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Topics of the day:

  1. Affect Theory Graduate Seminar (4)
  2. CFP: SCMS 2013 Panel on "So Bad It's Good"
  3. Feminist Media Studies: Commentary and Criticism Call for Papers - Girls
  4. please post call for papers ACLA 2013

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:11:47 -0400
From:    Radhika Gajjala <cyborgwati <at> GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Affect Theory Graduate Seminar

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Marina,

The grad seminar I taught - I named it Subaltern Studies and Affect. Also I
taught it during the semester I was planning the Digital Media, Race,
Affect and Labor (http://blogs.bgsu.edu/raceandaffect/) event with a
majority of the grad students in that class (and others not in that class
as well) working towards the planning.

So that helped me frame the course in a very particular way. I'm trying to
remember what I used
I used Greg and Melissa's Affect Theory Reader,  Bryan Massumi's work, Sara
Ahmed's Politics of Emotion, Chapters from Patricia Clough's edited
collection too, the special issue of Angelaki on Subalternity and affect
(April 2001 - edited by Jon Beasley-Murray and Albert Morieras) , Aradhana
Sharma's Logics of Empowerment, some work by Mark Andrejevic, work by Latin
American Subaltern Studies writers and some chapters from the (South Asian)
subaltern studies volumes I think. I am sure I would have at least
suggested Leela Gandhi's affective communities.

I cant seem to find my syllabus here on my laptop but I am sure its in my
office somewhere - so will send it your way later.

And for the benefit of those who want to develop a proper reading list - I
will find the proper references later - but I am sure there a lot of people
on this list who are themselves authors of the various works that can be
used in such a syllabus!:)

Marina - I will be in touch off-list as well with more stuff as I remember.

Radhika



On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Marina Levina <mlev2008 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.
> If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their
> syllabus I would be much obliged.  I am curious as to how other people
> structured this broad topic.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Marina
>
> Marina Levina, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Communication
> University of Memphis
> 212 Art and Communication Bldg
> Memphis, TN 38152
> Office: 901-678-2577
> Fax: 901-678-4331
> mlevina <at> memphis.edu
> http://www.marinalevina.com/
>



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Radhika Gajjala
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik

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Marina,<div><br></div><div>The grad seminar I taught - I named it Subaltern=
 Studies and Affect. Also I taught it during the semester I was planning th=
e Digital Media, Race, Affect and Labor (<a href=3D"http://blogs.bgsu.edu/r=
aceandaffect/">http://blogs.bgsu.edu/raceandaffect/</a>) event with a major=
ity of the grad students in that class (and others not in that class as wel=
l) working towards the planning.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So that helped me frame the course in a very particular=
 way. I&#39;m trying to remember what I used</div><div>I used Greg and Meli=
ssa&#39;s Affect Theory Reader, =A0Bryan Massumi&#39;s work, Sara Ahmed&#39=
;s Politics of Emotion, Chapters from Patricia Clough&#39;s edited collecti=
on too, the special issue of Angelaki on Subalternity and affect (April 200=
1 - edited by Jon Beasley-Murray and Albert Morieras) , Aradhana Sharma&#39=
;s Logics of Empowerment, some work by Mark Andrejevic, work by Latin Ameri=
can Subaltern Studies writers and some chapters from the (South Asian) suba=
ltern studies volumes I think. I am sure I would have at least suggested Le=
ela Gandhi&#39;s affective communities.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I cant seem to find my syllabus here on my laptop but I=
 am sure its in my office somewhere - so will send it your way later.=A0</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>And for the benefit of those who want to develop a p=
roper reading list - I will find the proper references later - but I am sur=
e there a lot of people on this list who are themselves authors of the vari=
ous works that can be used in such a syllabus!:)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Marina - I will be in touch off-list as well with more =
stuff as I remember.</div><div><br></div><div>Radhika</div><div><br></div><=
div><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1=
:27 PM, Marina Levina <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mlev2008 <at> gmai=
l.com" target=3D"_blank">mlev2008 <at> gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.<br>
If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their<br>
syllabus I would be much obliged. =A0I am curious as to how other people<br=
>
structured this broad topic.<br>
<br>
Thank you in advance,<br>
<br>
Marina<br>
<br>
Marina Levina, PhD<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Communication<br>
University of Memphis<br>
212 Art and Communication Bldg<br>
Memphis, TN 38152<br>
Office: <a href=3D"tel:901-678-2577" value=3D"+19016782577">901-678-2577</a=
><br>
Fax: <a href=3D"tel:901-678-4331" value=3D"+19016784331">901-678-4331</a><b=
r>
<a href=3D"mailto:mlevina <at> memphis.edu">mlevina <at> memphis.edu</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://www.marinalevina.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.marin=
alevina.com/</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Radhika Gajj=
ala<br><a href=3D"http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik" target=3D"_blank">http:=
//personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik</a><br><br>
</div>

