of French and Romance Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Docente: Ministero Istruzione Università e Ricerca. Mail: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Cell: +393492857080 Móvil: +34603734200 2017-06-13 11:47 GMT+02:00 Lorenzo Azzaro <[log in to unmask]>: > Buongiorno, > > ammettete anche l’italiano come lingua di comunicazione per l’articolo? > > un caro saluto > > Lorenzo Azzaro, > > PhD student: > Department of French and Romance Philology, > Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). > > Docente: > Ministero Istruzione Università e Ricerca. > > > Mail: > [log in to unmask] > > [log in to unmask] > > Cell: > +393492857080 <+39%20349%20285%207080> > > Móvil: > +34603734200 <+34%20603%2073%2042%2000> > > > > > > 2017-06-13 10:49 GMT+02:00 Enrica Maria Ferrara <[log in to unmask]>: > >> italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> >> We are delighted to bring to your attention our Call for Contributions to >> a new edited volume provisionally titled *Posthuman Boundaries and >> Identity in Italian Literature and Film*. >> >> >> The* deadline* for submission of abstracts is *Sunday, 20 August 2017*. >> Please find below a comprehensive description of the aims and purpose of >> the volume, and instructions for submission of abstracts. >> >> >> Best wishes, >> Enrica & Grace >> >> >> >> *Call for Contributions to Edited Volume* >> >> >> >> *Posthuman Boundaries and Identity in Italian Literature and Film* >> >> >> >> Volume to be edited by >> >> Enrica Maria Ferrara (Trinity College Dublin) >> >> Grace Russo Bullaro (City University of New York-Lehman College) >> >> >> >> Recent literature has highlighted how the de-centralization of the human >> has led to a re-configuration and re-negotiation of subject identities with >> the purpose of finding new ways of “becoming” individual. The new subjects >> emerging from this process, that has the loss of anthropocentrism at its >> core, strive to re-negotiate their identity vis-á-vis the non-human >> world of animals, inanimate entities and technological artefacts. The >> essays collected in the volume provisionally titled *Posthuman >> Boundaries and Identity in Italian Literature and Film* >> >> aim to capture the various posthuman shapes and formats that human >> identity takes in contemporary Italian narrative and film. In particular, >> we are interested in research papers dealing with posthuman texts viewed as >> an expression of intellectual identity and ideological commitment. Even if >> our main focus is on the Italian context, in the true spirit of >> posthumanism with its de-centralizing and centripetal force >> superseding national, social, ethnic, gender, species and technological >> boundaries, this volume will also include a number of essays dealing with >> aspects of Italian literature and film analyzed through the lens of >> comparative literature and film. >> >> The wide questions which the editors of this volume seek to address are >> the following: >> >> How is human identity represented in a posthuman world where all matter >> has agency and knowledge is “performed” by all animate and inanimate beings >> rather than controlled by the human subject? How are writers, intellectuals >> and artists responding (or have responded) to this challenge? Are they >> imagining new ‘posthuman’ ways of being a human and an intellectual? >> >> >> >> Three large sub-sections have been provisionally defined. >> >> >> >> *Writing Identities in the Posthuman Era*: this section aims to explore >> the reflective process anticipating and underlying the transformation of >> consciousness in the posthuman era. Contributions included in this section >> not only will elaborate on this process from a historical angle (through >> analysis of Pirandello’s work, for instance) but will also propose case >> studies taken from 20th and 21st century literature and film in which >> authors aim to bridge the gap between the human and the posthuman subject >> by consciously writing the process of “becoming” posthuman. >> >> >> >> *Technology and Identity*: this section considers the enormous impact >> that techno-science and technological innovations have had on the >> construction of subject identities in the posthuman era. Contributions >> included in this section will explore the work of Italian authors who have >> explicitly dwelled upon the interaction between machines, digital and >> technical devices (such as computers, mobile phones, smartphones, >> videogames, etc.) and the human. Topical questions that this section will >> address concern the transition from singular to relational identity of the >> new posthuman subject shaped by social media and digital devices. Has the >> new web-enabled, constantly connected individual of the posthuman era >> abdicated his/her own agency in favour of a collective agency determined >> via the interaction of many interconnected consciousnesses? Also, what type >> of knowledge is produced through enmeshment with technological artefacts? >> Is it still legitimate to consider the human as the main producer of >> knowledge or do we have to embrace the hypothesis put forward by the >> supporters of New Materialism based on which all knowledge is produced >> through intra-action of all living matter? >> >> >> >> *Boundaries of the Human* this section includes texts exploring the >> re-definition of boundaries between the human subject and the other beings >> or entities that have agency in the posthuman era: animals, inanimate >> entities and technological artefacts. Questions addressed in this section >> will concern the ability of the human to adjust to his/her shifting >> position vis-á-vis all remaining matter. Ethical questions will also be >> addressed in this section as the matter of “impegno” and ideological >> commitment will come into focus, given the absence of clear territorial >> confines within which all agencies are seen to operate. >> >> >> >> >> >> *Please send your **500 word abstract and a comprehensive provisional >> bibliography together with a 50 word bio* to Enrica Maria Ferrara >> (Trinity College Dublin) at [log in to unmask] and Grace Russo Bullaro >> (CUNY, Lehman College) at [log in to unmask] All submitted documents should >> be in English and should be received no later than *20 August 2017*. >> >> >> >> We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts! >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Enrica & Grace >> >> >> Dr. Enrica Maria Ferrara >> Adj. Asst. Professor >> Department of Italian >> Trinity College Dublin >> [log in to unmask] >> Ph.: +353(0)1-8963854 <+353%201%20896%203854> >> Twitter @EnricaFerrara >> https://tcd.academia.edu/EnricaMariaFerrara >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: >> [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: >> [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: >> unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to >> report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] For further information, visit >> our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies > > > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies