Foreignness and Translation in New Media
media-N spring edition, 2009: Foreignness and Translation in New Media :: Call for Papers — Deadline: February 14, 2009.
This issue will deal with the relationship between foreignness and translation in new media. We look forward to a discussion on the idea of foreignness seen as an investigation surrounding notions of travel, displacement and migration beyond those tied to the geographical movement of populations.
We are interested in the broad practice of translation in new media, in the use of an electronic system that mediates and enables the movement from one state to another. We also welcome submissions exploring the specific notion of cultural translation and migration in new media. Continue reading