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:28:52 -0400
From:    Jack Bratich <jbratich <at> RCI.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Affect Theory Graduate Seminar

Hi Marina,=20

Three years ago Stevphen Shukaitis and I co-taught a summer seminar on =
Affective Politics at Bluestockings Bookstore.  The required and =
recommended reading list has some theory in it:
=
http://www.thisisforever.org/past-events/summer-seminar-affective-politics=


Cheers, Jack

On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Marina Levina wrote:

> Dear all,
>=20
> I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.
> If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their
> syllabus I would be much obliged.  I am curious as to how other people
> structured this broad topic.
>=20
> Thank you in advance,
>=20
> Marina
>=20
> Marina Levina, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Communication
> University of Memphis
> 212 Art and Communication Bldg
> Memphis, TN 38152
> Office: 901-678-2577
> Fax: 901-678-4331
> mlevina <at> memphis.edu
> http://www.marinalevina.com/

Jack Z. Bratich
Chair, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies
Rutgers University
111 SCI
4 Huntington St.
New Brunswick, NJ  08901
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/jbratich/index.html
732-932-7500 x8173

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:22:30 +0100
From:    Richard McCulloch <richardjmcculloch <at> GMAIL.COM>
Subject: CFP: SCMS 2013 Panel on "So Bad It's Good"

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*With apologies for cross-posting*

*CALL FOR PAPERS: =91So Bad It=92s Good=92 (Society for Cinema and Media St=
udies
conference panel, Chicago, March 6-10, 2013)*

=91So bad it=92s good=92 is a familiar enough concept. It has often been in=
voked
by fans,
critics and academics in connection with certain kinds of movies and
certain kinds of
reception, being associated especially with cult film. Yet =91bad=92 can ca=
rry
a multitude
of meanings in a cult context. For this SCMS panel we seek work whose focus
is
specifically texts that are valued, by fans or critics, for their aesthetic
ineptitude or
failure =96 what in film studies is often called =91badfilm=92.

From *Plan 9 From Outer Space* (1959) to *The Room* (2003) to =91viral=92
internet videos
like Rebecca Black=92s =91Friday=92 (2011), the text valued for its aesthet=
ic
badness
is championed via a form of interpretive competence which rewards perceived
incompetence. However, while scholarship often invokes the concept of =91so
bad it=92s
good=92, the texts and phenomena to which it refers have in fact received
little detailed
examination. What reading protocols, interpretive communities, or taste
hierarchies
are at play in this particular form of cult appreciation? Equally, does
ironic valuation
complicate or rather shore-up traditional frameworks of aesthetic value
and/or
assumptions about artistic intention?

We are inviting proposals for 20 minute papers on the subject of media
artifacts
commonly deemed =91so bad they=92re good=92. Possible topics and approaches=
 might
include:

- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and reception (e.g.: studies of participatory
audiences, fan
criticism, cult communities, etc.)

- The aesthetics of =91so bad it=92s good=92 (the function of traditional
aesthetic categories
such as value, intention, interpretation, irony, etc. in the
construction/appreciation of
these texts)

- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and the internet (the role of video-sharing and =
social
media in the
growth of cults around badfilms, etc.)

