CFP: MECHADEMIA 3: Limits of the Human

[Mark Nornes]

Hello everyone,

I want to bring this impending deadline to people's attention.
I had a chance to see the mock-up for Mechademia #1 and it is pretty  
slick. Great design, and I can also tell you the content is all high- 
level stuff.  This may be a new project, but it's going to be a great  
venue for your writing.

Send away!

Markus

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MECHADEMIA 3: Limits of the Human
Editor: Frenchy Lunning
Associate Editors: Thomas LaMarre, Michelle Ollie, Christopher Bolton

Call for Papers

Mechademia is an annual refereed journal from the University of  
Minnesota Press, a forum for critical work on anime, manga, and fan  
arts. We are seeking submissions on topics linked to Japanese manga  
or anime, as well as related material from fields like fashion, film  
studies, fine art, game design, and international fan culture, among  
others. Mechademia's goal is to promote critical thinking, writing,  
art, and creative activity that can bridge the current gap between  
professional, academic, and fan communities and discourses. To this  
end, we seek contributions in a variety of formats, by authors from a  
wide range of backgrounds and fields.  Contributors should endeavor  
to write across disciplinary boundaries, presenting their unique  
knowledge in all its sophistication, but with a broad audience in  
mind. Each issue will have a theme that will focus the conversation  
and connect different pieces, but we encourage contributors to  
interpret these themes broadly in order to keep the way open for new  
and original kinds of work.  Superior submissions that fall outside  
the theme may also be considered if space permits.

We are currently accepting submissions for Mechademia #3, the theme  
of which is "Limits of the Human." This issue will look at the way  
anime, manga, and related media have probed the contours human  
identity and activity-by imagining non-human others; by positing  
breakthroughs in human capability; or by showing us our own  
limitations as readers and viewers, among many other strategies.  
Possible topics include cyborg theory; new fan species; animalism and  
animalization; undead and the occult; speed and distance;  
phenomenologies and ontologies, etc. And this list is only a  
beginning: contributors are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly  
and contribute their own original perspective on the topic.

The submission deadline for issue #3 is January 5, 2007.

Submissions should be approximately 5000 words or less. Mechademia  
uses Chicago style documentation, though other formats are acceptable  
at the submission stage. Files may be sent as attachments to  
submissions at mechademia.org

Detailed information about the journal's mission and submission  
procedures is available on our web site at http://mechademia.org.