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SUMMARY:Filmic Matter and Geographic Specificity
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DESCRIPTION:<p>ILUMINACE announces a Call for Papers for its new themed issue:</p>\n<p>Filmic Matter and Geographic Specificity</p>\n<p>Guest editor: Byron Davies (Universidad de Murcia\, Spain)</p>\n<p>Deadline for abstracts: December 15\, 2024</p>\n<p>Deadline for submissions: April 30\, 2025</p>\n<p>This issue seeks to engage with how local contexts shape our understanding of filmic materials within the realms of experimental filmmaking\, archival practices\, film stock production\, and broader media ecologies. It aims to move beyond traditional Western-centric frameworks\, emphasizing regional and Indigenous perspectives that bring to light the diversity of filmic materiality around the world.</p>\n<p>Read the full Call for Papers here: <a href="https://www.iluminace.cz/incpdfs/inf-990000-1400_10_007.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR02fKmiXjejKq8on9mZKXuT3gx4D4tkQydeJcSUOWm58S_vrogto7RxFSw_aem_ij2RZWuKSaA6CD17qKZuOQ"><strong>https://www.iluminace.cz/incpdfs/inf-990000-1400_10_007.pdf</strong><strong></strong></a></p>\n<p>Key Themes Include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The aesthetic and philosophical significance of locally specific materialist film practices: from experimental cinema and found footage to animation and practices involving textiles and painting</li>\n<li>Materialist theories and their alignment with anti-colonial and anti-imperialist thought</li>\n<li>Global circulations of film theory and their impact on our notions of filmic matter</li>\n<li>Archival challenges and the geographic particularities of collecting\, curating\, and preserving film</li>\n<li>The ecological impact of film practices and the potential for articulating degrowth visions through cinema</li>\n<li>The influence of geopolitics on digital media\, including the extraction and accessibility of resources like lithium and indium</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This issue welcomes articles (6\,000&ndash\;7\,500 words) and audiovisual essays (5&ndash\;15 mins) accompanied by written statements (1\,000&ndash\;2\,500 words).</p>\n<p>Submission Details:</p>\n<p>Abstracts (250 words + 3&ndash\;5 references) and a short bio (150 words) are due by December 15\, 2024.</p>\n<p>Authors will be notified by January 15\, 2025.</p>\n<p>Full submissions are due by April 30\, 2025.</p>\n<p>No payments are required.</p>\n<p>Submit to:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;lucie.cesalkova@nfa.cz&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;jiri.anger@nfa.cz&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;byron.davies@um.es</p>
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