- Intentional =91so bad it=92s good=92 (e.g.: *Planet Terror*, *Tim and Eri=
c
Awesome Show*
*Great Job*, *Look Around You*, etc.)

- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and tastemakers/gatekeepers (e.g.: *Mystery Scie=
nce
Theater*,
Found Footage Fest, Charlie Brooker, etc.)

- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and comedy (comedy as textual or contextual
phenomenon/effect/
experience, etc.)

- The politics of =91so bad it=92s good=92 (e.g.: the =91othering=92 of the=
 bad text,
cult audiences
as subculture, the history and oppositional function of camp taste, etc.)

Please send abstracts of 250 words, along with a short bio (including
at least three bibliographic references) to Richard McCulloch (
richardjmcculloch <at> gmail.com) and James MacDowell (j.b.macdowell <at> gmail.com)
by Monday August 20th. We will be in touch with our decision by Friday
August 24th.

--=20
Richard McCulloch
Associate Tutor/PhD Candidate
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ

Academic Profile
http://eastanglia.academia.edu/RMcCulloch

Board Member
Fan Studies Network
http://fanstudies.wordpress.com

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px=
;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>With apologies for cross-posting</i></div=
><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-se=
rif">

<br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:aria=
l,sans-serif"><b>CALL FOR PAPERS:=A0=91So Bad It=92s Good=92 (Society for C=
inema and Media Studies conference panel, Chicago, March 6-10, 2013)</b></d=
iv>
<div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-ser=
if"><div><br></div><div>=91So bad it=92s good=92 is a familiar enough conce=
pt. It has often been invoked by fans,</div><div>
critics and academics in connection with certain kinds of movies and certai=
n kinds of</div><div>reception, being associated especially with cult film.=
 Yet =91bad=92 can carry a multitude</div><div>of meanings in a cult contex=
t. For this SCMS panel we seek work whose focus is</div>

<div>specifically texts that are valued, by fans or critics, for their aest=
hetic ineptitude or</div><div>failure =96 what in film studies is often cal=
led =91badfilm=92.</div><div><br></div><div>From=A0<i>Plan 9 From Outer Spa=
ce</i>=A0(1959) to=A0<i>The Room</i>=A0(2003) to =91viral=92 internet video=
s</div>

<div>like Rebecca Black=92s =91Friday=92 (2011), the text valued for its ae=
sthetic badness</div><div>is championed via a form of interpretive competen=
ce which rewards perceived</div><div>incompetence. However, while scholarsh=
ip often invokes the concept of =91so bad it=92s</div>

<div>good=92, the texts and phenomena to which it refers have in fact recei=
ved little detailed</div><div>examination. What reading protocols, interpre=
tive communities, or taste hierarchies</div><div>are at play in this partic=
ular form of cult appreciation? Equally, does ironic valuation</div>

<div>complicate or rather shore-up traditional frameworks of aesthetic valu=
e and/or</div><div>assumptions about artistic intention?</div><div><br></di=
v><div>We are inviting proposals for 20 minute papers on the subject of med=
ia artifacts</div>

<div>commonly deemed =91so bad they=92re good=92. Possible topics and appro=
aches might</div><div>include:</div><div><br></div><div>- =91So bad it=92s =
good=92 and reception (e.g.: studies of participatory audiences, fan</div><=
div>criticism, cult communities, etc.)</div>

<div><br></div><div>- The aesthetics of =91so bad it=92s good=92 (the funct=
ion of traditional aesthetic categories</div><div>such as value, intention,=
 interpretation, irony, etc. in the construction/appreciation of</div><div>=
these texts)</div>

<div><br></div><div>- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and the internet (the role o=
f video-sharing and social media in the</div><div>growth of cults around ba=
dfilms, etc.)</div><div><br></div><div>- Intentional =91so bad it=92s good=
=92 (e.g.:=A0<i>Planet Terror</i>,=A0<i>Tim and Eric Awesome Show</i></div>

