*apologies for cross-posting* REMINDER: CFP: Zombies in the Academy: Living Death in Higher Education Editors: Andrew Whelan, Chris Moore and Ruth Walker Abstracts for book chapter proposals due December 15th 2010 This book will take up the momentum provided by the resurgence of interest in zombie culture to examine the relevance of the zombie trope to discussions of scholarly practice itself. We propose to canvas a range of critical accounts of the contemporary university as an atavistic culture of the undead. We are therefore seeking interdisciplinary proposals for chapters that will offer a critical account of the political, cultural and pedagogical state of the university through applying the metaphor of zombiedom to both the form and content of academic work. We encourage submissions from a range of scholars - notably in cultural and communication studies, but also potentially popular culture, sociology, film studies, game studies, political science, philosophy and education - who would be prepared to submit chapters that examine the zombie trope and its relation to the living death of higher education from a variety of perspectives. The editors of Zombies in the Academy have an agreement for publication with Intellect Press UK for 2012. The anthology will be structured in three sections around the general topics of: 1. corporatisation, bureaucratisation, and zombification of higher education; 2. digital media and moribund content distribution infecting the university; 3. zombie literacies and living dead pedagogies. Paper proposals that would fit into these sections would include essays that might: * advance the zombie trope to investigate current conditions of the academy under pressure from the ‘zombie processes’ of audit culture and the MacDonaldisation of higher education * consider the uncanny value of the undead as itself a means of articulating a contemporary model of critique; * analyse the theme of zombies and the academic gaze through particular films, games, text or graphic novels; * discuss the zombie contagion model as an explanatory device for the circulation of moribund content across multiple media platforms; * explore pedagogical activities that use or reflect zombie narratives; * critically investigate the rise of zombie literacies as an epidemic circulated by an unthinking student horde and/or the undead ivory tower itself * reassess the zombie metaphor as something that only offers a negative critique, and instead suggest contexts where the zombie condition might be a desirable, advantageous or alternative option in academic contexts We also welcome proposals for experimental scholarly, graphic or creative writing work that engages with the book theme. Abstracts for proposed book chapters should be 1000 words. Authors are asked to include brief biographical details along with their proposals, including name, academic affiliation and previous publications. Deadline for submissions is 15th December 2010. Please select the most appropriate book section theme for your paper, and submit proposals as an emailed attachment to the following editors: For papers on the corporatisation and zombification of higher education: - Andrew Whelan, PhD. Department of Sociology, Sciences, Media and Communication, University of Wollongong. Email: andrew_whelan@uow.edu.au For papers on digital media and technologies of contagion: - Chris Moore, PhD. Centre for Memory, Imagination & Invention, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University. Email: moorenet@gmail.com For papers on zombie literacies and pedagogies: - Ruth Walker, Learning Development, University of Wollongong. Email: rwalker@uow.edu.au Anticipated timeline: - proposals due December 15th 2010 (1000 words) - contributors notified January 15th 2011 - chapters due July 1st 2011 (6,000 - 9,000 words) - edited full manuscript to publishers December 2011 - book publication 2012 with Intellect Press UK Check out our blog: http://zombieacademy.wordpress.com/ -- Dr Christopher Moore Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention School of Communication and Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway Burwood VIC 3125 Australia c.moore@deakin.edu.au moorenet@gmail.com 03 9244 6438 Twitter: CL_Moore Scribd: Moorenet