UPDATED: Velvet Light Trap Journal #71 CFP: The Archive DEADLINE EXTENSION

From: Amanda Landa <[email protected]>

For your consideration for your Listserv: UPDATED Deadline Extension

*CFP: The Archive*

*The Velvet Light Trap* Issue #71: The Archive

From material to immaterial, the archive serves as an interface between
past and future knowledge.  In this relationship, the archive is both a
method and a space of theory and politics.  As the production and exchange
of information continue to expand at exponential rates, understanding the
role of the archive in the storage, accessibility, and legacy of this
information becomes increasingly necessary. Already this call has joined
the digital archives of inboxes, servers, and hard drives, underscoring the
prevalence of archives in everyday life. The study of the production of
knowledge necessitates an interrogation of the contemporary state of the
archive.



Across the many directions and facets of media studies, the archive acts as
one of the few points of intersection in the field.  To this extent, *The
Velvet Light Trap* seeks articles addressing implications of the archive
related to theories of the archive, non-traditional and new archives, and
new directions in historical archival research.  Possible research topics
include, but are not limited to:



*Historical archival research:*

●     Artifactual studies

●     Collections studies

●     Institutional studies



*Non-traditional and new archives:*

●     Digitization of material collections

●     Personal or non-institutional collections

●     Digital archiving of social media

●     Marginal archives

●     Ephemeral and performative archives

●     Affective archives



*Theories and practices of the archive*:

●     Politics of collecting

●     Media heritage and repatriation

●     Accessibility, preservation policy, and marketing

●     Broader role(s) of the archive in culture, politics, and economics

●     Queering the archive

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*Submission Instructions*

Papers should be between 6,000 and 7,500 words (approximately 20-25 pages
double-spaced), in Chicago style with a cover page including the writer's
name and contact information.



Please send one copy of the paper (including a one-page abstract with each
copy) and one electronic copy saved as a Word .doc file in a format
suitable to be sent to a reader anonymously.  The journal's Editorial
Advisory Board will referee all submissions. *Please contact us if
considering submitting for this new extended deadline.*



Hard copy submissions are due *Februrary 6th, 2012*, and should be sent to:



*The Velvet Light Trap*, c/o The Department of Radio-Television-Film,

University of Texas at Austin, CMA 6.118, Mail Code A0800, Austin, TX, 78712



The electronic copy submission is also due on January 20, 2012, and should
be sent to Amanda Landa at LandaAmanda
<[email protected]>@<[email protected]>
gmail <[email protected]>.
<[email protected]>com<[email protected]>or Joshua Gleich at
JGleich <[email protected]>@ <[email protected]>gmail
<[email protected]>.<[email protected]>
com <[email protected]>.



*The Velvet Light Trap* is an academic, peer-reviewed journal of film and
television studies.  Graduate students at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas-Austin alternately coordinate
issues.  The Editorial Advisory Board includes such notable scholars as
Richard Allen, Harry Benshoff, Mia Consalvo, Radhika Gajjala, Darrell
Hamamoto, Joan Hawkins, Barbara Klinger, Jon Kraszewski, Diane Negra,
Michael Newman, Alisa Perren, Yeidy Rivero, Nicholas Sammond, Beretta
Smith-Shomade, Cristina Venegas, Michael Williams.