<div><i>Great Job</i>,=A0<i>Look Around You</i>, etc.)</div><div><br></div>=
<div>- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and tastemakers/gatekeepers (e.g.:=A0<i>Mys=
tery Science Theater</i>,</div><div>Found Footage Fest, Charlie Brooker, et=
c.)</div>

<div><br></div><div>- =91So bad it=92s good=92 and comedy (comedy as textua=
l or contextual phenomenon/effect/</div><div>experience, etc.)</div><div><b=
r></div><div>- The politics of =91so bad it=92s good=92 (e.g.: the =91other=
ing=92 of the bad text, cult audiences</div>

<div>as subculture, the history and oppositional function of camp taste, et=
c.)</div><div><br></div>Please send abstracts of 250 words, along with a sh=
ort bio (including<br><div>at least three bibliographic references)=A0to Ri=
chard McCulloch=A0(<a href=3D"mailto:richardjmcculloch <at> gmail.com" style=3D"=
color:rgb(17,85,204)" target=3D"_blank">richardjmcculloch <at> gmail.com</a>) an=
d James MacDowell (<a href=3D"mailto:j.b.macdowell <at> gmail.com" style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(17,85,204)" target=3D"_blank">j.b.macdowell <at> gmail.com</a>)</div>

<div>by Monday August 20th. We will be in touch with our decision by Friday=
 August 24th.</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Richard McCulloch<div>Associ=
ate Tutor/PhD Candidate</div><div>University of East Anglia</div><div>
Norwich Research Park</div>
<div>Norfolk</div><div>NR4 7TJ</div><div><br></div><div>Academic Profile</d=
iv><div><a href=3D"http://eastanglia.academia.edu/RMcCulloch" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://eastanglia.academia.edu/RMcCulloch</a></div><div><br></div><div=
>

Board Member</div><div>Fan Studies Network</div><div><a href=3D"http://fans=
tudies.wordpress.com" target=3D"_blank">http://fanstudies.wordpress.com</a>=
</div></div>

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:12:44 +0000
From:    "Silva, Kumi" <kumi <at> EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
Subject: Feminist Media Studies: Commentary and Criticism Call for Papers - Girls

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES=0A=
Commentary and Criticism Call for Papers=0A=
We invite contributions for the Commentary and Criticism section of Feminis=
t Media Studies.=0A=
=0A=
Girls=0A=
=0A=
Since its debut on HBO, in April 2012, Girls has been one of the most contr=
oversial mediated representations of young women in recent times. =A0From i=
ts discussion of relationships to money to STDs, Girls vacillates between b=
eing highly original and vacuously self-absorbed. =A0Critics fall between t=
hese two extremes, hailing it as =A0=91excruciatingly funny=92 and =91real=
=92 to panning it for its focus on young, wealthy, white women. =A0 Whether=
 fan or foe, the show has generated much discussion, and for this issue of =
Commentary and Criticism, we are interested in short essays that respond an=
d discuss these various controversies raised by Girls, through a feminist m=
edia studies framework. =A0=0A=
=0A=
=0A=
Essays of 1500-2000 words are due by Monday, 10 September and should be ema=
iled to Kumi Silva at kumi <at> email.unc.edu and Kaitlynn Mendes at kmendes <at> dmu=
.ac.uk=0A=
=0A=
=0A=
Submission guidelines can be found at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journ=
al.asp?issn=3D1468-0777&linktype=3D44=0A=

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:43:39 -0400
From:    Shaka McGlotten <shaka.mcglotten <at> GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Affect Theory Graduate Seminar

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So, some general recs not already mentioned:
Kathleen Stewart, Ordinary Affects
Most things by Lauren Berlant
Ann Cvetkovich, An Archive of Feelings.
Hardt and others on affective/immaterial labor.

Depending on how you want to go you could also emphasizes/teach
Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze, Alphonso Lingis.
I'm creating a film and media studies class this fall on Genres of Affect
and can forward those refs too, on or off list.

