In quite a short space of time, there seems to have been a remarkable renewal of interest in media technologies, and in particular in the ‘materiality’ of media. Points of reference vary, but media archaeology, medium theory, digital humanities, science and technology studies, and object-oriented philosophy have all recently been prominent points of reference.

In this rubric, communication +1, a new open-access journal, has entered the fray with a call for papers on ‘communication and new materialism’. I’ve pasted the call below.

CFP – Communication and New Materialism

communication +1 invites submissions for its upcoming issue, Communication and New Materialism.

Given the recent emergence of new perspectives in critical theories, such as Object-Oriented Ontology, Speculative Realism, Alien Phenomenology, Flat Ontology, and associated research programs, this issue seeks to explore the implications of these perspectives for the study of communication and media. We use the term, New Materialism, broadly to include all the aforementioned as well as other related perspectives in the hope to be as inclusive as possible and to encourage diverse voices and analytic angles that focus on the forms and processes of mediation across different fields. We are particularly interested in works that engage with the theoretical underpinnings of New Materialism to challenge the text-centered approaches in media and communication studies.

Please submit short proposals of no more than 500 words by December 7th, 2012 to communicationplusone@gmail.com.

Upon invitation, full text submissions will be due April 5th, 2013, with expected publication in July, 2013.