Shaka

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Jack Bratich <jbratich <at> rci.rutgers.edu>wrote:

> Hi Marina,
>
> Three years ago Stevphen Shukaitis and I co-taught a summer seminar on
> Affective Politics at Bluestockings Bookstore.  The required and
> recommended reading list has some theory in it:
> http://www.thisisforever.org/past-events/summer-seminar-affective-politics
>
> Cheers, Jack
>
> On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Marina Levina wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.
> > If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their
> > syllabus I would be much obliged.  I am curious as to how other people
> > structured this broad topic.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > Marina
> >
> > Marina Levina, PhD
> > Assistant Professor
> > Department of Communication
> > University of Memphis
> > 212 Art and Communication Bldg
> > Memphis, TN 38152
> > Office: 901-678-2577
> > Fax: 901-678-4331
> > mlevina <at> memphis.edu
> > http://www.marinalevina.com/
>
> Jack Z. Bratich
> Chair, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies
> Rutgers University
> 111 SCI
> 4 Huntington St.
> New Brunswick, NJ  08901
> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/jbratich/index.html
> 732-932-7500 x8173
>



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c. 917.287.3784

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So, some general recs not already mentioned:<br>Kathleen Stewart, Ordinary =
Affects<br>Most things by Lauren Berlant<br>Ann Cvetkovich, An Archive of F=
eelings.<br>Hardt and others on affective/immaterial labor.<br><br>Dependin=
g on how you want to go you could also emphasizes/teach Merleau-Ponty, Dele=
uze, Alphonso Lingis.<br>
I&#39;m creating a film and media studies class this fall on Genres of Affe=
ct and can forward those refs too, on or off list.<br><br>Shaka<br><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Jack Bratich <span =
dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jbratich <at> rci.rutgers.edu" target=3D"_blan=
k">jbratich <at> rci.rutgers.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Marina,<br>
<br>
Three years ago Stevphen Shukaitis and I co-taught a summer seminar on Affe=
ctive Politics at Bluestockings Bookstore. =A0The required and recommended =
reading list has some theory in it:<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.thisisforever.org/past-events/summer-seminar-affectiv=
e-politics" target=3D"_blank">http://www.thisisforever.org/past-events/summ=
er-seminar-affective-politics</a><br>
<br>
Cheers, Jack<br>
<div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Marina Levina wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Dear all,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.<br=
>
&gt; If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their<br>
&gt; syllabus I would be much obliged. =A0I am curious as to how other peop=
le<br>
&gt; structured this broad topic.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thank you in advance,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Marina<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Marina Levina, PhD<br>
&gt; Assistant Professor<br>
&gt; Department of Communication<br>
&gt; University of Memphis<br>
&gt; 212 Art and Communication Bldg<br>
&gt; Memphis, TN 38152<br>
&gt; Office: <a href=3D"tel:901-678-2577" value=3D"+19016782577">901-678-25=
77</a><br>
&gt; Fax: <a href=3D"tel:901-678-4331" value=3D"+19016784331">901-678-4331<=
/a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:mlevina <at> memphis.edu">mlevina <at> memphis.edu</a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://www.marinalevina.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.=
marinalevina.com/</a><br>
<br>
</div></div>Jack Z. Bratich<br>
Chair, Dept. of Journalism &amp; Media Studies<br>
Rutgers University<br>
111 SCI<br>
4 Huntington St.<br>
New Brunswick, NJ =A008901<br>
<a href=3D"http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/jbratich/index.html" targe=
t=3D"_blank">http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/jbratich/index.html</a><=
br>
<a href=3D"tel:732-932-7500%20x8173" value=3D"+17329327500">732-932-7500 x8=
173</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>shaka mcglotten<br>c. 9=
17.287.3784<br>

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:00:46 -0600
From:    Ondine Park <opark <at> UALBERTA.CA>
Subject: Re: Affect Theory Graduate Seminar

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Hello Marina
At the risk of being immodest, may I recommend a book I recently
co-edited...

*Ecologies of Affect: Placing Nostalgia, Desire, and Hope*. Eds. Tonya K.
Davidson, Ondine Park, and Rob Shields. (Wilfrid Laurier Press, 2011).
http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/press/Catalog/davidson.shtml

This volume brings together articles that both theorize affect and puts the
theory to work in examining specific cases that consider place and space as
both material and imaginary, constituted in large part by affective
attachments and idealizations.

Here is the TOC, for your perusal:

Introduction, by Ondine Park, Tonya K. Davidson, and Rob Shields

Section I: Nostalgia
1. =93Not everything was good, but many things were better=94: Nostalgia fo=
r
East Germany and Its Politics, by Anne Winkler
2. Nostalgia and Postmemories of a Lost Place: Actualizing "My Virtual
Homeland," Tonya K. Davidson
3. Placing Nostalgia: The Process of Returning and Remaking Home, by
Allison Hui
4. From Disease to Desire: The Afflicted Amalgamation of Music and
Nostalgia, by Mickey Vallee

Section II Desire
5. The Tourist Affect: Escape and Syncresis on the Las Vegas Strip, by Rob
Shields
6. (In)Human Desiring and Extended Agency, by Matthew Tiessen
7. Cityscapes of Desire: Urban Change in Post-Soviet Russia, by Olga Pak
8. Illustrating Desires: The Idea and the Promise of the Suburb in Two
Children's Books, by Ondine Park

Section III Hope
9. The Virtual Places of Childhood: Hope and the Micro-Politics of Race at
an Inner-City Youth Centre, by Bonar Buffam
10. Virtual Resurrections: Che Guevara's Image as Place of Hope, by
Maria-Carolina Cambre
11. Performing Spaces of Hope: Street Puppetry and the Aesthetics of Scale,
by Petra Hroch
12. The Spatial Distribution of Hope In and Beyond Fort McMurray, by Sara
Dorow and Goze Dogu
13. Spectacular Enclosures of Hope: Artificial Islands in the Gulf and the
Present, by Mark S. Jackson and Veronica della Dora

Conclusion: A Roundtable on the Affective Turn, by Rob Shields and Ondine
Park and Tonya K. Davidson

Best wishes,
Ondine

---
Ondine Park
Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
5-21 Tory Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4



On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Marina Levina wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.
> > If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their
> > syllabus I would be much obliged.  I am curious as to how other people
> > structured this broad topic.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > Marina
> >
> > Marina Levina, PhD
> > Assistant Professor
> > Department of Communication
> > University of Memphis
> > 212 Art and Communication Bldg
> > Memphis, TN 38152
> > Office: 901-678-2577
> > Fax: 901-678-4331
> > mlevina <at> memphis.edu
> > http://www.marinalevina.com/
>
>

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Hello Marina<div>At the risk of being immodest, may I recommend a book I re=
cently co-edited... =A0</div><div><br></div><div><i>Ecologies of Affect: Pl=
acing Nostalgia, Desire, and Hope</i>. Eds. Tonya K. Davidson, Ondine Park,=
 and Rob Shields. (Wilfrid Laurier Press, 2011).=A0<a href=3D"http://www.wl=
upress.wlu.ca/press/Catalog/davidson.shtml">http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/pres=
s/Catalog/davidson.shtml</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div>This volume brings together articles that both the=
orize affect and puts the theory to work in examining specific cases that c=
onsider place and space as both material and imaginary, constituted in larg=
e part by affective attachments and idealizations.=A0</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the TOC, for your perusal:</div><div><div=
><br></div><div>Introduction, by Ondine Park, Tonya K. Davidson, and Rob Sh=
ields</div><div><br></div><div>Section I: Nostalgia</div><div>1. =93Not eve=
rything was good, but many things were better=94: Nostalgia for East German=
y and Its Politics, by Anne Winkler</div>
<div>2. Nostalgia and Postmemories of a Lost Place: Actualizing &quot;My Vi=
rtual Homeland,&quot; Tonya K. Davidson</div><div>3. Placing Nostalgia: The=
 Process of Returning and Remaking Home, by Allison Hui</div><div>4. From D=
isease to Desire: The Afflicted Amalgamation of Music and Nostalgia, by Mic=
key Vallee</div>
<div><br></div><div>Section II<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white=
-space:pre">    </span>Desire<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-spa=
ce:pre">        </span></div><div>5. The Tourist Affect: Escape and Syncresis on t=
he Las Vegas Strip, by Rob Shields</div>
<div>6. (In)Human Desiring and Extended Agency, by Matthew Tiessen</div><di=
v>7. Cityscapes of Desire: Urban Change in Post-Soviet Russia, by Olga Pak<=
/div><div>8. Illustrating Desires: The Idea and the Promise of the Suburb i=
n Two Children&#39;s Books, by Ondine Park</div>
<div><br></div><div>Section III<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"whit=
e-space:pre">   </span>Hope<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-spac=
e:pre"> </span></div><div>9. The Virtual Places of Childhood: Hope and the =
Micro-Politics of Race at an Inner-City Youth Centre, by Bonar Buffam</div>
<div>10. Virtual Resurrections: Che Guevara&#39;s Image as Place of Hope, b=
y Maria-Carolina Cambre<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:=
pre">   </span></div><div>11. Performing Spaces of Hope: Street Puppetry and =
the Aesthetics of Scale, by Petra Hroch</div>
<div>12. The Spatial Distribution of Hope In and Beyond Fort McMurray, by S=
ara Dorow and Goze Dogu</div><div>13. Spectacular Enclosures of Hope: Artif=
icial Islands in the Gulf and the Present, by Mark S. Jackson and Veronica =
della Dora</div>
<div><br></div><div>Conclusion: A Roundtable on the Affective Turn, by Rob =
Shields and Ondine Park and Tonya K. Davidson</div></div><div><br></div><di=
v>Best wishes,</div><div>Ondine<br clear=3D"all"><br>---<br>Ondine Park<div=
>
Department of Sociology,=A0University of Alberta</div><div>5-21 Tory Buildi=
ng, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4</div><br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Marina Levina wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Dear all,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I will be teaching a graduate seminar on affect theory in the Fall.<br=
>
&gt; If anyone has done this before and would not mind sharing their<br>
&gt; syllabus I would be much obliged. =A0I am curious as to how other peop=
le<br>
&gt; structured this broad topic.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thank you in advance,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Marina<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Marina Levina, PhD<br>
&gt; Assistant Professor<br>
&gt; Department of Communication<br>
&gt; University of Memphis<br>
&gt; 212 Art and Communication Bldg<br>
&gt; Memphis, TN 38152<br>
&gt; Office: <a href=3D"tel:901-678-2577" value=3D"+19016782577">901-678-25=
77</a><br>
&gt; Fax: <a href=3D"tel:901-678-4331" value=3D"+19016784331">901-678-4331<=
/a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:mlevina <at> memphis.edu">mlevina <at> memphis.edu</a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://www.marinalevina.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.=
marinalevina.com/</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div></div>

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Date:    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:07:19 -0400
From:    "Totosy de Zepetnek, Steven" <clcweb <at> PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: please post call for papers ACLA 2013

Call for papers: American Comparative Literature Association annual =
conference, University of Toronto, 4-7 April 2013 =
http://www.acla.org/acla2013/. Abstracts of papers are invited to Steven =
Totosy de Zepetnek by 31 December 2012 at totosysteven <at> purdue.edu for =
the panel "New Media and Publishing in the Humanities." Debates about =
publishing in online journals and the publishing of books online instead =
of print or in print-on-demand suggest that both scholarship and the =
situation of academic publishers are changing rapidly. Papers can be =
overviews of the current situation of digital publishing in the =
humanities in the U.S. and world wide and about specific issues such as =
the relevance of the "impact factor" in the humanities, aspects of =
"digital humanities," digital preservation and archival, the valuation =
of scholarship published online with regard to tenure and promotion, the =
reading and teaching of scholarship in print versus online, the current =
move towards courseware online in open access, etc. Selected and =
peer-reviewed papers of the panel are planned to be published in the =
peer-reviewed online journal CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture =
(Thomson Reuters ISI indexed).=

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